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Turnaround

Unrated Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical256 ft
Length916 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top5,711 ft

Turnaround drops 256 vertical feet over 916 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 56 named runs at Silver Star. It faces south.

How well Turnaround holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, Turnaround gets about 151% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 5,710 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.

Turnaround profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Turnaround 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.