Alta vs Snowbird
Snowbird scores 7.5 vs 7.3 for Alta. Snow: Snowbird. Terrain: Snowbird. Shorter queues: Snowbird. Value: Alta. Après: Alta.
| 🇺🇸 Alta | 🇺🇸 Snowbird | |
|---|---|---|
| Snowlist score ⓘ | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| Snow /10 ⓘ | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| Terrain /10 ⓘ | 5 | 5.6 |
| Queues /10 ⓘ | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| Value /10 ⓘ | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Altitude | 2600–3216 m | 2365–3353 m |
| Vertical | 616 m | 988 m |
| Mapped pistes | 170.1 km | 147.2 km |
| Advertised | 2614 acres | 2500 acres |
| Avg snowfall | 13.0 m | 13.4 m |
| Powder days | 12 | 13 |
| Lifts mapped | 14 | 15 |
| Modern lifts | 71% | 67% |
| Typical wait | 3.6 min | 3.5 min |
| Day pass | $199 (€183) | $209 (€192) |
| Pass | Ikon | Ikon |
| Ski-in/out places | 4 | 4 |
| Bars | 1 | 1 |
| Airport | SLC · 45 min | SLC · 45 min |
| Season | Nov 21 to Apr 19 | Nov 21 to May 25 |
What the scores mean
Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.
- Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
- Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
- Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
- Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.