Snowbasin
Snowbasin Ski Resort is a premier ski destination located in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The resort boasts over 3,000 skiable acres of terrain and offers a wide variety of runs for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. The ski season at Snowbasin typically runs from mid-November to early April, depending on snow conditions. The resort typically receives around 300 inches of snowfall annually, ensuring a reliable and deep base for skiers and snowboarders to enjoy throughout the season. Snowbasin is known for its light, dry powder snow which is particularly enjoyable for advanced and expert skiers.
In addition to its extensive skiing and snowboarding terrain, Snowbasin also offers several other features for visitors to enjoy. These include several terrain parks, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, and snowmobiling. The resort also has various on-mountain dining options and a variety of other activities and events. Snowbasin also hosts major events like FIS World Cup and multiple US Ski Team events, and was one of the sites used at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games.
One of the most distinctive features of Snowbasin Ski resort is the Ski-in/Ski-out access to condos and lodges, offering a luxury and convenient experience to the guests.
We recently ranked all of Utah's ski resorts, so you can see where Snowbasin stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Snowbasin is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.
Snowbasin is a part of the Mountain Collective network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all of the slopes that are also a part of the Collective.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Snowbasin around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Snowbasin Mountain Resort Terrain Overview
Snowbasin has a total of 118 ski trails, which are serviced by 12 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. The amount of skiable area in this park is huge, with a maximum of 3,000 acres available to skiers. This area is equivalent to 1,214 hectares, 4.7 square miles, or 12.1 square kilometers.
Snowbasin's slopes see on average 300 inches (7.6 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 25 feet every year!
Total Runs
118
Lifts
12
Skiable Acres
3,000(12 km2)
Annual Snowfall
300"(762 cm)
Snowbasin Ski Resort Elevation
Snowbasin Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 9,350 feet, or 2,850 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 6,400 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 2,950 feet (899 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
The summit of 9,350 feet makes this ski resort one of the highest in the country. The average ski slope summit is around 4,000 feet, so this is extremely high compared to its peers.
Summit Elevation
9,350'(2,850 m)
Vertical Drop
2,950'(899 m)
Base Elevation
6,400'(1,951 m)
Snowbasin Ski Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
78.5out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Snowbasin has 3,000 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Seeing as Snowbasin is one of the hardest ski areas in the country, it's no surprise that over 91% of its trails rated as either intermediate or expert-level. This leaves only 9% of its skiable acres as beginner terrain.
Beginner
9%(270 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
33%(990 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
58%(1,740 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Snowbasin Ski Resort good for beginners?
This is one of the hardest ski areas in the country to ski at, so it is not great for beginners. Snowbasin Ski Resort ranks in the top 10% of the most-difficult ski resorts in the country. It has 58% of its trails rated as expert, or black-diamond level.
Snowbasin Ski Resort Location
Snowbasin Ski Resort is located in the state of Utah, USA. This ski area is nearest the town of Orangeville, UT.
Address:
Orangeville, UT 84537 USA
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Website:
snowbasin.com
GPS Coordinates:
39.32000, -111.09000
Getting to Snowbasin Mountain Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Snowbasin Ski Resort), its coordinates of 39.32000, -111.09000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Orangeville, UT to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Snowbasin Ski Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City International Airport | SLC | Salt Lake City, UT | 112 mi |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Snowbasin.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provo-Utah Lake International Airport | PVU | Provo, UT | 71 mi |
| Grand Junction Regional Airport | GJT | Grand Junction, CO | 138 mi |
| Ogden Hinckley Airport | OGD | Ogden, UT | 138 mi |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Snowbasin Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Snowbasin Ski Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundance | Sundance, UT | 8,250 ft | 62% | 80 mi |
| Nordic Valley (Wolf Mountain) | Eden, UT | 6,400 ft | 48% | 80 mi |
| Powder Mountain | Cedar Valley, UT | 9,422 ft | 60% | 81 mi |
| Deer Valley | Park City, UT | 9,570 ft | 68% | 92 mi |
| Snowbird | Snowbird, UT | 11,000 ft | 67% | 92 mi |
| Brighton | Brighton, UT | 10,500 ft | 56% | 92 mi |
| Alta Ski Area | Salt Lake City, UT | 11,068 ft | 71% | 93 mi |
| Solitude Mountain | Salt Lake City, UT | 10,488 ft | 70% | 94 mi |
| Park City (Park City Mountain) | Park City, UT | 10,026 ft | 76% | 96 mi |
| Park City Mountain | Park City, UT | 10,026 ft | 78% | 96 mi |
| Canyons Village at Park City | Park City, UT | 9,990 ft | 76% | 97 mi |
Snowbasin Ski Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 9,350 ft |
| Base Elevation | 6,400 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 2,950 ft |
| Trails | 118 (9% Beginner, 33% Intermediate, 58% Expert) |
| Lifts | 12 |
| Skiable Acres | 3,000 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 300 inches |