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Glory Hole at Showdown Ski Area

Advanced · 311 m long with 142 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 32° at its steepest, facing E.

32°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
311 mlength
142 mvertical
2440 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Glory Hole is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Glory Hole

Lifts that reach the top: Payload (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Payload
  2. Ski King's Ridge (intermediate)
  3. Ski Glory Hole (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Ruby Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Prospector (3 min).

See Glory Hole on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown 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.