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Face

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical622 ft
Length2,000 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top6,165 ft

Face drops 622 vertical feet over 2,000 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 36% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southeast.

How well Face holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Face gets about 147% 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 16th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,170 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.

Face profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Face 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.