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The Preserve - Lower at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 347 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.

24°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
347 mlength
114 mvertical
2643 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to The Preserve - Lower

Lifts that reach the top: Ever Vail Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cascade Village Lift (20) (skiing easy terrain to get there); Born Free Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Pride Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Surface Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Little Eagle (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cascade Village Lift (20)
  2. Ski Post Road (easy)
  3. Ski Born Free (easy)
  4. Ski Bwana Loop (novice)
  5. Ski The Preserve - Lower (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bwana, Born Free. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Eagle Bahn Gondola (2 min), Born Free Express Lift (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min).

See The Preserve - Lower 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.