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Vail Ridge at Alta Ski Area

Advanced · 390 m long with 117 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
390 mlength
117 mvertical
2844 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Vail Ridge is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Vail Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Sunnyside (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Supreme (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sugarloaf (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunnyside
  2. Ski Sunnyside (easy)
  3. Ski Race Hill (intermediate)
  4. Ski Vail Ridge (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Crooked Mile. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sunnyside (2 min), MG GMZ (3 min), Snowpine Lift (3 min).

See Vail Ridge on the 3D mapAll runs at Alta Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.