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Gad 2 Return at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 673 m long with 139 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
673 mlength
139 mvertical
2799 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Gad 2 Return 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 Gad 2 Return

Lifts that reach the top: Gad 2 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mid-Gad Lift
  2. Ski Upper Big Emma (intermediate)
  3. Ski Carbonate (advanced)
  4. Ride Gad 2
  5. Ski Bananas (intermediate)
  6. Ski Red Lens Line (expert)
  7. Ski High Saddle Traverse (expert)
  8. Ski Exit Gully (advanced)
  9. Ski Gad 2 Return (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Carbonate, Middle Bassackwards, Lower Bassackwards. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gad 2 (1 min), Mid-Gad Lift (2 min), Thunder Tube (3 min).

See Gad 2 Return 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.