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Tongue at Apex Mountain Resort

Advanced · 724 m long with 310 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
724 mlength
310 mvertical
2159 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Tongue

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

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quickdraw
  2. Ski Juniper (intermediate)
  3. Ski Tongue (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Boarder Cross, Old Mill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: T-Bar (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min), Quickdraw (3 min).

See Tongue 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.