Draft:Snowbird Ski Runs History

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Snowbird Run Names List^[1]^[2]

Below are some of the names of the runs at Snowbird Ski resort. Our goal is to attempt to document the origins of these names.

But first, thanks to these folks, and many more:

Junior Bounous^[3]

Carl Boyer^[4]

Neil Cohen^[5]

John Cotter^[6]

Wilma Johnson^[7]

Al Krieger

Dave Powers^[8]

Dusty Sackett^[9]

Peter 'Mongo" Schory^[10]

Craig Spooner^[11]

Nona Weatherbee^[12]

Snowbird Run Names

49er Gully

Adager

Alice Avenue

Alimony Chutes

Altar Bowl

Anderson's Hill

Anderson's Woods

Baby Thunder

Baker's Slide

Banana Bowl

Bananas

Banana's Gully

Barry Barry Steep

Bass Above

Bass Below

Bass Boulevard

Bass Highway

Bassackwards

Bassanova

Berry Berry Steep

Bicarbonate Gully

Big Emma

Binx's Bumper

Bird's Nest

Bird's Nest Traverse

Birthday Chutes

Black Forest

Blackjack

Blackjack Gully

Blackjack Traverse

Blackjack Sign Line

Blue Angel

Blue Bayou

Blue By You

Bluebell

ἘἘBoarder's Gate

Bonar's Pass

Bonehead Bowl

Bookends

Bookends Bowl

Bookends Traverse

Bookmark Gully

Boundary Bowl

Boundary Goal

Breezeway

Brickyard

Bruce Gibson's Chute

Bryce's Run

Candelabra Chute

Cannonball Cutoff

Caray's Longshot

Carbonate

Carbonate Cliff Gate

Carbonate Cliffs

Carpenter Cliffs

Cat Crew Cutoff

Catcher's Mitt

Cave Chute

Center of Gravity

Center of Gravity Couloir

Central Chute

Chamonix Bowl

Chamonix Chutes

Chickadee

Chickadee Chutes

Chip's Bypass

Chip's Face

Chip's Outrun

Chip's Run

Christmas Tree Chute

Cirque Traverse

Cirque Traverse, Eastern Exposure

Cirque Traverse, Western Exposure

Cirque, The

Claim Jumper

Coll Whip Traverse

Coma Chute

Come From Behind Gully

Comma Chute

Condo Bypass

Conrad Chute

Crazy Corner Gate

Creek Road

Dalton's Draw

Dean's Drop

Dean's Slide

Death Chute

Death Knoll

Deep Pockets

Delores' Chute

Doc in the Rocks

Dog Kennel Chutes

Dog Pocket

Double Down

Dr. Hip

Early Ridge Lines

East Bench

Easy Street

Eddie Moe Bowl

Eddie Moe Powder Fields

Eddie Moe Traverse

Elbow

Elbow Proper

Election

Election Turn Around

Elevator Chutes

Ermindale

Exit Gully

Eye of the Duck

Eye of The Needle

Falk's Folly

Fawn's Slide

Feel da Glory

Field of Glory

Fields Cutoff

Field's Fork

Fields of Glory

Figure Eight

Figure Eight Gully

First Basis, Peruvian Gulch

Floater

Flora Cliffs

Flora Trees

Fluffy Bunny

Forbidden Forest

Forbidden Zone

Fossil Chutes

Franny's Slide

Fridge Chute

Fridge Ridge

Fridge Ridge, Chute and Bowl

Gad Chutes

Gad Gully

Gad II

Gad II Lift Line

Gad II East

Gad II West

Gad Left and Right Trees

Gad Valley

Gadzooks

Gadzoom Lift Line

Garske's Face

Gelande Hill

Get Serious Chutes

Get Serious Chutes 1, 2 & 3

Get Wet Getting Around

Glen's

Goblin Gully

Gorilla Pass

Grandma's House

Great Scott

Grill's Chute

Gun Tower Chutes

Gun Towers

Harper's Ferry

Harper's Ferry East

High Baldy Traverse

High Saddle

High Stakes

Hoop's

Hot Foot Gully

Hot Lips Gully

Hubba Bubba

Jones Avenue

Junior's Powder Paradise

Keyhole Chute

Knucklehead Traverse

Lautrenoe

Lazy Susan

Lightning Tree Gully

Limber Pines

Livin' The Dream

Lone Star

Low Saddle

Lower Bassackwards

Lower Chip's

Lower Cirque

Lower Emma

Lower Mach Schnell

Lower Primrose Path

Lower Silver Fox

Lower Tiger Tail

Lowest Bassackwards

Luckey Boy

Lupine Loop

Madam Annie's

Mark Malu Fork

Mid-Baldy Traverse

Middle Bassackwards

Middle Chip's Run

Middle Cirque

Middle Emma

Miner's Road

Mini Miners Camp

Mozzarella Bowl

Mushroom Land

Nash Flora Lode

Not Quite Corn

Oh My God

Old Ladies

Old Same Place

Organ Grinde

Path to Paradise

Phone 3 Shot

Pucker Brush

Rasta Chute

Rasta Chutes

Red Lens Line

Regulator Gully

