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Cookshack at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 320 m long with 112 m of vertical, averaging — and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
—average pitch
320 mlength
112 mvertical
3097 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Cookshack

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); Game Creek Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Wildwood Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sun Down Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced 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 Cookshack (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lionsway - Upper. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Avanti Express Lift (4 min), Black Forest (5 min), Trans Montane (9 min).

See Cookshack 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.