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Bwana at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 2014 m long with 543 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 29° at its steepest, facing N.

29°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
2014 mlength
543 mvertical
3061 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bwana

Lifts that reach the top: Pride Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Eagle Bahn Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); Ever Vail Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cascade Village Lift (20) (skiing easy terrain to get there); Born Free Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Surface Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Cascade Village Lift (20)
  2. Ski Post Road (easy)
  3. Ski Born Free (easy)
  4. Ski Bwana Loop (novice)
  5. Ski Bwana (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Simba, Born Free, Bwana Loop. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Eagle Bahn Gondola (1 min), Born Free Express Lift (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

See Bwana on the 3D mapAll runs at Vail Ski 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.