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Horsin Around

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical185 ft
Length1,222 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top5,344 ft

Horsin Around drops 185 vertical feet over 1,222 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 50% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southeast.

How well Horsin Around holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Horsin Around gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,340 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.

Horsin Around profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Horsin Around 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.