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Lightning Tree Gully at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 246 m long with 108 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 30° at its steepest, facing NW.

30°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
246 mlength
108 mvertical
2632 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Lightning Tree Gully is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Lightning Tree Gully

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

From the base area (about 16 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peruvian
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Upper Chip's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Chip's Run (intermediate)
  5. Ski Middle Chip's Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Who Dunnit (intermediate)
  7. Ski Lightning Tree Gully (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Blackjack Gully, Condo & Bypas Road Parking Access, Condo & Bypass Rd. Parking Access, Who Dunnit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (2 min), Chickadee Lift (2 min), Aerial Tram (3 min).

See Lightning Tree Gully 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.