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Elbow Proper at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Intermediate · 372 m long with 142 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 27° at its steepest, facing N.

27°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
372 mlength
142 mvertical
2635 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Elbow Proper

Lifts that reach the top: Mid-Gad Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gadzoom (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gad 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 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 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mid-Gad Lift
  2. Ski Upper Big Emma (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Middle Bassackwards (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Bassackwards (intermediate)
  6. Ski Elbow Proper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins West 2nd South On-Ramp, Lowest Bassackwards. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid-Gad Lift (1 min), Gadzoom (2 min), Thunder Tube (2 min).

See Elbow Proper 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.