Snowbasin Boarding & Freestyle

Snowbasin introduced a new progressive terrain park system for the 2009/10 season, offering three terrain parks of varying difficulty. The gentlest of these parks is the School Hill Park, and – as the name suggests – is frequently populated with ski school groups. The park offers an 18 inch pipe and is cut at least twice a week.

The idea is that skiers and boarders will be able to learn park basics in this small park, before progressing on to Littlecat Park (Rail Garden) – a medium sized park designed with intermediates in mind. The park stretches from Showboat to the bottom of the Needles Express Gondola, and consists of fifteen rails and four jumps of varying sizes.

Advanced riders should head to the Coyote Bowl Park in the Strawberry area, which features five large rails and one jump. Despite only recently being widened to accommodate better rail sets and jump lines, plans are afoot for further expansion of the Coyote Bowl Park.

In addition to the resort’s three terrain parks, there are a number of natural half pipes dotted across the mountain. These half pipes are clearly marked on the piste map.