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High Baldy Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Expert · 1921 m long with 314 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.

28°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1921 mlength
314 mvertical
3293 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

High Baldy 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 High Baldy Traverse

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

From the base area (about 12 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)

Where it ends

Joins Gun Towers. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (5 min), Chickadee Lift (5 min), Aerial Tram (5 min).

See High Baldy Traverse 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.