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Alpha at Nevis Range

Easy · 613 m long with 148 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
613 mlength
148 mvertical
813 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Alpha

Lifts that reach the top: Alpha Button (skiing novice terrain to get there); Goose T-bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Button (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Warren's T-bar (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Nevis Range Gondola
  2. Ride Alpha Button
  3. Ski Alpha (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Yockies, Dry Slope. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Alpha Button (1 min), Linnhe Button (1 min), Lochy Button (2 min).

See Alpha on the 3D mapAll runs at Nevis Range
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.