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Corkscrew Glades at Big White

Advanced · 809 m long with 122 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 14° at its steepest, facing S.

14°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
809 mlength
122 mvertical
2097 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Corkscrew Glades is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Corkscrew Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Powder Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Falcon Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alpine T-bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Ridge Rocket Express
  2. Ski Powder Gulch (intermediate)
  3. Ride Powder Chair
  4. Ski Powder Easy Out (easy)
  5. Ski Falcon Access (intermediate)
  6. Ski Powder Bowl (intermediate)
  7. Ski Whitefoot (intermediate)
  8. Ski Corkscrew Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Blackout, Corkscrew. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Chair (2 min), Gem Connector (8 min), Gem Lake Express (9 min).

See Corkscrew Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Big White
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.