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Grand Canyon at Mad River Glen

Advanced · 492 m long with 138 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
492 mlength
138 mvertical
744 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Grand Canyon

Lifts that reach the top: Sunnyside Double (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Single Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunnyside Double
  2. Ski Fox (easy)
  3. Ski Quacky II (intermediate)
  4. Ski Broadway (easy)
  5. Ski Bunny (intermediate)
  6. Ski Grand Canyon (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Porcupine, Lower Glade. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Single Chair (2 min), Callie's Corner Handle Tow (2 min), Sunnyside Double (2 min).

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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.