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Tamarack, The Ridge

Blue Silver Mountain, ID

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical17 ft
Length152 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top5,802 ft

Tamarack, The Ridge drops 17 vertical feet over 152 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 69 named runs at Silver Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Tamarack, The Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Tamarack, The Ridge gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 55th shadiest named run at Silver Mountain. Its top sits at 5,800 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Tamarack, The Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tamarack, The Ridge 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.