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Sundance

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical797 ft
Length4,166 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSE
Top6,038 ft

Sundance drops 797 vertical feet over 4,166 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Sundance holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 11°, Sundance gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 59th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,040 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.

Sundance 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 Natural Resources Canada lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.