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Tower 20 Trail

Double black (off-piste) Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical281 ft
Length968 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesN
Top5,222 ft

Tower 20 Trail drops 281 vertical feet over 968 feet of skiing. It faces north.

How well Tower 20 Trail holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 17°, Tower 20 Trail gets about 44% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's shadier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 24th shadiest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,220 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.

Tower 20 Trail 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.