Glades Return at Stowe Mountain Resort
Intermediate · 345 m long with 56 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 11° at its steepest, facing SE.
11°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
345 mlength
56 mvertical
918 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Glades Return is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
How to get to Glades Return
Lifts that reach the top: Gondola Skyride (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); FourRunner Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Gondola Skyride
- Ski Upper Perry Merrill (intermediate)
- Ski Cliff Trail (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Rimrock (intermediate)
- Ski Glades Return (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Upper Nosedive. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gondola Skyride (4 min), FourRunner Quad (4 min), Lookout Double (5 min).
See Glades Return on the 3D mapAll runs at Stowe Mountain ResortMeasured 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.