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Olympic Pipe at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Freeride · 217 m long with 62 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 17° at its steepest, facing SE.

17°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
217 mlength
62 mvertical
1746 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Olympic Pipe 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 Olympic Pipe

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

From the base area (about 29 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 Branchline (easy)
  7. Ride Covered Conveyor Lift
  8. Ride Wells Pipe
  9. Ski Olympic Pipe (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins International Pipe. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wells Pipe (1 min).

See Olympic Pipe 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.