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West Face at Park City Mountain Resort

Expert · 435 m long with 192 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 31° at its steepest, facing NW.

31°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
435 mlength
192 mvertical
2999 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to West Face

Lifts that reach the top: Jupiter Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Crescent Hi-Speed Quad
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Homerun (easy)
  4. Ski Shortliner (easy)
  5. Ski Shortline (easy)
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Pioneer Lift
  8. Ski unnamed trail
  9. Ski Jupiter Access (intermediate)
  10. Ski unnamed trail
  11. Ride Jupiter Lift
  12. Ski Jupiter Peak (expert)
  13. Hike Jupiter Peak (expert)
  14. Ski Jupiter Peak (expert)
  15. Hike Jupiter Peak (expert)
  16. Ski Jupiter Peak (expert)
  17. Hike Jupiter Peak (expert)
  18. Ski Jupiter Peak (expert)
  19. Ski West Face (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed expert trail, Dead Tree, War Zone, 1st Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Jupiter Lift (2 min), Thaynes Lift (4 min), Motherlode Express (8 min).

See West Face on the 3D mapAll runs at Park City 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.