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Gun Towers at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Expert · 330 m long with 215 m of vertical, averaging 33° and 42° at its steepest, facing W.

42°steepest 50 m
33°average pitch
330 mlength
215 mvertical
2979 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Gun Towers is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Gun Towers

Lifts that reach the top: Baldy (skiing expert terrain to get there); Mineral Basin (skiing expert terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 18 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aerial Tram
  2. Ski Cirque Trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Chip's Access (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Chip's Run (intermediate)
  5. Ski High Baldy Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Gun Towers (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Blackjack Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (3 min), Chickadee Lift (4 min), Aerial Tram (4 min).

See Gun Towers 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.