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Sluice Box Glade at Red River Ski Area

Advanced · 339 m long with 176 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 34° at its steepest, facing N.

34°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
339 mlength
176 mvertical
3048 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Sluice Box Glade

Lifts that reach the top: Platinum Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Copper Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Emerald Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Silver Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Copper Chair
  2. Ski Last Chance (intermediate)
  3. Ski Cat Skinner (advanced)
  4. Ski Sluice Box Glade (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Chicken Drop, Lariat. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gold Chair (3 min), Little Blue (3 min), Platinum Chair (4 min).

See Sluice Box Glade on the 3D mapAll runs at Red River Ski Area
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.