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The Eastern Side is home to Golden Peak, including the Golden Peak Terrain Park & Pipe and Northeast Bowl with favorite runs like Northwoods cruiser, Prima & Pronto bumps and North Rim for powder.
The Central Mountain is made up of the Mid Vail Area (Mountain Top Express Lift #4 and Wildwood Express Lift #3), where you'll find gentle cruisers like Christmas and Ramshorn, as well as the challenges of bumps and steeps on Zot and The Skipper, and Look Ma. The Avanti Express Lift #2 and long intermediate runs including Avanti, Berries, Pickaroon and Bear Tree also make up the Central Mountain area.
The Western Side of the front of Vail Mountain includes LionsHead with runs like Simba, Born Free, and Safari accessible from the Eagle Bahn Gondola, Born Free Express Lift #8 and Pride Express Lift #26. Game Creek Bowl, serviced by the Game Creek Express Lift #7, is also part of the Western front side and is home to the Game Creek Restaurant & Club, as well as favorite runs like Showboat, Dealer's Choice, Wild Card bumps and the glades of Faro and Ouzo.
Sun Down Bowl - The furthest West of the Bowls, accessible from the top of Wildwood Express and Game Creek Express with the bumps of Ricky's Ridge, powder of Seldom and glades of Windows.
Sun Up Bowl - The original Back Bowl of Vail, serviced by The High Noon Lift #5 and accessible from the tops of Mountain Top Express and Northwoods Express. You really can ski forever on Forever, invite your friend to go before you on Apres Vous, don't be a chicken on the cliffs of Chicken Yard, and find all the powder on Cow's and Milt's Face. The North side of Sun Up Bowl is home to The Slot (often groomed) Headwall and Yonder, all bringing you down to the Sun Up Lift # 17 for lap after lap.
Tea Cup Bowl is best accessed from the top of Sun Up Lift and the Tea Cup Express Lift. Tea Cup is a small bowl with some of the best and longest lasting powder you'll find. Emperor's Choice is a favorite and is often beautifully groomed.
China Bowl is accessed from the top of Sun Up Lift, Tea Cup Express Lift and Sourdough Lift and offers something for every ability. From the gentle groomed cruisers of Poppyfields East and West, to the intermediate glades of Shangri La, and the steeps, bumps and powder on Ghingas Khan and Jade Glade'.you could spend an entire day just in China Bowl doing laps on the China Bowl Express Lift #21. Be sure to take a break atop China Bowl and enjoy the food and views at Two Elk Restaurant.
Siberia Bowl is just on the other side of China Bowl, serviced by the China Bowl Express lift, and is home to some incredible runs like Rasputen's Revenge and Red Square, as well as some fun cruisers like Bolshoi Balroom. The views out here are incredible and you'll find very few people on the wide open slopes.
Inner and Outer Mongolia Bowls are the furthest Eastern bowls in the Back Bowls. The secluded terrain is "out there", but a treat if you make the trip!
The Sky Line Express Lifts at the bottom of Tea Cup Bowl and China Bowl wisks you up Blue Sky Basin. You'll follow the bumps and glades of The Divide, and soon be atop the ridge where you'll see the incredible "back-country" gladed terrain all around and incredible views of the Back Bowls.
To your right is Earl's Bowl, serviced by Earl's Express Lift. In The Wuides is a wide open run, often groomed and a favorite with intermediate levels. Champagne Glade and Montane Glade are both incredible on powder days!
To your left is Pete's Bowl with long, gladed runs off the front side like Little Ollie and Heavy Metal - you'll never take the same line twice. If you want real a challenge, take the cornice atop Lover's Leap or brace yourself for the steep chute on Steep & Deep. Further to the right and most often groomed, are Cloud Nine and Big Rock Park - fun cruisers for intermediates through the trees. All runs return to the Sky Line Express lift or stop at Pete's Express Lift for more exploring.
Pete's Express lift accesses the other side of Pete's Bowl with the long groomed cruisers The Star and Grand Review (be sure to pause atop and take in the view). Resolution and Hornsilver are great runs on a powder day!




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