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Three Wise Men

Double black Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical817 ft
Length2,101 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesN
Top5,404 ft

Three Wise Men drops 817 vertical feet over 2,101 feet of skiing. It faces north.

How well Three Wise Men holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 23°, Three Wise Men gets about 37% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,400 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Three Wise Men 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.