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Hammerhead at Alta Ski Area

Advanced · 352 m long with 126 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 35° at its steepest, facing NW.

35°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
352 mlength
126 mvertical
3021 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Hammerhead is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Hammerhead

Lifts that reach the top: Supreme (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunnyside
  2. Ski Dipsy Doodle (easy)
  3. Ski Over the River (easy)
  4. Ride Supreme
  5. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sunset (advanced)
  7. Ski Pine Glade (advanced)
  8. Ski Supreme Challenge (advanced)
  9. Ski Hammerhead (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Supreme Challenge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Supreme (2 min), Sugarloaf (3 min), Sunnyside (7 min).

See Hammerhead 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.