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Hot Dog

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical199 ft
Length642 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSE
Top5,542 ft

Hot Dog drops 199 vertical feet over 642 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southeast.

How well Hot Dog holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 18°, Hot Dog gets about 148% 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 14th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,540 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.

Hot Dog profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hot Dog 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.