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Wild Card at Vail Ski Resort

Advanced · 997 m long with 222 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 26° at its steepest, facing NW.

26°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
997 mlength
222 mvertical
3335 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Wild Card

Lifts that reach the top: Game Creek Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sun Down Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wildwood Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Eagle Bahn Gondola
  2. Ski Game Trail (easy)
  3. Ride Game Creek Express Lift
  4. Ski Lost Boy (easy)
  5. Ski Wild Card (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Faro, Showboat. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Game Creek Express Lift (2 min).

See Wild Card 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.