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Bookends Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 806 m long with 52 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 7° at its steepest, facing SE.

7°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
806 mlength
52 mvertical
3219 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Bookends Traverse is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Bookends Traverse

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

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced 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)

Where it ends

Joins Altar Bowl, Richie's Run, Almony Chutes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mineral Basin (4 min).

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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.