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Lil' Bucks at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Extreme · 551 m long with 113 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 16° at its steepest, facing SE.

16°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
551 mlength
113 mvertical
1781 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Lil' 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 Lil' Bucks

Lifts that reach the top: McDougall's Chondola (skiing easy terrain to get there); T-Bar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Whitestar Express (skiing easy 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 17 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Valley View
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Comeback Trail (easy)
  4. Ride Whitestar Express
  5. Ski Over Run (easy)
  6. Ski Weston's Trail (easy)
  7. Ski Lil' Bucks (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Branchline, All Nations. Nearest lifts from the bottom: T-Bar (1 min), McDougall's Chondola (1 min), Covered Conveyor Lift (2 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.