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Sunset - Route to Black Run at Glencoe Ski area

Intermediate · 1021 m long with 152 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.

18°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1021 mlength
152 mvertical
827 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Sunset - Route to Black Run 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 Sunset - Route to Black Run

Lifts that reach the top: Rannoch Button Tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Main Basin T-Bar Tow (skiing intermediate 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. Ski The Wall (intermediate)
  6. Ride The Wall T-bar Tow
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ride Rannoch Button Tow
  9. Ski Happy Valley (easy)
  10. Ski Etive Glades (intermediate)
  11. Ski Sunset - Route to Black Run (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Black Downhill Ski Route.

See Sunset - Route to Black Run 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.