Chicken at Welch Village
Advanced · 412 m long with 80 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.
25°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
412 mlength
80 mvertical
297 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Chicken is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Chicken
Lifts that reach the top: West Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); East Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Cannon Valley Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Look Out Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride West Quad
- Ski Crosstrail Right (advanced)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Bakkelyka (advanced)
- Ski Chicken (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Twister, Bakkelyka. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Quad (1 min), Look Out Quad (1 min), Face Lift 2000 (2 min).
See Chicken on the 3D mapAll runs at Welch VillageMeasured 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.