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Blackjack Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 694 m long with 184 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 36° at its steepest, facing NW.

36°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
694 mlength
184 mvertical
2816 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Blackjack Traverse

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

From the base area (about 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peruvian
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Upper Chip's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Chip's Run (intermediate)
  5. Ski Middle Chip's Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Blackjack Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Who Dunnit, Lightning Tree Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (2 min), Chickadee Lift (3 min), Aerial Tram (3 min).

See Blackjack Traverse 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.