PSA - Snowbird Extended Spring Schedule

[4-TEEF]

Here's Snowbird's Spring schedule. The condensed version is - Daily skiing through Sunday, May 11, then Fri, Sat & Sun through Memorial Day. Detailed info is below.

Info is accurate and shouldn't change much but as always... **Conditions Permitting** The schedule is different than previous years. Most notable the Tram is out of commission starting May 5th, Little Cloud is closed starting April 21 and Mineral Basin closes at noon stating April 28.


Monday, April 14
Because Alta Ski Area is closed for the season, the Alta/Bird Connection Gate and the Baldy Express lift will close.
Open lifts: The Tram, Peruvian Express/Tunnel, Chickadee, Wilbere, Gadzoom, Little Cloud and Mineral Basin Express.
Closed Lifts: Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express. NOTE: Alta re-opens April 18-20.

Monday, April 21
Open lifts: The Tram, Peruvian Express/Tunnel, Chickadee, Wilbere, Gadzoom and Mineral Basin Express.
Closed Lifts: Little Cloud, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express.

Monday, April 28
Open lifts: The Tram, Peruvian Express/Tunnel, Wilbere and Mineral Basin Express. Mineral Basin Express and the Tunnel will close at noon or earlier depending on spring weather conditions.
Closed Lifts: Gadzoom, Chickadee, Little Cloud, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express.

Monday, May 5
Open lifts (8 am – 3 pm): Peruvian Express/Tunnel, Wilbere and Mineral Basin Express. Mineral Basin Express and the Tunnel will close at noon or earlier depending on spring weather conditions.
Closed Lifts: The Tram (closed until June 14), Gadzoom, Chickadee, Little Cloud, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express.

Monday, May 12
Ski Area Is Closed during weekdays. We will re-open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, conditions permitting.

Friday, May 16
Open lifts (8 am – 3 pm): Peruvian Express/Tunnel and Mineral Basin Express. Mineral Basin Express and the Tunnel will close at noon or earlier depending on spring weather conditions.
Closed Lifts: The Tram (closed until June 14), Wilbere, Gadzoom, Chickadee, Little Cloud, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express.

Monday, May 19
Ski Area Is Closed during weekdays. We will re-open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, conditions permitting.

Friday, May 23
Open lifts (8 am – 3 pm): Peruvian Express/Tunnel and Mineral Basin Express. Mineral Basin Express and the Tunnel will close at noon or earlier depending on spring weather conditions.
Closed Lifts: The Tram (closed until June 14), Wilbere, Gadzoom, Chickadee, Little Cloud, Baby Thunder, Gad II, Mid-Gad and Baldy Express.

Monday, May 26
This is the final day of skiing and riding for the 2007/08 season. The Tram will start a summer schedule on June 14, conditions permitting.

[Xover]

so, let me get this straight, after Cinco De Mayo (which just happens to be my d-day) there is no lift served way to get to the top of the 'turd without hiking wtf??? some of the best lift served spring skiing in the lower 48 (let alone the world) is at the 'Bird in the spring whether little cloud or the tram are running. those that make such decisions at the 'bird never, ever cease to amaze me year in and year out. very proud of the fact that i can say that i don't work for such an organization, never have, never will, & most certainly will never, ever purchase a season pass from Dick Basshole

.... if you think i am "over reacting", just wait until Endless and Coldsmoke see this; shit will hit the proverbial fan as well as dickhead's windows

[BobMc]

I thought it much more perplexing keeping Mineral Basin open while closing Little Cloud.

BobMc

[UTskiHokie]

I get a free Brighton pass, and part of the reason I buy an alta/bird pass (besides the sick terrain all year) is for late spring skiing at the bird! Now they already plan to close most of the best stuff when the base is still awesome. Rediculous!!!

This settles the fact that this is likely the last season I buy that pass.

I guess I will just have to hike for all of my june skiing. Next year Dick can live without my $1600 (or whatever they raise the lift price too!)

[Xover]

I thought it much more perplexing keeping Mineral Basin open while closing Little Cloud.

BobMc

ditto that Bobby, but was more "worked-up" about what i typed above. quietly [almost secretly] i was hoping 4teef had his dates all f'ed up ..... ????? oh well

[4-TEEF]

so, let me get this straight, after Cinco De Mayo (which just happens to be my d-day) there is no lift served way to get to the top of the 'turd without hiking wtf???

Yes. You will need to "hike" from the top of the Mineral Basin chair. Should take about 10 secs. Unless it is after 12 noon and then you're stuck on the Peruvian side.

some of the best lift served spring skiing in the lower 48 (let alone the world) is at the 'Bird in the spring whether little cloud or the tram are running. those that make such decisions at the 'bird never, ever cease to amaze me year in and year out. very proud of the fact that i can say that i don't work for such an organization, never have, never will, & most certainly will never, ever purchase a season pass from Dick Basshole

The Tram needs a some major overhaul work. It will be closed for almost a month and a half. I'm not defending the management but at least the resort IS open, unlike pretty much every other resort in the country.

