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Prospector at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 473 m long with 177 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 25° at its steepest, facing SE.

25°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
473 mlength
177 mvertical
1517 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Prospector

Lifts that reach the top: Valley View (skiing easy terrain to get there); 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 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Valley View
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Prospector (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Goldrush Downhill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Valley View (1 min).

See Prospector 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.