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Cougar Run

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical1,399 ft
Length11,703 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top5,181 ft

Cougar Run drops 1,399 vertical feet over 11,703 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Cougar Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Cougar Run gets about 117% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 65th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,180 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.

Cougar Run profile

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

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.