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Academy at China Peak

Easy · 3589 m long with 439 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
average pitch
3589 mlength
439 mvertical
2583 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Academy

Lifts that reach the top: Summit (skiing novice terrain to get there); Peak (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Summit
  2. Ski Academy (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Academy, Dynamite, Mainstream, Buckhorn, Dynamite, Mainstream, Buckhorn, Dynamite, Mainstream. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min).

See Academy on the 3D mapAll runs at China Peak
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.