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Porky Face at Snowbasin

Intermediate · 648 m long with 172 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
648 mlength
172 mvertical
2585 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Porky Face

Lifts that reach the top: Porcupine (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 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 Porcupine Traverse (intermediate)
  6. Ski Needles Run (intermediate)
  7. Ride Porcupine
  8. Ski Middle Bowl Traverse (intermediate)
  9. Ski Porky Face (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See Porky Face 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.