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Animal Glade at Cannon Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 686 m long with 199 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.

24°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
686 mlength
199 mvertical
1206 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Animal Glade is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Animal Glade

Lifts that reach the top: Cannonball Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Peabody Express Quad
  2. Ski Middle Cannon (intermediate)
  3. Ski Easy Link (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ride Cannonball Quad
  6. Ski Vista Way (intermediate)
  7. Ski Upper Cannon (intermediate)
  8. Ski Animal Glade (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Big Link, Upper Cannon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cannonball Quad (1 min), Zoomer Triple (4 min), Peabody Express Quad (4 min).

See Animal Glade on the 3D mapAll runs at Cannon Mountain Ski Area
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.