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Snow-covered Sugarloaf Mountain and Mount Baldy above tracked, tree-dotted ski slopes at Alta, Utah.
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Alta Ski Area

Mountain

How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.

Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.

Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix

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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced + expert

Alta Ski Area publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .

Snow and weather

The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.

Trail map

2025–26 season · artist not stated

Runs

Every run Alta Ski Area lists, to tick off as you ski them; the trail map above, drawn from OpenStreetMap, names them and turns the ones you've skied pink.

117 runs · 1 glade

Alta Ski Area says 118

The resort’s own list, its trail map leading: every section it lists counts, traverses and roads too; carpets, learning areas, race courses and nordic tracks are left out, and parks are a list of their own.

Sign in to tick off the runs you’ve skied, here and on the trail map.

  • Intermediate1,150 ft · 300 ft drop
  • Expert1,450 ft · 590 ft drop
  • Intermediate0.6 mi · 470 ft drop
  • Expert890 ft · 650 ft drop
  • Expert0.5 mi · 730 ft drop
  • Expert600 ft · 420 ft drop
  • Expertnot drawn yet
  • Expert2,170 ft · 790 ft drop

Names and difficulty: Alta Ski Area — Lift and Terrain Status (alta.com, read Sep 29, 2026).

Lines, lengths and verticals where a run is drawn: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, via OpenSkiMap (Sep 28, 2026); measured by Aurora from the mapped line, not the resort’s figures. On the map, glades and bowls are areas: OpenStreetMap’s own where it maps one, else drawn by Aurora around its line, edges approximate.

Getting there

Salt Lake City International (SLC) 43 min

Photos

Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.

  • PalauanReich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Sbvr6 · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Jake Spurlock · CC BY 2.0
  • Baileypalblue · Public domain
  • PalauanReich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Baileypalblue · Public domain
  • PalauanReich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • PalauanReich · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • More photoson Google Images
More photos· Google Images

Passes, rankings and every number

Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.

Passes

Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)Ikon (7 days), Mountain Collective (2 days)
  • Ikon Pass7 days
    Ikon Pass: 7 days combined between Alta and Snowbird, no blackouts. Ikon Base Plus: 5 days combined Alta/Snowbird. Ikon Base Pass: no Alta access (5 days at Snowbird only, with blackouts).source
  • 2 days at Alta with no blackout dates, plus 50% off additional day tickets (2026-27).source

Rankings

14 — #14 adv+exp14 — #14 adv+exp, #25 summit, #30 top lift in the U.S.

Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.

All numbers

all 20all 20, in one list

Sources

55 observations from 6 publishers