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Apex Mountain ski runs

63 named runs · about 27 miles of skiing · 5,260 to 7,120 ft

Green 24% (6.5 mi)Blue 34% (9.2 mi)Black 36% (9.9 mi)Double black 6% (1.8 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Longest

  1. Grandfather's Trail 14,800 ft
  2. Grandmother's Trail 10,500 ft
  3. Whipsaw 6,200 ft
  4. Hang'em High 5,300 ft
  5. Sluice Box 4,500 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Magnum 33% sun
  2. K2 33% sun
  3. Gunbarrel 34% sun
  4. Twenty Two 34% sun
  5. Pea Shooter 35% sun

Longest greens

  1. Grandfather's Trail 14,800 ft
  2. Whipsaw 6,200 ft
  3. Dude ney Trail 3,800 ft
  4. Rookie's Trail 2,500 ft
  5. Upper Wishbone 2,100 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 63 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Make My Day Double black 670 ft 1,674 ft — 24° NW Excellent
The Pit Black 728 ft 1,596 ft — 27° NE Excellent
Wild Bill Blue 704 ft 2,868 ft — 14° NE Good
Window Black 314 ft 918 ft — 20° NE Excellent
Winchester Black 230 ft 625 ft — 22° N Excellent
Ben's Run Blue 159 ft 462 ft — 20° N Excellent
Dirty Harry Double black 491 ft 1,115 ft — 26° N Excellent
Spruce Hollow Blue 372 ft 1,678 ft — 13° NE Good
Okanagan Run Blue 591 ft 1,983 ft — 17° NE Excellent
Stagecoach Blue 402 ft 1,673 ft — 14° NE Good
Upper Wishbone Green 280 ft 2,077 ft — 8° NE Good
97 Black 355 ft 1,236 ft — 17° N Excellent
Lower Wishbone Blue 253 ft 1,235 ft — 12° NE Good
Boarder Cross Black 342 ft 1,424 ft — 14° NE Good
Chute Black 1,057 ft 3,121 ft — 20° N Excellent
Claim Jumper Black 484 ft 1,943 ft — 15° NE Good
Easy Out Green 181 ft 1,042 ft — 10° SE Poor
Easy Rider Green 64 ft 640 ft — 6° E Below average
Face Black 604 ft 1,573 ft — 23° N Excellent
Finger Green 270 ft 994 ft — 16° E Below average
Gambit Blue 940 ft 3,564 ft — 15° NE Good
Golden Eagle Black 724 ft 2,373 ft — 18° E Poor
Grandfather's Trail Green 1,611 ft 14,758 ft — 6° N Excellent
Grandmother's Trail Black 1,738 ft 10,477 ft — 10° E Below average
Grommit Double black 906 ft 2,242 ft — 24° N Excellent
Gunbarrel Double black 843 ft 1,893 ft — 27° N Excellent
Hang'em High Black 1,230 ft 5,316 ft — 14° E Below average
Juniper Blue 975 ft 3,243 ft — 18° NE Good
K Black 933 ft 2,548 ft — 22° N Excellent
K2 Black 393 ft 894 ft — 26° N Excellent
Kristi's Black 404 ft 1,442 ft — 16° NE Good
Little Joe Blue 402 ft 1,627 ft — 14° NE Good
Lucky Strike Blue 656 ft 2,546 ft — 15° NE Good
Magnum Black 598 ft 1,323 ft — 27° N Excellent
Maverick Blue 948 ft 4,318 ft — 13° NE Good
Motherlode Blue 809 ft 3,053 ft — 15° NE Good
Old Mill Blue 716 ft 3,008 ft — 14° NE Good
Pea Shooter Double black 801 ft 1,757 ft — 27° N Excellent
Poma Black 700 ft 1,896 ft — 22° N Excellent
Ridge Run Blue 907 ft 2,654 ft — 20° E Below average
Showboat Black 360 ft 750 ft — 29° E Good
Sluice Box Blue 1,124 ft 4,519 ft — 14° NE Average
Strayhorse Trail Blue 246 ft 2,655 ft — 6° E Below average
Sunbowl Black 391 ft 905 ft — 26° SE Poor
Sweet Louise Blue 286 ft 1,030 ft — 16° E Poor
The Great Wall Black 690 ft 1,865 ft — 22° E Poor
Twenty Two Double black 825 ft 1,818 ft — 27° N Excellent
Westbank Black 910 ft 2,363 ft — 23° NE Good
Tongue Black 1,042 ft 2,623 ft — 24° NE Excellent
Dude ney Trail Green 626 ft 3,783 ft — 10° NE Good
Adrian's Alley Blue 621 ft 2,373 ft — 15° NE Average
Bob's Run Black 299 ft 857 ft — 21° SE Poor
Buckshot Black 408 ft 1,138 ft — 21° N Excellent
Chicken Finger Green 180 ft 969 ft — 11° NE Good
Dawdler2 Blue 184 ft 876 ft — 12° NE Average
Glades Black 495 ft 1,272 ft — 23° SE Poor
Grouse Gulch Black 954 ft 2,296 ft — 25° NE Excellent
Rookie's Trail Green 277 ft 2,476 ft — 7° NE Excellent
The Cut Green 170 ft 1,982 ft — 6° NE Good
Whipsaw Green 1,136 ft 6,223 ft — 11° NE Average
Hanks Black 853 ft 2,016 ft — 25° NE Good
Park Blue 32 ft 291 ft — 6° NE Average
Dawdler1 Blue 308 ft 1,447 ft — 12° NE Good

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.