Snowbird | Cirque Series Guide - Skier POV from the Ridge | 525" of Snowfall

In this guide, I take you from the top of the tram down the famous gnar that is Snowbird Ski and Snowboard Resort's Cirque Ridge. I look down some of the most iconic lines in Snowbird, including lines that are not on the trail map. If you haven't seen my other videos I also ski some of these lines as well as have a tram POV guide.
Also ended up meeting ‪@801actioncam‬, while checking out the forbidden zone and got distracted. So didn't finish the ridge line POV. If you haven't checked out his channel, it's awesome. His Flux Capacitor video was the one that got me hooked on ticking that line.
I will say the Forbidden Zone, is probably one of the gnarliest zone I've seen at Snowbird, so I think it deserves its own video. I'll bust out my iPhone to get a more realistic POV.
I ended up side-slipping some of the Forbidden Zone Center Line, 😳. The snow was way more crusty than expected, so I didn't commit to my first and only planned turn after my drop in. Then I side-slipped down half the rest, and was terrified the entire time. I do plan on putting most of these lines together clean at some point.
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[@forestdweller512]

Nothing better than skiing in the high country 💯

[@markwitford2756]

Awesome, thanks!

[@benoveson]

You bet!

[@colemyers8318]

Hey how are you liking the Revolt 114s long term? I see in your first video about them you talked about the pros and cons. Appreciate the emphasis on confidence with short turns. Do you feel you are able to stay forward in steep terrain and keep the weight off your tails so you can actually get them vertically to quickly pivot and turn? I haven't been on a flatter tailed, somewhat directional ski like this in a while (currently most of my skis are almost full twin with -5 or -6 MPs).

[@benoveson]

For the most part my original written review still holds up. I think it's time for a real review of my ski quiver at this point as I've had 10+ days on all my skis. I'll talk a bit about how a free ride oriented ski quiver has performed for me and some of my counterintuitive discoveries over the season.

[@axpnxy]

Nice! Will you upload the rest of it starting at forbidden zone?

[@benoveson]

For sure, i got distracted and ended up exploring the forbidden zone with @801actioncam. But it's so gnarly. It's worth its own video.

[@axpnxy]

Thanks! Forbidden zone looks super gnarly

[@thesteveterryproject9611]

Never skied Alta or Snowbird, but it really seems like Snowbird has way better terrain yet lots of people seem to rank Alta consistently higher than snowbird. I know the snow is a little better but Snowbird’s terrain just looks so much better am I wrong?

[@benoveson]

I grew up skiing Snowbird, and have only skied Alta a handful full of times. So I'm a bit biased. But from my observation and talking to people these are the general differences.
- Snow fall/quality - they share a boundary and elevation. Don't think there is a significant difference.
- terrain - both have enough world class terrain. For a life time. The only thing I've noticed is at Alta there is a bit more hiking and traversing to get to the normal zones. I personally ski snowbird for my knowledge of the terrain and because it's my childhood resort.
- vibe - Alta wins hands down. Think bob Marley and Grateful Dead. Although I love snowbird, the vibe is more like death metal. Be prepared to be pushed out of the tram or yelled at. I take my daughter to the bird and it was a common occurrence for people to get angry at us when we took more than 10 sec to get out of their way.
- operations - the bird has been struggling to open terrain and keep the lifts working. Not sure why, but Alta doesn't have the same problems.