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Grandfather's Trail at Apex Mountain Resort

Easy · 4449 m long with 492 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
4449 mlength
492 mvertical
2173 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Grandfather's Trail is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Grandfather's Trail

Lifts that reach the top: Quickdraw (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quickdraw
  2. Ski Grandfather's Trail (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Stock's Traverse, unnamed trail, Village Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: T-Bar (1 min), Magic Carpet (1 min), Quickdraw (2 min).

See Grandfather's Trail on the 3D mapAll runs at Apex Mountain Resort
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.