Black diamond Silver Star, BC
Busback drops 214 vertical feet over 639 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southwest.
Facing southwest at an average 20°, Busback gets about 127% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 53rd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,770 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.
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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.