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Surprise at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

Advanced · 382 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 30° at its steepest, facing SE.

30°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
382 mlength
161 mvertical
2505 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Surprise is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Surprise

Lifts that reach the top: Bridger Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Casper Bowl High Speed Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Marmot Double (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Teton Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Thunder Quad Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sublette Quad Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Bridger Gondola
  2. Ski Gros Ventre (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Sundance (intermediate)
  4. Ski Croaky Point (intermediate)
  5. Ski Surprise (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins South Pass Traverse, Sundance. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Casper Bowl High Speed Quad (2 min), Teton Lift (3 min), Sweetwater Gondola Upper (3 min).

See Surprise on the 3D mapAll runs at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
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.