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Cirque Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 1458 m long with 363 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 29° at its steepest, facing NW.

29°steepest 50 m

14°average pitch

1458 mlength

363 mvertical

3265 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Cirque Traverse 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 Cirque Traverse

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

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Aerial Tram
Ski Cirque Trail (intermediate)
Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
Ski Cirque Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Mach Schnell, Binx's Bumper, Wilma's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (4 min), Mid-Gad Lift (4 min), Chickadee Lift (4 min).

See Cirque Traverse on the 3D map All 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.