No uphill hiking/skiing is allowed on the mountain during the winter operating season.

Aerial drone use is prohibited.

• Always stay in control. You must be able to stop or avoid people or objects.
• People ahead or downhill of you have the right-of-way. You must avoid them.
• Stop only where you are visible from above and do not restrict traffic.
• Look uphill and avoid others before starting downhill or entering a trail.
• You must prevent runaway equipment.
• Read and obey all signs, warnings and hazard markings.
• Keep off closed trails and out of closed areas.
• You must know how and be able to load, ride and unload lifts safely. If you need assistance, ask the lift attendant.
• Do not use lifts or terrain when impaired by alcohol or drugs.
• If you are involved in a collision or incident, share your contact information with each other and a ski area employee.

For more information, visit NSAA or Ski Safety U.S.

No skier (any person present in a ski area for the purpose of engaging in the sport of skiing, nordic, freestyle, or other types of ski jumping, using skis, sled, tube, snowboard or any other device) shall make any claim against, or recover from any ski area operator for injury resulting from any of the inherent risks of skiing.

The "inherent risks of skiing" means the dangers or conditions that are an integral part of the sport of recreational, competitive, or professional skiing, including but not limited to:

a. changing weather conditions, including avalanche and snow immersion;

b. snow or ice conditions as the snow or ice conditions exist or may change, including hard pack, powder, packed powder, wind pack, corn, crust, slush, cut-up snow, or machine-made snow;

c. surface or subsurface conditions, including bare spots, forest growth, rocks, stumps, streambeds, cliffs, trees, or other natural objects;

d. variations or steepness in terrain, whether natural or as a result of slope design, snowmaking or grooming operations, or other terrain modifications, including: (i) terrain parks; (ii) terrain features, including jumps, rails, or fun boxes; or (iii) all other constructed and natural features, including half pipes, quarter pipes, or freestyle-bump terrain;

e. impact with lift towers and other structures and their components, such as signs, posts, fences or enclosures, hydrants, or water pipes;

f. collisions with other skiers;

g. participation in, or practicing or training for, competitions or special events; and

h. the failure of a skier to ski within the skier's own ability.

Sec. 78B-4-402 Utah Code Ann.

Be aware that snowmaking and/or snow-working (where applicable) may be in progress.

If you cannot safely use the ski area's lifts and accept the inherent risks of the sport, please do not ski at this area.

Remember to always ski safely, in control, and abide by your responsibility code.

Ski Area Boundaries are closed except at designated Forest Service Backcountry exit access points. The exit access points are at the base of the Mineral Basin Express Chairlift and off the Thunder Alley ski run, uphill from the base of the Baby Thunder Lift. Avalanche danger and other life-threatening hazards exist beyond the ski area boundary. If you choose to leave the ski area, you are solely responsible for your safety. Ski patrol is not available outside the Ski Area Boundary and no avalanche mitigation is performed in these areas. For rescue by Salt Lake County Search and Rescue - call 911.

Avalanche mitigation measures within the ski area boundaries help mitigate the risk of avalanches, but they cannot eliminate the possibility of an avalanche occurring in avalanche-prone areas and runout zones open for skiing.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), it is Snowbird’s policy that service animals (which as defined under the ADA can only be dogs) are not permitted on chairlifts at the resort during the ski season, based on the legitimate safety requirements determined by Snowbird regarding the safety of other guests and employees, as well as for the safety of the service animal itself. For the same reasons, Snowbird does not allow service animals to accompany guests skiing or snowboarding on mountain trails and ski runs, and all skiing and snowboarding terrain at the resort. This policy of restricting service animals on both chairlifts and accompanying guests while using Snowbird’s skiing terrain also applies equally to all other animals, including pets and emotional support animals. Pets that are not service animals are already restricted from Little Cottonwood Canyon due to the Watershed Protection Ordinance.

Service animals are permitted on the Snowbird Tram when it is open to the public, and guests with service animals who access the mountain via the Snowbird Tram will download back to the Snowbird base area via the Snowbird Tram as well. If a guest with a service animal seeks to visit an area of the mountain for a special event that is not accessible via the Snowbird Tram, or the Snowbird Tram is not in operation to the public, Snowbird will provide alternative transport to the venue on the mountain through an on-mountain vehicle (snowmobile, OHV, truck or other vehicle), depending on the mountain location, weather conditions and other variables. Given the unique winter environmental conditions, extreme terrain and weather conditions, Snowbird recommends that guests provide as much advance notice as possible when seeking unique accessibility to a location or venue on the mountain that may not be accessible via the Snowbird Tram.

At all times, the service animal must be under the control of its handler. The service animal shall have a harness, leash, or other tether, unless either the handler is unable because of a disability to use a harness, leash, or other tether, or the use of a harness, leash, or other tether would interfere with the service animal’s safe, effective performance of work or tasks, in which case the service animal must be otherwise under the handler’s control (e.g., voice control, signals or other effective means).

Authorized personnel will request the service animal be removed from the premises if: (1) The animal is out of control and the animal’s handler does not take immediate effective action to control it; or (2) The animal is not housebroken. If the service animal is removed, Snowbird will make all reasonable efforts to give the individual with a disability the opportunity to participate in the services or activities without having the service animal on premises. 

As a resort policy, Snowbird does not allow skiers or snowboarders to carry infants/toddlers in backpacks, chest packs, wraps or other similar devices on their bodies while using Snowbird’s Tram, chairlifts, conveyors and ski runs. This policy stems from the legitimate safety concerns for the infant/toddler, parent/guardian and Snowbird employees.

The basis for this policy, in part, is that the national safety standards which govern chairlift design and operations (referred to as the ANSI B77 passenger ropeway standards) require chairlift passengers to be individually able to access chairlifts of their own accord and ability. The chair or carrier’s design may preclude this type of use of a pack by a guest. In addition, because of safety concerns related to the potential evacuation of chairlifts and the equipment employed in such evacuations, our evacuation procedures require passengers to be unencumbered by such packs carrying infants/toddlers for both the safety of the parent/guardian, the infant/toddler and the ski patrol who conduct such evacuations.

There are additional safety concerns related to skiing or snowboarding with an infant/toddler in such a pack, especially the elevated risks associated with collisions with other guests and potential harm to an infant/toddler in a pack – no matter how well-trained or the expertise of the parent or guardian carrying the infant/toddler.

Non-skiing guests with infants/toddlers in packs are permitted on the Snowbird Tram, when it is open to the public, to access Hidden Peak and The Summit Restaurant only and are required to download the Tram back to the Snowbird Center.

As an alternative, Snowbird offers childcare services to our guests.