16 m away
Stairs Gulch

Stairs Gulch is 4,000 feet long, serious with a combination of a steep, technical chute and a flat, more mellow finish.
Difficult Ski Touring
- Distance
- 3.1 km
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 1.5 km
If you're looking for great long powder runs, this is one of the finest around!
Ski Touring Difficult
The Wasatch is known for powder and Bonkers is one of the classic powder runs. To access, start at the Broads Fork Trailhead in Big Cottonwood Canyon, follow the summer trail through the trees until you pop out at the base, then skin up.
Bonkers was a favorite powder haunt of the helicopter ski operations back before this area was designated as wilderness. Now it's only available to the backcountry skiers willing to put in the time and effort to hike in to it. It's a very worthwhile run if you're looking for a long, wide, open area with plenty of room to turn. It's a pretty straightforward ascent and descent with most parties putting in a nice tight skin track up the lookers right to gain the ridge. The upper slopes are in the mid to upper 30 degree range, then it mellows out quickly to a very enjoyable powder skipping pitch. If you ski all the way down to the flats it's nearly 2,000 feet long! A great spot to put in a few laps, but tricky to navigate when it's cloudy since there aren't any trees to help with visibility.
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
16 m away
Stairs Gulch is 4,000 feet long, serious with a combination of a steep, technical chute and a flat, more mellow finish.
Difficult Ski Touring
4.7 km away
Probably the longest, most consistent rock-lined chute in the Wasatch if you're into that sort of thing.
Severe Ski Touring
5.7 km away
A big fun run off of Kessler Peak with some great chute and trees skiing involved.
Difficult Ski Touring
6 km away
This is the huge avalanche path that's visible from the road on the N slope of Kessler Peak.
Difficult Ski Touring
6.1 km away
Major Tom is a steep and sporty couloir in a remote corner of the Wasatch that can have a few rappels to navigate!
Extreme Ski Touring
6.3 km away
The Dresden is one of the longest and most continually steep faces in the Wasatch.
Severe Ski Touring
6.4 km away
Scotty's is a classic north facing roadside attraction in upper Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Difficult Ski Touring
7.1 km away
Virginia Slims is the fun dogleg chute next to the more popular Old Growth chute in the lower reaches of Cardiff Fork.
Difficult Ski Touring
7.1 km away
Old Growth chute is a mini classic that provides great rock wall lined ambience and easy access.
Difficult Ski Touring
7.2 km away
Memorial #1 is a very long and clean chute that runs off the ridge of the S summit of Mount Olympus.
Difficult Ski Touring
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