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Snowbasin

⛰️ 1945–2850 m (905 m vertical) · 🎟️ $219 day pass (≈ €201) · 📅 Nov 26 to Apr 19

🧳 Plan a trip here 🛏️ Beds near the lifts ⏱️ Lift queues 🗺️ Piste map

7.4

Snowlist score

Photo: Wikipedia

Ratings

❄️ Snow

8.8

⛰️ Terrain

4.8

🚠 Lifts

9.3

⏱️ Queues

7.1

💸 Value

2.9

🍻 Après

0.0

✈️ Access

8.7

Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.

Key facts

Altitude	1945–2850 m
Vertical drop	905 m
Pistes advertised	3,000 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM	95.3 km
Lifts (mapped near village)	10 · 90% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass	$219
Passes	none
Avg snowfall (mid)	9.3 m / season
Nearest airport	SLC · 50 min

Snow & weather

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The last three winters at 2398 m

Avg snowfall / season

9.3 m

Powder days (15 cm+)

Snowy days

Avg temp at base

-4.5°

Average snowfall by month · best: Mar

Nov

Dec

149

Jan

187

Feb

205

Mar

223

Apr

By season: 2022/23: 11.6 m · 12 powder days2023/24: 8.8 m · 4 powder days2024/25: 7.5 m · 2 powder days

When to go

Month	Avg snowfall	Tuesday 11:00	Saturday 11:00
Dec	149 cm	~1.4 min	~2.5 min
Jan	187 cm	~1.6 min	~4.3 min
Feb	205 cm	~1.9 min	~3.5 min
Mar	223 cm	~2 min	~3.6 min	SWEET SPOT

Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).

Lift queues

Closed until Nov 26. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:

SIMULATION Average wait ~4 min, worst 5 min.

Weekend: locals are out

Simulate:

🪑 Little Cat Express Quad

Chairlift · 4-seater · 486 m

5 minpredicted

🚠 Needles Express Gondola

Gondola · 8-seater · 2,761 m

5 minpredicted

🚡 Allen Peak Tram

Cable car · 15-seater · 325 m

5 minpredicted

🪑 John Paul Express Quad

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,170 m

5 minpredicted

🪑 Wildcat

Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,489 m

4 minpredicted

🪑 Porcupine

Chairlift · 3-seater · 1,866 m

4 minpredicted

🪑 DeMoisy Express

Chairlift · 6-seater · 2,189 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 Becker

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,705 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 Middle Bowl Express

Chairlift · 6-seater · 1,419 m

3 minpredicted

🚠 Strawberry Express Gondola

Gondola · 8-seater · 2,791 m

2 minpredicted

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

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Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.

How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.

Map

Pistes (OpenSnowMap) Lifts by queue Hotels Bars 3D· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.

Where to sleep 0 places mapped · 0 ski-in/ski-out

Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.

Pistes

Easy (blue / green)	7.8 km · 8%
Intermediate (red / blue)	44.5 km · 47%
Advanced (black)	37.4 km · 39%
Expert	3.9 km · 4%
Freeride / ski route	1.7 km · 2%

Longest named runs

Elk Ridge	3.1 km
Mt. Ogden Road	2.1 km
Main Street	2.0 km
Penny Lane	2.0 km
No Name	2.0 km
Needles Run	1.9 km
Last Chance	1.7 km
Dan's Run	1.7 km

Après & food

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Getting there

Nearest major airport: SLC, about 50 min away by road. Directions · Flights

Snowbasin Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Weber County, Utah, 33 miles (53 km) northeast of Salt Lake City, on the back (east) side of the Wasatch Range. Wikipedia