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Glades at Cascade Mountain

Intermediate · 116 m long with 9 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 5° at its steepest, facing NW.

5°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
116 mlength
9 mvertical
362 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Mountain Top Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed rope tow (skiing easy terrain to get there); JL2 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mountain Top Express
  2. Ski Badger's Pass (easy)
  3. Ski Upper Ptarmigan (easy)
  4. Ski Glades (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Ptarmigan. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Manitou (2 min), Mountain Top Express (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min).

See Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Cascade Mountain
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.