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DRS Express

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical87 ft
Length441 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top6,059 ft

DRS Express drops 87 vertical feet over 441 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 320 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces east.

How well DRS Express holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, DRS Express gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 75th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,060 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.

DRS Express profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like DRS Express 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.