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Roller Coaster

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical349 ft
Length1,444 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top5,304 ft

Roller Coaster drops 349 vertical feet over 1,444 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 960 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces east.

How well Roller Coaster holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Roller Coaster gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 85th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,300 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Roller Coaster profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Roller Coaster 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.