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Main Basin at Glencoe Ski area

Easy · 1394 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 22° at its steepest, facing N.

22°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1394 mlength
156 mvertical
1078 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Main Basin

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

From the base area (about 40 minutes, easy 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 Main Basin (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Haggis Trap, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Main Basin T-Bar Tow (1 min), Rannoch Button Tow (1 min), The Wall T-bar Tow (2 min).

See Main Basin 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.