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Ambush Glades at Castle Mountain Resort

Advanced · 499 m long with 184 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.

25°steepest 50 m

20°average pitch

499 mlength

184 mvertical

1733 mtop elevation

NEfaces

Snow and sun

Ambush Glades 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 Ambush Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Huckleberry Triple Chair (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed chair lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Stagecoach Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Huckleberry Triple Chair
Ski Ambush Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Round-Up Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Huckleberry Triple Chair (4 min), T-Rex T-Bar (4 min), Sundance Triple Chair (4 min).

See Ambush Glades on the 3D map All runs at Castle Mountain Resort

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.