Snowbird usa
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Snowbird USA.
Snowbird Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1971 the American ski resort Snowbird lies at 2469 metres altitude in the Utah region of the American Wasatch. With the highest lifts and ski slopes at 3352.8m Snowbird ski area is snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Snowbird snow making covers ?km of ski trails, which equates to around 20 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Snowbird (USA) is Salt Lake City at a distance of 47km or approximately 40 minutes minutes driving time. Snowbird ski season runs from November to May.
SNO-man says
Major year-round luxury purpose-built centre with excellent health, leisure and ski facilities. An incredible snow-fall record and the high altitude sister resort of Zermatt, Switzerland. Another legendary Utah ski area, Alta, is a mile away.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Snowbird USA
Beginner Trails
 0 runs ?km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 23 runs ?km |
27% |
Advanced Trails
 32 runs ?km |
37% |
Expert Trails
 30 runs 30km |
35% |
Snowbird Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | $336 - $336 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2012 |
| Ski Resort Closes | May 2013 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Snowbird Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | ?km |
| total length of Snowbird trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 5.6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | N SE |
| direction Snowbird ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3352.8m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 2365.2m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 2469m |
| centre of Snowbird ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 987.6m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 987.6m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Snowbird
Skiing Snowbird you'll enjoy 85 pistes and trails and that means approximately ?km of ski runs. Snowbird lifts number 10 with the capacity to uplift 16800 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the American ski resort of Snowbird is over 5.6km long.
Snowbird Ski Area
Snowbird ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 27% intermediate, 37% advanced ski slopes and 35% for expert skiers - the most difficult Snowbird piste is the ?km Great Scott run, with a steepness/slope angle of 50%. You can ski Snowbird after dark as there is night skiing on ?km of illuminated piste.
Snowbird for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowbird Apres Ski
The apres ski Snowbird scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
5 apres ski bars 12 restaurants 0 bowling 1 night club 0 cinema 1 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 5 outdoor heated pools 2 saunas 7 hot tubs 1 solariums 1 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 1 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 0 golf 1 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities ?.
SNO-man says
The emphasis at Snowbird is on high quality health and leisure on and off the slopes. One of the resort's major assets is the Cliff Spa, one of the finest destination spas in the US, which occupies 28,000 square feet at the top of the Cliff Lodge. Here you will find workout rooms featuring Kaiser pneumatic resistance equipment and free weights, a full range of cardiovascular machines, an aerobic exercise room with suspended wood floor, 20 spa treatment rooms, separate women's and men's saunas, steam room, solarium, full-service beauty salon 60-foot rooftop pool and a giant whirlpool. Available body treatments include thallasotherapy, herbal wrap, mud baths, balneotherapy and facials - of which there are nine varieties. Massage is also taken to the level of a fine art with aromatherapy, Shiatsu, self-heating sea mud pack, herbal, salt glow and mud bath combinations all possible.
Snowbird has a family tubing area, games rooms and swimming pools in each accommodation complex.
Excursions are easy to downtown Salt Lake City, where you can visit the historic Temple Square, world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons), as well as the city's dynamic shopping district. In winter, the hot Utah Jazz NBA basketball team holds forth in the Delta Center downtown, and you can buy game tickets at Snowbird.
Other spectator sports include the Utah Grizzlies hockey team at E Center. The turn-of-the-century silver mining town of Park City, with its myriad of boutiques and funky bars, as well as the bobsled and luge venues for the forthcoming 2002 Winter Olympics is also an easy drive as is Great Salt Lake, one of the natural wonders of the western United States. Other nearby attractions include the town of Heber with its famous vintage Heber Valley Historical Railroad, which makes excursions along the Provo River.
Snowbird for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Snowbird Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Snowbird resort - ski Snowbird by any other name
The American ski resort of Snowbird ski resort is also known as Snowbird Hidden Peak and has the following common misspellings:
Snowbird ski area has ski slopes which face N SE
The direction which the various Snowbird ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Snowbird ski resort has ski slopes facing N SE.
Snowbird for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Snowbird reviews, 4.8 star rating and resort and ski area information is collated by SNO man from staff experience and customer feedback.