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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
Snowbird publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
201 runs · 14 lifts, as mapped in OpenStreetMap
Sign in to tick runs off here and in the list; the ones you’ve skied turn pink, with a check.
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs (its own list is under Runs). The resort's bowls are drawn as areas: OpenStreetMap's own where it maps one, otherwise drawn by Aurora around OpenStreetMap's line, up to 60 m each side and halfway to the next run or lift, so their edges are approximate.
25 runs on the resort’s list aren’t drawn here yet
On the resort’s list, with no line in OpenStreetMap yet: mapping them there draws them here.
The resort’s published trail map is not yet collected.
Runs
Every run Snowbird lists, to tick off as you ski them; the trail map above names them and turns the ones you've skied pink.
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.
- More difficult2,330 ft · 450 ft drop
- More difficult1,710 ft · 770 ft drop
- Easiest2,070 ft · 530 ft drop
- ChuteExpert0.5 mi · 1,050 ft drop
- BowlExpert1,990 ft · 790 ft drop
- Moderate0.9 mi · 1,070 ft drop
- Expert1,770 ft · 1,160 ft drop
- More difficultnot drawn yet
Names and difficulty: Snowbird — Lift & Trail Report (snowbird.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) 41 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
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 daysIkon Pass: 7 days combined between Alta Ski Area and Snowbird, no blackouts. Ikon Base Pass: 5 days at Snowbird with blackouts (Dec 26-30 2026, Jan 16-17 2027, Feb 13-14 2027), no Alta access. Ikon Session Pass: no Snowbird access. 2026-27 season.source
- Mountain Collective2 days2 days at Snowbird plus 50% off unlimited additional days, no blackout dates. 2026-27 season.source
Rankings
16 — #2 adv+exp16 — #2 adv+exp, #16 trails, #23 top lift in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#27 of 341 U.S. · #2 in Utah
- Highest lift-served elevation#23 of 471 U.S. · #1 in Utah
- Base elevation#52 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Utah
- Advertised vertical drop#16 of 388 U.S. · #1 in Utah
- Lift-served vertical#15 of 304 U.S. · #1 in Utah
- Skiable acres#25 of 316 U.S. · #6 in Utah
- Named trails#16 of 347 U.S. · #4 in Utah
- Longest run#42 of 177 U.S. · #6 in Utah
- Advanced + expert terrain#2 of 202 U.S. · #1 in Utah
- Beginner runs#79 of 202 U.S. · #8 in Utah
- Total lifts#30 of 479 U.S. · #3 in Utah
- Uphill capacity#25 of 72 U.S. · #3 in Utah
- Average annual snowfall#4 of 252 U.S. · #2 in Utah
- Drive from the fly-in airport#65 of 504 U.S. · #5 in Utah
- Drive from nearest major airport#46 of 504 U.S. · #4 in Utah
- Drive from closest airline airport#149 of 506 U.S. · #8 in Utah
