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Arcadia Basin at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 492 m long with 97 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 17° at its steepest, facing E.

17°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
492 mlength
97 mvertical
1808 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Arcadia Basin is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Arcadia Basin

Lifts that reach the top: Whitestar Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); McDougall's Chondola (skiing novice terrain to get there); Captain's Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Soho Express (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Valley View
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Comeback Trail (easy)
  4. Ride Whitestar Express
  5. Ski Arcadia Basin (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Powder Keg, Road to Nowhere. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Captain's Express (1 min), Whitestar Express (4 min), Valley View (5 min).

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Measured 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.