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Pika at Vail Ski Resort

Easy · 1129 m long with 124 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 12° at its steepest, facing N.

12°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1129 mlength
124 mvertical
3177 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Pika

Lifts that reach the top: Tubing Hill Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Little Eagle (skiing novice 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 18 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eagle Bahn Gondola
  2. Ski Practice Parkway (easy)
  3. Ride Little Eagle
  4. Ski Pika (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Practice Parkway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Avanti Express Lift (4 min), Black Forest (5 min), Eagle Bahn Gondola (9 min).

See Pika 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.