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Porcupine Traverse at Snowbasin

Intermediate · 589 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 10° at its steepest, facing N.

10°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
589 mlength
70 mvertical
2603 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Porcupine Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: 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 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Needles Express Gondola
  2. Ski Strawberry Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Porcupine Traverse (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Middle Bowl Traverse, Needles Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Middle Bowl Express (3 min), Porcupine (4 min), Wildcat Handle Tow (6 min).

See Porcupine Traverse 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.