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Altar Bowl at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Expert · 607 m long with 240 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
607 mlength
240 mvertical
3167 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Altar Bowl 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 Altar Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Little Cloud (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mineral Basin (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aerial Tram
  2. Ski Road To Provo, Peruvian Gulch Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Road To Provo, Sunday Saddle Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Path to Paradise (intermediate)
  5. Ski Bookends Traverse (advanced)
  6. Ski Altar Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Richie's Run, Bookends Bowl Return Road, The Endoras. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mineral Basin (2 min).

See Altar Bowl on the 3D mapAll runs at Snowbird Ski and Summer 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.