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Abbot's Gulch

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical60 ft
Length668 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSW
Top6,035 ft

Abbot's Gulch drops 60 vertical feet over 668 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 650 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 45th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southwest.

How well Abbot's Gulch holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 6°, Abbot's Gulch gets about 121% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,040 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.

Abbot's Gulch profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Abbot's Gulch elsewhere

Nearby at Silver Star

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.