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Powder Keg at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 431 m long with 150 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 27° at its steepest, facing SE.

27°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
431 mlength
150 mvertical
1711 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Powder Keg

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

From the base area (about 16 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 Powder Keg (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Comeback Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Whitestar Express (3 min), Valley View (4 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.