Snowbird at Giants Ridge Resort
Easy · 474 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 10° at its steepest, facing NE.
10°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
474 mlength
70 mvertical
516 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Snowbird is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Snowbird
Lifts that reach the top: Sarajevo Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Rocky Top Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Calgary Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 4 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Sarajevo Chair
- Ski Melbourne (easy)
- Ski Snowbird (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Lower Cat Track. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sarajevo Chair (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).
See Snowbird on the 3D mapAll runs at Giants Ridge ResortMeasured 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.