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Glade skiing in Europe ?

Glade skiing in Europe ?

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Started by Glade Runner in Ski Chatter - 3 Replies

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Glade Runner posted Aug-2015

We had a great time skiing glades at Jay Peak this year. Does anybody know where we can ski glades (or something like them) in Europe without going off piste ? I've seen comments on the forums saying its pretty much non-existent but is there anything out there at all ?

Ranchero_1979
reply to 'Glade skiing in Europe ?'
posted Aug-2015

The simple answer to that is no. Europe doesn't have the same concept of in-bound skiing, only on piste and offpiste.

Whilst it would be wrong to say that Europe doesn't have good tree skiing, it does tend to be a bit bush whacking for 2 simple reasons.
1) Offpiste and hence not managed
2) Not same amount of old growth trees. Small trees = tight spacing which also prevents you getting a good snow pack to cover stumps etc.

Avalanches zones tend to be a bit thinner on the spacing with one obvious downside, especially as you end up gravitating to the more open terrain.

If you want tree skiing then Europe does simply not compare to Canada.

Edited 2 times. Last update at 05-Aug-2015

Glade Runner
reply to 'Glade skiing in Europe ?'
posted Aug-2015

Thanks Ranchero

Verbier_ski_bum
reply to 'Glade skiing in Europe ?'
posted Aug-2015

All tree skiing in Europe would be off-piste. Good snow season is needed for trees to be enjoyable or even skiable in some instances as the tree line is lower.

Topic last updated on 06-August-2015 at 06:21