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Hinky Heights

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical469 ft
Length1,065 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesSE
Top4,673 ft

Hinky Heights drops 469 vertical feet over 1,065 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Hinky Heights holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 26°, Hinky Heights gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 4,670 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.

Hinky Heights profile

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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.