We got started a little earlier than at Beaver Mt. and Powder Mt. due to Snowbasin’s predominant east exposure. We arrived by 9, had breakfast and were on the Needles gondola by 9:45. We headed directly to Strawberry, where the lower pitch of Coyote Bowl (run next to gondola in pic below) was already in prime corn mode.
That pic was taken from the new DeMoisy lift, which does not go to the top of the ridge and thus can run many times when Strawberry is on wind hold. On this spring morning DeMoisy also gives direct access to the Lower Main and Bear Springs runs also with smooth corn.
From the top of Strawberry is the view west over Ogden to the Great Salt Lake.
Moving skier’s right, runs were almost deserted, even groomed upper Gordon’s here.
Next run ungroomed Upper Main Street had softened.
We pushed far right into Moonshine Bowl
We descended lower on White Lightning.
We left Strawberry around noon. I traversed over to Lone Tree. View down Strawberry from there:
The sketchy bumped entry to Lone Tree is at far left.
Later view of Lone Tree riding the upgraded Middle Bowl chair:
Snow in Lone Tree was still winter chalk.
Liz and I met at Needles and skied Porky’s Bowl plus a couple of groomers.
I rode John Paul and the tram to the top of the Grizzly Downhill.
I skied most of the Wildflower Downhill, deserted at 2PM during its peak spring condition. Views up:
And down:
Lower down I ended up in the intense moguls of Grizzly Downhill finish.
View from the parking lot with Grizzly in red and Wildflower in orange.
I finished with a top to bottom Needles cruiser and 26,300 vertical.
With the east exposure and low base elevation Snowbasin goes to spring conditions fast in warm weather. However the high speed lifts allow you to rack up vertical with nearly every run timed to optimal conditions. I know Snowbasin is impacted by Utah’s explosive growth on the weekends, but midweek you can see there is plenty of elbow room in nearly all of my pictures.
That pic was taken from the new DeMoisy lift, which does not go to the top of the ridge and thus can run many times when Strawberry is on wind hold. On this spring morning DeMoisy also gives direct access to the Lower Main and Bear Springs runs also with smooth corn.
From the top of Strawberry is the view west over Ogden to the Great Salt Lake.
Moving skier’s right, runs were almost deserted, even groomed upper Gordon’s here.
Next run ungroomed Upper Main Street had softened.
We pushed far right into Moonshine Bowl
We descended lower on White Lightning.
We left Strawberry around noon. I traversed over to Lone Tree. View down Strawberry from there:
The sketchy bumped entry to Lone Tree is at far left.
Later view of Lone Tree riding the upgraded Middle Bowl chair:
Snow in Lone Tree was still winter chalk.
Liz and I met at Needles and skied Porky’s Bowl plus a couple of groomers.
I rode John Paul and the tram to the top of the Grizzly Downhill.
I skied most of the Wildflower Downhill, deserted at 2PM during its peak spring condition. Views up:
And down:
Lower down I ended up in the intense moguls of Grizzly Downhill finish.
View from the parking lot with Grizzly in red and Wildflower in orange.
I finished with a top to bottom Needles cruiser and 26,300 vertical.
With the east exposure and low base elevation Snowbasin goes to spring conditions fast in warm weather. However the high speed lifts allow you to rack up vertical with nearly every run timed to optimal conditions. I know Snowbasin is impacted by Utah’s explosive growth on the weekends, but midweek you can see there is plenty of elbow room in nearly all of my pictures.
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