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Moonbeam

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical209 ft
Length803 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top6,057 ft

Moonbeam drops 209 vertical feet over 803 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 670 feet below the top. That's steeper than 44% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southwest.

How well Moonbeam holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Moonbeam gets about 137% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,060 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.

Moonbeam profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Moonbeam 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.