Black diamond Silver Star, BC
Southern Cross drops 659 vertical feet over 2,154 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces south.
Facing south at an average 18°, Southern Cross gets about 154% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,170 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.
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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.