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Area 51 Glades at Cypress Mountain Ski Area

Expert · 214 m long with 67 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 24° at its steepest, facing SW.

24°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
214 mlength
67 mvertical
1134 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Area 51 Glades is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

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

How to get to Area 51 Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Sky Quad (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lions Express Quad
  2. Ski Collins (easy)
  3. Ski Humpty Dumpty (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ride Sky Quad
  6. Ski T-33 (intermediate)
  7. Ski Top Gun (expert)
  8. Ski Area 51 Glades (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Top Gun. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lions Express Quad (3 min), Eagle Express Quad (3 min), Midway Chair (4 min).

See Area 51 Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Cypress 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.