Vail allows uphill travel before and after open hours, so early risers can guarantee fresh tracks following a storm. There are two designated uphill routes, but you don’t have to descend the same way. Just be sure to steer clear of any mountain operations on the way up and down. Mapped here is the uphill route on Simba, which ends at the Eagle’s Nest if you take it to the top. From there, you’ll have plentiful choices for the downhill, mostly on blue runs back to Lionshead base.