Close button

Wall Map


Check out the 3-foot by 4-foot
Wasatch Backcountry map

Print button
The Church
The Church
Drainage Maybird Gulch
Terrain Open Trees
Upper Elevation 9,650'
Lower Elevation 8,750
Typical Vertical 900'
Location 40.5538° / -111.7034°
Online Map View on wbskiing.com

The Church (which is sometimes called Maybird Trees) offers low-angle tree skiing just over the ridge that separates Red Pine Fork from Maybird Gulch in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The Church is very similar to the Red Pine Trees, in fact, they start at the same place, but The Church descends into Maybird Gulch whereas the Red Pine Trees descend into Red Pine Fork.

Lower Red Pine Fork

Getting to The Church

Follow the directions to Maybird Gulch from the White Pine trailhead. Those instructions take you to the top of The Church and the Red Pine Trees (at 40.5496° / -111.7020°).

When skiing The Church, bear slightly skier's left. In low visibility it's easy to mistakenly end up in Red Pine Trees (and vice versa). Near the bottom of The Church, or if you get too far left during your descent, you'll discover the terrain trap gully that runs along the bottom of Maybird Gulch.

Skiing out lower Maybird can be challenging. A better option is to ski The Church, skin back up, and then ski out the Red Pine Trees.