To me the loosing Little Cloud on April 21 is the biggest bummer and especially weird because Wilbere and Gadzoom are still running at that time...

[JTrue]

so, let me get this straight, after Cinco De Mayo (which just happens to be my d-day) there is no lift served way to get to the top of the 'turd without hiking wtf???

Peruvian through the tunnel, up Mineral Basin Express, to the top? Although once MB gets too warm and they shut down the tunnel and MB Express around noon we are SOL. Oh well, I got my days in. This is why there is touring equipment...

Edit: Xover, you should just talk to Alta management about staying open

[4-TEEF]

I thought it much more perplexing keeping Mineral Basin open while closing Little Cloud.

BobMc

Here's what I think is going on.

The Tram will be closed so you can't go Tram to Little Cloud. The base of Gad Valley always melts out pretty early so running GadZoom to Little Cloud can't happen. All that leaves is the Peruvian to Mineral connection. I don't know for sure if Little Cloud bowl will be open from the top of Mineral but I don't see why not so that terrain will be accessible until Mineral closes at noon.

[4-TEEF]

I get a free Brighton pass, and part of the reason I buy an alta/bird pass (besides the sick terrain all year) is for late spring skiing at the bird! Now they already plan to close most of the best stuff when the base is still awesome. Rediculous!!!

This settles the fact that this is likely the last season I buy that pass.

I guess I will just have to hike for all of my june skiing. Next year Dick can live without my $1600 (or whatever they raise the lift price too!)

I totally understand your frustrations but I think you should wait and see exactly how much terrain can't be accessed and how rigidly Snowbird sticks to this schedule. I've seen management change their minds on this sort of thing before...

If the lower mountain and Mineral are melting out really fast I could see them opening Little Cloud to keep people off the melting spots. That might be just wishful thinking by me though. The Tram being down is what forces the use of Mineral and there is no way around that.

[4-TEEF]

ditto that Bobby, but was more "worked-up" about what i typed above. quietly [almost secretly] i was hoping 4teef had his dates all f'ed up ..... ????? oh well

My info should be accurate, as of today at least. Everything is conditions permitting, so of course it could change at any moment.

[pointedem]

Why not do the tram work starting in July?

Is it that dire?

[4-TEEF]

Why not do the tram work starting in July?

Is it that dire?

It's going to fall at any moment! Actually I think it is somewhat like with airplanes, ie: After XX hours of use you are required to replace XX parts. As I recall, they've always closed the Tram for a week or two around this time to do maintenance and run Gad Zoom to Little Cloud instead. This time I think they are replacing some of the Tram cables so the down time is much longer.

[BushwackerinPA]

seriousally WTF...no way to the top after they close Mineral Basin, and no Little Cloud Chair which is the best skiing in the spring time.

Snowbird's desicions seem to be how many people can they piss off at the same time.

[4-TEEF]

seriousally WTF...no way to the top after they close Mineral Basin, and no Little Cloud Chair which is the best skiing in the spring time.

Snowbird's desicions seem to be how many people can they piss off at the same time.

So what should they do differently? The Tram will be down so how exactly you do get people to Little Cloud?

I'm going to wait and see exactly how "bad" all of this is turns out to before calling for a lynch mob, or redecorating DB's windows as Xover suggests. I remember when they built the Peruvian chair and the Tunnel many people (including myself) complained and complained about what a bad idea it was... In reality the result is way shorter Tram lines and shorter lines pretty much everywhere except for Mineral on a sunny powder morning. I didn't hear many complaints about that decision this season...

[Johnny Deep]

I'm filling my bag as we speak...the backyard has just melted out and I's gots dogs

Seriously, this is something these bozo's should have been up front with last August...fakkers. 30+ years and they haven't been able to screw things up this bad.


So Snowbird has fallen victum to their own marketting department. Brilliant!

[4-TEEF]

I'm filling my bag as we speak...the backyard has just melted out and I's gots dogs

Seriously, this is something these bozo's should have been up front with last August...fakkers. 30+ years and they haven't been able to screw things up this bad.

So Snowbird has fallen victum to their own marketting department. Brilliant!

I have no idea when they decided on this schedule but it has NOTHING to do with the marketing department. That I can guarantee.

Why is it that everyone always thinks that marketing has ANY say in a resorts operations?

[4-TEEF]

I just got some more detailed info about the Tram maintenance.

They need to "slip the track cables" which I think means take up some of the slack that develops over time. This is MAJOR maintenance performed roughly every 15 years or so. This work was last done about 13 years ago but it appears that as the Tram gets older this type of maintenance may be required slightly more frequently.

[Johnny Deep]

I have no idea when they decided on this schedule but it has NOTHING to do with the marketing department. That I can guarantee.

Why is it that everyone always thinks that marketing has ANY say in a resorts operations?

