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Chaos Canyon at Vail Ski Resort

Intermediate · 953 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
953 mlength
81 mvertical
3018 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chaos Canyon

Lifts that reach the top: Tubing Hill Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Little Eagle (skiing easy terrain to get there); Avanti Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mountain Top Express Lift (4) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Game Creek Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Wildwood Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eagle Bahn Gondola
  2. Ski Practice Parkway (easy)
  3. Ride Little Eagle
  4. Ski Pika (easy)
  5. Ski Cold Feet (easy)
  6. Ski Lionsway - Upper (easy)
  7. Ski Chaos Canyon (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Gitalong Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Black Forest (3 min), Avanti Express Lift (4 min), Trans Montane (7 min).

See Chaos Canyon 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.