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Junction

Blue Silver Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical295 ft
Length1,037 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top5,522 ft

Junction drops 295 vertical feet over 1,037 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces east.

How well Junction holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 17°, Junction gets about 114% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,520 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Junction profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Junction elsewhere

Nearby at Silver Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.