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Silk Road - West at Vail Ski Resort

Intermediate · 918 m long with 62 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 7° at its steepest, facing SE.

7°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
918 mlength
62 mvertical
3466 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Silk Road - West is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Silk Road - West

Lifts that reach the top: Orient Express Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 54 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)

Where it ends

Joins Bolshoi Ballroom, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mongolia (1 min), Mongolia Express (4 min), Orient Express Lift (9 min).

See Silk Road - West 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.