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Outback

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical294 ft
Length978 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesSW
Top5,994 ft

Outback drops 294 vertical feet over 978 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 700 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southwest.

How well Outback holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 18°, Outback gets about 146% 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 18th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,990 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.

Outback profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Outback 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.