Come on, the place is way more crowded, especially on weekends. I've seen the road packed by 10am, even UDOT expanded some of the road to handle this. Open any ski rag...Snowbird is plastered all over the place, if not by them, by SkiUtah.

They have fallen victum. I ski next door or tour on most days. The Bird is most awesome, but with each year it's becomiing more crowded and they do everything in their power to attract more. When is that Tram Walmart going in on Hidden Peak??? The place looks more and more like Lagoon every time I head up. I would like to think that I go there for the skiing, but crap keeps getting in my way.

As far as the Tram maitenance, marketting...no. Bad timing...yes.

[4-TEEF]

Come on, the place is way more crowded, especially on weekends. I've seen the road packed by 10am, even UDOT expanded some of the road to handle this.

I'm up there before 8 a.m. most days so I don't know about parking on the road but my comments were based on shorter lift lines not number of skiers on the hill. When talking number of skiers on the hill, Snowbird's busiest day ever was back in the late 1990s.

Open any ski rag...Snowbird is plastered all over the place, if not by them, by SkiUtah.

Snowbird runs one, single page ad every month in Ski/Skiing/Powder from September issue to the Jan issue. Ski Utah I'm pretty sure ONLY does ads featuring all the BCC and LCC resorts. When looking at the mags, and even this forum, I feel like Alta gets WAY more publicity. I saw one poster refer to Alta as "Mecca" - contrast that with Xover's comments above! Another thing, ever notice how many more Alta bumper stickers you see in SLC than Snowbird ones?

They have fallen victum. I ski next door or tour on most days. The Bird is most awesome, but with each year it's becomiing more crowded and they do everything in their power to attract more.

When was the last time you were at Snowbird? I ask this because I work with a lot of people who ski Alta on Sundays and they have consistently complained about lift lines at Alta while Snowbird lines were minimal. The reality is that Alta only has 7 chairlifts compared to 10 chairlifts and the Tram at Snowbird so presuming the same number of guests the lines at Snowbird should be shorter. This is NOT a bash on Alta. I'm just stating what I know.

When is that Tram Walmart going in on Hidden Peak??? The place looks more and more like Lagoon every time I head up. I would like to think that I go there for the skiing, but crap keeps getting in my way.

I doubt that a new building on Hidden Peak will ever happen but that probably doesn't matter to you anyways... sounds like you've decided how your experience will be before you get there and that's fine. I agree that the rides in the Summer do create a DisneyBird vibe but I'm not seeing that in the winter. There is that damn Yurt in the middle of the Plaza Deck but other than that I can't think of what might be getting in your way.

It's all good. Everyone has things they like/dislike about certain resorts. I'm sure there are Solitude/Brighton/Snowbasin locals reading this who think the whole of LCC sucks.

[phUnk]

Climbing season bitches!!1

[schindlerpiste]

Will skis be allowed on the tram after June 14? They allowed it during the summer of '06; not sure about last year, because of lack of snow.

[UTskiHokie]

I will agree with 4-Teef in that this year I have definetly noticed shorter lines at the Bird. I think it is more to do with less people visiting because of the crappy year last year. The tram lines have been minimal-to-walk on all year. And they have been a pleasure compared to the silly gates they put up at alta. But I am also betting less people is the same reason they are closing earlier.

I'm just pissed because the 'bird loves to brag about how long there season is and how late you can ski... They are still selling "spring passes" with no mention of the fact that little cloud and the tram are closing super early. It may not be marketings fault, but thats pretty poor to roll the bait and switch on people like that!

Why can't they wait till summer and shut down for a few weeks when there are only like 5 tourists at a time on the tram?... I will tell you why, because in May the only people on the tram will be Pass holders and they already have our cash. In June/july they can suck tourists for $10 a ride.

Here is an interesting thought to ponder...

Compare the total snow (and base) this year and last year, now think that the bird was open till May 30th... this year May 26th...




I am going to wait and see how it pans out, because I do recall a few years ago, they posted a closing date and kept pushing it back becuase the skiing was still good. But no little cloud sucks.

[4-TEEF]

Climbing season bitches!!1

[4-TEEF]

Will skis be allowed on the tram after June 14? They allowed it during the summer of '06; not sure about last year, because of lack of snow.

It is usually allowed in a sort of under the table way were it isn;t offered unless you know to ask for it. In years past there was a waiver to sign and I think we may have even sold a $50 back country skiing summer pass or something like that. This year I think they might do it since there is no big construction on the mountain.

[AltaPowderDaze]

cry me a river. it's less than a 10 min hike if you want to ski little cloud from peruvian. nothing is set in stone but this is how it will be next year when the new pump house is in and snowmaking can happen in both gad and p-gulch at the same time.

the tram will be down at that time because it is needed for summer operation. it is not needed for spring skiing but it is a plus. if you can't find your way to the top, then you probably shouldn't be there. btw, chickadee shuts down soon so get you turns in now and bitch about it when it's gone.