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Devil's Elbow at Alta Ski Area

Intermediate · 2152 m long with 410 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.

19°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
2152 mlength
410 mvertical
3216 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Devil's Elbow is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Devil's Elbow

Lifts that reach the top: Sugarloaf (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunnyside
  2. Ski Sugar Way (intermediate)
  3. Ski Dipsy Doodle (easy)
  4. Ski Rollercoaster (intermediate)
  5. Ride Sugarloaf
  6. Ski East Baldy Traverse, Devil's Elbow (intermediate)
  7. Ski Devil's Elbow (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Rollercoaster, Chartreuse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sugarloaf (1 min), Sunnyside (5 min), MG GMZ (6 min).

See Devil's Elbow 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.