Alta, Utah · United States · ski area
Snowbird ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Snowbird is a ski area in Alta, Utah, United States with 104 km of mapped downhill runs and 14 lifts, between 2,365 m and 3,339 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 104 km
- Lifts
- 14
- Top elevation
- 3,339 m
- Vertical drop
- 974 m
- Nearest airport
- SLC · 37 km
Slopes by difficulty
215 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 10 Chairlifts
- 3 Magic carpets
- 1 Cable cars
Snowbird is a ski area in Alta, Utah, the United States. Its 215 mapped downhill runs add up to 104 km, which ranks it #15 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 1.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 482 m long.
Slopes at Snowbird
About 10% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 29% intermediate and 60% advanced or expert, which makes Snowbird best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 14 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,365 m up to 3,339 m, a vertical drop of 974 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Snowbird
The nearest airport is Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), about 37 km away in a straight line — roughly 48 minutes by car; Provo Municipal Airport (PVU) is 40 km away. Nearby ski areas include Alta Ski Area (71.6 km), Brighton Resort (47.4 km), Solitude Mountain Resort (36.6 km) and Park City Mountain Resort (256.3 km), which together add 595 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Snowbird
- 1Salt Lake City International AirportSLC37 kmstraight lineSalt Lake City, United States
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- 2 PVU40 kmstraight line
- 3 OGD76 kmstraight line
- 4 VEL181 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Snowbird
- 2 kmAlta Ski Area72 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 3,216 m
- 6 kmBrighton Resort47 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,184 m
- 6 kmSolitude Mountain Resort37 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 3,051 m
- 13 kmPark City Mountain Resort256 km of slopes · 43 lifts · up to 3,040 m
- 15 kmDeer Valley Resort183 km of slopes · 36 lifts · up to 2,911 m
- 16 kmWhite Pine Touring Nordic Centerup to 2,125 m
- 16 kmSoldier Hollowup to 1,793 m
- 17 kmUtah Olympic Park4.9 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,463 m
- 20 kmMountain Dellup to 1,790 m
- 21 kmWoodward4.1 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 2,072 m
- 22 kmSundance Resort32 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,513 m
- 60 kmWasatch Peaks Ranch39 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,843 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.