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Gletschergrotte at Saas-Balen

Easy · 2390 m long with 387 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
2390 mlength
387 mvertical
2226 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Gletschergrotte

Lifts that reach the top: Mittaghorn (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Morenia (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Egginerjoch (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Panoramalift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 27 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Spielbodenbahm
  2. Ride Längfluh
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Längfluh (intermediate)
  6. Ride Längfluh Sessel
  7. Ski Längfluh (easy)
  8. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  9. Ride Panoramalift
  10. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  11. Ski Feechatz (easy)
  12. Ski Weisse Meile (intermediate)
  13. Ski Gletscherband (intermediate)
  14. Ski Eiskristall (intermediate)
  15. Ski Ritzi (intermediate)
  16. Ski Gletschergrotte (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Kalbermatten, Sperwerzucht. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Spielbodenbahm (1 min), Felskinn (1 min), Bifig/Kalbermatten 1 (1 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.