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Upper Recoil Glades at Gunstock Mountain Resort

Expert · 407 m long with 139 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
407 mlength
139 mvertical
663 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Recoil 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 Upper Recoil Glades

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

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

  1. Ride Panorama High Speed Quad
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Upper Trigger (intermediate)
  4. Ski Hot Shot (advanced)
  5. Ski Upper Recoil (advanced)
  6. Ski Upper Recoil Glades (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Recoil Glades. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pistol Triple (4 min), Panorama High Speed Quad (4 min), Ramrod Quad (4 min).

See Upper Recoil 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.