Tower at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Expert · 210 m long with 127 m of vertical, averaging 31° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.
37°steepest 50 m
31°average pitch
210 mlength
127 mvertical
3022 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Tower 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 Tower
Lifts that reach the top: Aerial Tram (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Little Cloud (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mineral Basin (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 14 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Aerial Tram
- Ski Cirque Trail (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
- Ski Cirque Traverse (advanced)
- Ski Tower (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Lower Silver Fox. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peruvian (4 min), Chickadee Lift (4 min), Aerial Tram (4 min).
See Tower 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.