Cardrona’s new Pringles chair accessing new advanced terrain scheduled for this winter will be delayed until 2020. However it’s not all bad news.
As compensation for the delay the resort has extended the resort boundary for 2019 to include upper Secret Bowl, lower Secret Bowl, and the Pringles terrain.
So, what happened? According to the Cardrona announcement today they discovered a number of lizards living in the proposed footprint of both the lift and the exit trail from Pringles towards the bottom of Valley View. This has meant the construction progress has been much slower than Cardrona had hoped.
Upper Secret Bowl will be open throughout Winter 2019, with a new exit track from Secret Bowl back to Captain’s Café. Lower Secret Bowl and Pringles will be gated, and opened by Patrol when snow and weather conditions allow. When these two areas are open, they’ll be fully-patrolled.
Ski Patrol will monitor the Pringles terrain entry gate to limit access to advanced skiers & snowboarders only. If you’re heading down there, bear in mind that the terrain is steep, & to exit you’ll need to walk out over marked, untracked rocky terrain to the bottom of Valley View Quad.
This in-bounds experience will be a great way for those of you wanting to get into backcountry skiing or snowboarding to give it a go in a patrolled area.
In the meantime, Cardrona are still working to get the Pringles Quad operational for Winter 2020.
