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Great Scott at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Expert · 580 m long with 269 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 39° at its steepest, facing N.

39°steepest 50 m

25°average pitch

580 mlength

269 mvertical

3247 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

Great Scott 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 Great Scott

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 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Chip's Bypass, Middle Cirque. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (5 min), Chickadee Lift (6 min), Aerial Tram (6 min).

See Great Scott 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.