Glade skiing

[1] Glades are variously sought for their solitude, beauty, or caches of ungroomed powder.

Woods also tend to hold better snow longer thanks to the shade and shelter trees provide.

The first glade skiing in the eastern United States was on Mount Mansfield, in Vermont.

Cut by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1934, The Nose Dive, was a steep, narrow trail, and started with twisting turns.

Below these difficult corners, to the left was a patch of skiable trees named the Slalom Glade, which appeared on the trail map in 1940.