Narao Glades

Name: Narao Glades
Activity: Alpine Touring/Backcountry Skiing

Distance: ~7 km

Altitude: ~2,500 m

Elevation Gain: ~600 m

Area: Yoho National Park

Crew: Bennett

Time to Summit: ?

Trailhead: Lake O'hara Fire Road

Getting There:

From the Trans-Canada (Hwy 1), head west past Lake Louise. As you enter Yoho and begin descending, take the left turn towards Lake O'hara and park in the parking lot.

Additional Info:

Bennett and I were looking for something to do on a good avi day with low visibility (I'm writing this at a later time and I can't recall what the forecast was). We debated between Crowfoot Glades and Narao Glades and were bouncing back and forth between a few options (Purple Mound was thrown in there too). We settled on Narao Glades and just had the best time! Only 2 other groups there that day and the snow was absolutely unreal - it was dumping when we got to the parking lot. Plus I got to try out my new alpine down! woohoo!

We loved it so much we came back a few weeks later on another low-vis day.
And again...

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