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Round the World Traverse at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Expert · 407 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
407 mlength
72 mvertical
2858 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Round the World Traverse 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 Round the World Traverse

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

From the base area (about 14 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peruvian
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Upper Chip's Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Chip's Run (intermediate)
  5. Ski Primrose Split (intermediate)
  6. Ski Lower Primrose Path (advanced)
  7. Ski Lower Silver Fox (advanced)
  8. Ski Round the World Traverse (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Binx's Bumper, Upper Mach Schnell. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (3 min), Mid-Gad Lift (3 min), unnamed chair lift (4 min).

See Round the World 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.