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Christmas Bowl

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical871 ft
Length4,256 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesS
Top6,184 ft

Christmas Bowl drops 871 vertical feet over 4,256 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 1,720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces south.

How well Christmas Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 12°, Christmas Bowl gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 34th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,180 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.

Christmas Bowl profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Christmas Bowl 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.