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Alpha Traverse at Nevis Range

Easy · 348 m long with 33 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 13° at its steepest, facing W.

13°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
348 mlength
33 mvertical
810 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Alpha Traverse is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Alpha Traverse

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 24 minutes, easy skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins Cats Alley, Inside Edge, Easy Rider, Allt Snechda. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Goose T-bar (1 min), Quad Chair (2 min), Alpha Button (4 min).

See Alpha Traverse 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.