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Lower Bassackwards at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Intermediate · 509 m long with 136 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 28° at its steepest, facing NE.

28°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
509 mlength
136 mvertical
2661 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Bassackwards

Lifts that reach the top: Mid-Gad Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gadzoom (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gad 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 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, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mid-Gad Lift
  2. Ski Upper Big Emma (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Middle Bassackwards (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Bassackwards (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lowest Bassackwards. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid-Gad Lift (1 min), Gadzoom (2 min), Thunder Tube (2 min).

See Lower Bassackwards 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.