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Whiskey Jack

Blue Silver Star, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical1,291 ft
Length5,879 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top6,188 ft

Whiskey Jack drops 1,291 vertical feet over 5,879 feet of skiing. It faces southeast.

How well Whiskey Jack holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Whiskey Jack gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Silver Star does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 62nd sunniest named run at Silver Star. Its top sits at 6,190 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.

Whiskey Jack profile

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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.