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Pioneers at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 709 m long with 231 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 25° at its steepest, facing SW.

25°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
709 mlength
231 mvertical
1857 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Pioneers

Lifts that reach the top: Captain's Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Soho Express (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Valley View
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Comeback Trail (easy)
  4. Ride Whitestar Express
  5. Ski Shaun's Way (intermediate)
  6. Ski Arcadia Basin (intermediate)
  7. Ski Road to Nowhere (intermediate)
  8. Ski Lower Paradise (intermediate)
  9. Ride Captain's Express
  10. Ski Pioneers (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Showtime. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Soho Express (1 min).

See Pioneers 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.