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Ridge Rider at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 812 m long with 205 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing E.

25°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
812 mlength
205 mvertical
1731 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ridge Rider

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 Racecourse (easy)
  6. Ski Upper Goldrush (intermediate)
  7. Ski Ridge Rider (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Comeback Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Whitestar Express (2 min), Valley View (2 min).

See Ridge Rider 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.