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Tin Pants at Vail Ski Resort

Easy · 819 m long with 102 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing W.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
819 mlength
102 mvertical
3370 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Tin Pants is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Tin Pants

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

From the base area (about 33 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Trans Montane
  2. Ski Trans Montane (easy)
  3. Ski Northface Catwalk (easy)
  4. Ski Skid Road (easy)
  5. Ride Highline Express Lift
  6. Ski Tin Pants (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Boomer, Flap Jack. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Northwoods Express Lift (5 min).

See Tin Pants 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.