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Blue Grouse at Snowbasin

Intermediate · 608 m long with 127 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing N.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
608 mlength
127 mvertical
2413 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Blue Grouse

Lifts that reach the top: Wildcat (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Porcupine (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Middle Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Needles Express Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Strawberry Express Gondola (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Needles Express Gondola
  2. Ski Strawberry Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Fro Zone (intermediate)
  4. Ski Sweet Revenge (intermediate)
  5. Ski Boardwalk (intermediate)
  6. Ski Blue Grouse (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Needles Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Porcupine (1 min), Wildcat Handle Tow (3 min), Wildcat (3 min).

See Blue Grouse on the 3D mapAll runs at Snowbasin
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.