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Big Bucks at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Freeride · 489 m long with 120 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 16° at its steepest, facing SE.

16°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
489 mlength
120 mvertical
1804 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Big Bucks is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Big Bucks

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, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Valley View
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Comeback Trail (easy)
  4. Ride Whitestar Express
  5. Ski Racecourse (easy)
  6. Ski Big Bucks (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Branchline, Antlers Alley, Racecourse, Sluice Box. Nearest lifts from the bottom: T-Bar (1 min), McDougall's Chondola (1 min), Covered Conveyor Lift (2 min).

See Big Bucks on the 3D mapAll runs at Cardrona Alpine Resort
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.