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West 2nd Short at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort

Easy · 225 m long with 61 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
225 mlength
61 mvertical
2476 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

West 2nd Short is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to West 2nd Short

Lifts that reach the top: Baby Thunder (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed chair lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wilbere (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mid-Gad Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gadzoom (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gad 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Baby Thunder
  2. Ski Easy Street (easy)
  3. Ski West 2nd South (easy)
  4. Ski West 2nd Short (easy)

Where it ends

Joins West 2nd South Long. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thunder Tube (1 min), Mid-Gad Lift (1 min), Gadzoom (1 min).

See West 2nd Short 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.