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Upper Bassackwards at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Intermediate · 853 m long with 135 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
853 mlength
135 mvertical
3038 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Bassackwards

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

From the base area (about 22 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. Ride Gad 2
  6. Ski Upper Bassackwards (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Middle Bassackwards, unnamed intermediate trail, Goblin Gully, Bonar's Pass. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Little Cloud (1 min), Gad 2 (4 min), Mid-Gad Lift (5 min).

See Upper 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.