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Knucklehead Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 1105 m long with 219 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 35° at its steepest, facing NW.

35°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1105 mlength
219 mvertical
3221 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Knucklehead Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: 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 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Aerial Tram
  2. Ski Road To Provo, Peruvian Gulch Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Road To Provo, Sunday Saddle Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Road To Provo (intermediate)
  5. Ski Knucklehead Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Bassackwards. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Cloud (2 min), Gad 2 (5 min), Mid-Gad Lift (7 min).

See Knucklehead 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.