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Alder Point

Double black Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical862 ft
Length1,941 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesSE
Top5,302 ft

Alder Point drops 862 vertical feet over 1,941 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Alder Point holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 27°, Alder Point gets about 151% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,300 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.

Alder Point profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Silver Star

Measured by ZRankings from 30-meter elevation data from Natural Resources Canada, too coarse to measure steepness. 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.