Twin Peaks - E Face
This is a short but very steep line off of one of the tallest and most iconic Wasatch peaks.
Extreme Ski Touring
- Distance
- 982 m
- Ascent
- 7 m
- Descent
- 580 m
The Central Wasatch better known as Little Cottonwood and Big Cottonwood canyon offers up some of the finest backcountry skiing in the lower 48. Easily accessible from Salt Lake City, the terrain varies from mellow meadow skipping to steep technical couloirs.
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This is a short but very steep line off of one of the tallest and most iconic Wasatch peaks.
Extreme Ski Touring
If you're looking for great long powder runs, this is one of the finest around!
Difficult Ski Touring
Yonkers is the spicy little neighbor to the north of Bonkers. It's not as long, but it's steeper and not skied as often.
Difficult Ski Touring
Twin Peaks is one of the tallest and most iconic peaks in the Wasatch Range with several great steep skiing possibilities from it's summit. One of those is the SW Face that is skiable from the western summit.
Difficult Ski Touring
North facing lines down to Catherine Lake.
Difficult Ski Touring
The Spindrift Couloir runs off of Storm Mountain and is one of the longest, steepest, and tightest lines in the Wasatch Mountains. It averages around 45 degrees and involves 2-4 rappels depending on conditions.
Extreme Ski Touring
Short bowl skiing littered with cliffs
Difficult Ski Touring
A steep and spicy chute that's a must if you've skied the other lines off of Thunder Ridge.
Extreme Ski Touring
Little Pine is the king of S facing lines in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Difficult Ski Touring
Argenta is a Wasatch classic offering fun tree skiing down a huge avalanche path.
Difficult Ski Touring
For those who have braved the NW couloir and are looking for something steeper and more exposed, this is the next level in steep skiing.
Extreme Ski Touring
The SE ridge is a great ski run and the only way off the Pfeifferhorn without rappelling.
Difficult Ski Touring
Plinko is the steep and complicated connection of chutes and ramps on the N face of the Pfeifferhorn that requires several rappels.
Extreme Ski Touring
Coalpit is one of longest and most coveted runs in the Central Wasatch.
Severe Ski Touring
Georges is the classic powder bowl lower down in Cardiff Fork.
Difficult Ski Touring
The Doomsday Ramp is the short but steep angling ramp at the head of Mineral Fork, known at the "Room of Doom".
Extreme Ski Touring