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Chicken Yard at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 713 m long with 317 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 36° at its steepest, facing S.

36°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
713 mlength
317 mvertical
3283 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Chicken Yard is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Chicken Yard

Lifts that reach the top: High Noon Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Northwoods Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mountain Top Express Lift (4) (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 35 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Riva Bahn Gondola
  2. Ski Boomer (easy)
  3. Ski Flap Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Northwoods Express Lift
  5. Ski Forever (advanced)
  6. Ski Apres Vous (advanced)
  7. Ski Chicken Yard (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sun Up Catwalk. Nearest lifts from the bottom: High Noon Express Lift (2 min), Sun Down Express (3 min).

See Chicken Yard 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.