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Black Jack Snowbird Return at Alta Ski Area

Advanced · 1167 m long with 213 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1167 mlength
213 mvertical
2809 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Black Jack Snowbird Return is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Black Jack Snowbird Return

Lifts that reach the top: Wildcat (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Collins (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Sugarloaf (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wildcat
  2. Ski Westward Ho (advanced)
  3. Ski Punch Bowl (advanced)
  4. Ski Black Jack Snowbird Return (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Condo & Bypas Road Parking Access.

See Black Jack Snowbird Return on the 3D mapAll runs at Alta Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.