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The Glades

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical598 ft
Length2,548 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesNE
Top7,595 ft

The Glades drops 598 vertical feet over 2,548 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces northeast.

How well The Glades holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 14°, The Glades gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,600 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

The Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like The Glades elsewhere

Nearby at Homewood

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.