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Upper Big Emma at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Intermediate · 1257 m long with 201 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1257 mlength
201 mvertical
2806 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Big Emma

Lifts that reach the top: Mid-Gad Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gadzoom (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gad 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Little Cloud (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mineral Basin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mid-Gad Lift
  2. Ski Upper Big Emma (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Fluffy Bunny, unnamed intermediate trail, Carbonate, Lautrenoe, Middle Emma, West 2nd South, Wilbere Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gad 2 (2 min), Mid-Gad Lift (2 min), Gadzoom (3 min).

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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.