Snow Guide
Snow Guide › Pico Mountain › Runs › Birch Glades

Birch Glades at Pico Mountain

Intermediate · 868 m long with 192 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
868 mlength
192 mvertical
1005 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Birch Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Express Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Summit Express Quad
  2. Ski Upper Pike (advanced)
  3. Ski Birch Glades (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Birch Woods, Charlie's Highway, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Express Quad (2 min), Golden Express Quad (4 min), Knomes Knoll Triple (4 min).

See Birch Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Pico Mountain
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.