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South of The Border

Blue Silver Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical487 ft
Length1,376 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesSE
Top6,227 ft

South of The Border drops 487 vertical feet over 1,376 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 1,250 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well South of The Border holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 21°, South of The Border gets about 143% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 6,230 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.

South of The Border profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like South of The Border 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.