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Etive Glades at Glencoe Ski area

Intermediate · 1075 m long with 284 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1075 mlength
284 mvertical
991 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Etive Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Rannoch Button Tow (skiing easy terrain to get there); Main Basin T-Bar Tow (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Access Chairlift
  2. Ride Plateau Poma Tow
  3. Ski Bunny Run / Mugs Alley (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ride The Wall T-bar Tow
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ride Rannoch Button Tow
  8. Ski Happy Valley (easy)
  9. Ski Etive Glades (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins The Wall, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Wall T-bar Tow (1 min), Cliffhanger Chairlift (2 min), Corie Pollach Tow (2 min).

See Etive Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Glencoe 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.