Middle Cirque at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Advanced · 489 m long with 197 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 39° at its steepest, facing NE.
39°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
489 mlength
197 mvertical
3119 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Middle Cirque is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Middle Cirque
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 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Peruvian
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Upper Chip's Run (intermediate)
- Ski Chip's Run (intermediate)
- Ski Chip's Bypass (intermediate)
- Ski Middle Cirque, Chip's Bypass (intermediate)
- Ski Middle Cirque (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Chip's Bypass, Middle Cirque, Chip's Bypass, Glen's, Lower Cirque. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (4 min), Chickadee Lift (5 min), Aerial Tram (5 min).
See Middle Cirque on the 3D mapAll runs at Snowbird Ski and Summer ResortMeasured 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.