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Silk Road - East at Vail Ski Resort

Intermediate · 4399 m long with 502 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 22° at its steepest, facing SW.

22°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
4399 mlength
502 mvertical
3494 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Silk Road - East is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Silk Road - East

Lifts that reach the top: Mongolia (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 62 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Riva Bahn Gondola
  2. Ski Boomer (easy)
  3. Ski Flap Jack (easy)
  4. Ride Northwoods Express Lift
  5. Ski Sleepytime Road (intermediate)
  6. Ride Orient Express Lift
  7. Ski Silk Road - West (intermediate)
  8. Ride Mongolia
  9. Ski Silk Road - East (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins China Bridge Access Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Orient Express Lift (1 min), Tea Cup Express Lift (3 min), Skyline Express Lift (3 min).

See Silk Road - East 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.