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Skinks at Cardrona Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 780 m long with 234 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 23° at its steepest, facing S.

23°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
780 mlength
234 mvertical
1705 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Skinks

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

From the base area (about 18 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 Over Run (easy)
  6. Ski Weston's Trail (easy)
  7. Ski Skyline (easy)
  8. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  9. Ski Skinks (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Big Willow's, Gecko's Chase, Willows Lift Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Willows Quad (1 min).

See Skinks 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.