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Spiney Chutes Area at Alta Ski Area

Advanced · 460 m long with 212 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 40° at its steepest, facing W.

40°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
460 mlength
212 mvertical
3151 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Spiney Chutes Area is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Spiney Chutes Area

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 Sidewinder (advanced)
  8. Ski Back Forty (advanced)
  9. Ski Spiney Chutes Area (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sidewinder. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Supreme (3 min), Sugarloaf (4 min), Sunnyside (8 min).

See Spiney Chutes Area 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.