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Pearly Gates at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Advanced · 213 m long with 148 m of vertical, averaging 35° and 38° at its steepest, facing NW.

38°steepest 50 m
35°average pitch
213 mlength
148 mvertical
2695 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Pearly Gates 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 Pearly Gates

Lifts that reach the top: Gad 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mid-Gad Lift
  2. Ski Upper Big Emma (intermediate)
  3. Ski Carbonate (advanced)
  4. Ride Gad 2
  5. Ski Gadzooks (advanced)
  6. Ski Bananas, Gadzooks (intermediate)
  7. Ski Low Saddle (advanced)
  8. Ski Middle Tiger Tail (advanced)
  9. Ski Pearly Gates (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Easy Street, Alice Avenue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Conveyor #3 (2 min), Thunder Tube (2 min), Baby Thunder (2 min).

See Pearly Gates 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.