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Quartz Ridge at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 452 m long with 138 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing E.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
452 mlength
138 mvertical
1776 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Quartz Ridge is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Quartz Ridge

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 Quartz Ridge (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Paradise, A Real Journey, Road to Nowhere. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Captain's Express (1 min), Whitestar Express (5 min), Valley View (5 min).

See Quartz Ridge 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.