Regulator Johnson

Restaurant Roll

Richie's Run

Road to Provo

Rothman Way

Route 4 Gully

S.T.H.

Shireen

Silver Dipper

Ski Patrol Gully

Sneaky Pete

Split Rock Gully

Ted's Bowl

Temptation Chutes

Temptation Shot

Terrain Park

Thanks for the Memories

The Endoras

The Keyhole

Think Young

Thunder Alley

Thunder Bowl

Thunder Junction

Tiger Tail

Tiny Tiger

Trails

Tricep

Upper Bassackwards

Upper Big Emma

Upper Blackjack Gate

Upper Chip's Run

Upper Cirque

Upper Gad Valley

Upper Mach Schnell

Upper Men's Downhill Chute

Upper Primrose

Upper Primrose Path

Upper Silver Fox

Upper Tiger Tail

Van's High All the Time

Venus Line

Violator Bowl

Waterfall

West 2nd South

West Baldy

West Bench

West Second Short

West Second South

West Second South On-Ramp

West Second Street

White Cliffs

White Diamonds

White Pine Ridge Traverse

White Pine Touring Traverse

White Rabbit

Who Cares

Who Dunnit

Who Knows Bowl

Who Knows Gully

Whodunnit

Wilbere Bowl

Wilbere Cutoff

Wilbere Ridge

Willows

Wilma Chute

Wilma's

Yasgur's Farm

Zen Traverse

References

^ "How 'Phone Shot 3' Came to Be". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Snowbird trail names: Funky, historic, intimate". Ski Utah!. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Junior Bounous", Wikipedia, 2024-11-23, retrieved 2025-04-06
^ "Carl Boyer - Alf Engen Museum Foundation". Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Raising The Bar". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Fun patrol: Resorts increasingly turn to mountain hosts to ensure customers have a good time". Deseret News. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "From Wilma to Wilbere". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Guru Dave Snow Report – Daily Ski and Snowboard Conditions for Snowbird and Alta, Utah". Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Google Books". books.google.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
^ Wojcik, Sarah. "Peter 'Mongo' Schory Receives NSAA Industry Impact Award". SAM Ski Area Management. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ Staff, SI (1978-02-20). "YOU CALL THIS A JOB?". vault.si.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
^ "Women-only Ski Clinics Give Participants a Time to Build Skills, Relationships". www.howtobefit.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[1] "How 'Phone Shot 3' Came to Be". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[2] "Snowbird trail names: Funky, historic, intimate". Ski Utah!. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[3] "Junior Bounous", Wikipedia, 2024-11-23, retrieved 2025-04-06

[4] "Carl Boyer - Alf Engen Museum Foundation". Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[5] "Raising The Bar". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[6] "Fun patrol: Resorts increasingly turn to mountain hosts to ensure customers have a good time". Deseret News. 2008-01-04. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[7] "From Wilma to Wilbere". www.snowbird.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[8] "Guru Dave Snow Report – Daily Ski and Snowboard Conditions for Snowbird and Alta, Utah". Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[9] "Google Books". books.google.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

[10] Wojcik, Sarah. "Peter 'Mongo' Schory Receives NSAA Industry Impact Award". SAM Ski Area Management. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[11] Staff, SI (1978-02-20). "YOU CALL THIS A JOB?". vault.si.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

[12] "Women-only Ski Clinics Give Participants a Time to Build Skills, Relationships". www.howtobefit.com. Retrieved 2025-04-06.

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