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Birch Glades at Gunstock Mountain Resort

Advanced · 752 m long with 53 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.

16°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
752 mlength
53 mvertical
631 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Birch 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 Birch Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Panorama High Speed Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tiger Triple (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Panorama High Speed Quad
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Upper Gunsmoke (intermediate)
  4. Ski Birch Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Gunsmoke, Middle Recoil. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pistol Triple (4 min), Panorama High Speed Quad (4 min), Ramrod Quad (5 min).

See Birch Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Gunstock 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.