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Gold Mountain Trail

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical9 ft
Length264 ft
Average pitch3°
FacesS
Top5,380 ft

Gold Mountain Trail drops 9 vertical feet over 264 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces south.

How well Gold Mountain Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 3°, Gold Mountain Trail gets about 152% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,380 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.

Gold Mountain Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gold Mountain Trail 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.