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Gletscherschuss at Saas-Balen

Advanced · 557 m long with 151 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.

28°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
557 mlength
151 mvertical
2824 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Gletscherschuss

Lifts that reach the top: Panoramalift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Metro Alpin, Métro alpin (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mittelallalin 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, advanced 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 Gletscherschuss (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Eiskristall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Morenia (2 min), Felskinn (8 min), Spielbodenbahm (9 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.