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Surprise at Snowbasin

Advanced · 494 m long with 120 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 31° at its steepest, facing E.

31°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
494 mlength
120 mvertical
2657 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Surprise is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Surprise

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

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced 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 Surprise (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Surprise 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.