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Solitude

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical279 ft
Length1,086 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top5,818 ft

Solitude drops 279 vertical feet over 1,086 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces southwest.

How well Solitude holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Solitude gets about 141% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,820 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.

Solitude profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Solitude 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.