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Raven

Black diamond Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical413 ft
Length945 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top4,725 ft

Raven drops 413 vertical feet over 945 feet of skiing. It faces east.

How well Raven holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 26°, Raven gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 64th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 4,730 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.

Raven profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

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.