Silver Star, Canada
Introduction
Take a trip to Silver Star and you’ll feel like you’ve taken a trip. When you walk down the high street, which is part of a piste, you walk through a purpose-built fake mining village. The shops are painted bright colours and have a raised wooden walkway outside. If you look up, you expect to see a mock cowboy shootout, while around each corner you expect to bump into Mickey Mouse. That said, Silver Star has an average snowfall of over 6 metres, a frontside of well-groomed pistes and a backside of hardcore chutes. Silver Star won’t disappoint riders, unless they're expecting Mickey.
Beginners will also appreciate Silver Star, with its well-connected green and blue runs. The local snowboard school runs daily programmes as well as weekly camps which even offer video analysis.
New for season
06/07: new quad chairlift to replace the Mid T-Bar
05/06: 400 acres of new terrain serviced by $4.5m quad chairift. seven new gladed trails created in total. New 5* Silver lodge opens
04/05:More lifts, expanded terrain park, boarder cross, new beginners area and some base facility improvements
Resort Statistics
Resort Type:
Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: None
Lifts
Total Lifts: 10
Chair lifts: 5
Drag lifts: 2
Other lifts: 2 magic carpets, 2 Tube Lifts
Max people per hour: 13,000
Board Leashes required: Yes
Mountain
Total pistes/trails: 112
Total ride area: 3065 acres
Longest run: 5miles (8km)
Top lift: 1915m
Vertical drop: 760m
First lift: 1155m
Piste suitability
Green runs: 20%
Red runs: 50%
Black runs: 30%
Lift Passes
Lift Passes:
Half Day $50
1 Day $65
Day/Night $70
Night $25
5 of 6 Days $297
Lift times:8.30am to 9.00pm
Snowfall
Average annual snowfall: 7metres
Facilities
Night Riding: :
Thu to Sat 3.30pm - 8.00pm
Snowboard Schools:
Group $69 four hours
Private $99/hour Full day $399
Snowboard Hire:
One day $36
Five days $186
Heliboarding: :
Not available
Snowmobiles:
Yes
Further information
www.silverstarmtn.com/
Email:guestservices@skisilverstar.com
Quick Pick:
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Silver Star
Good all-round resort
Terrain & parks
Halfpipe:
Yes - 1
Terrain park:
Yes - 1
Backcountry/off-piste:Yes
Tree runs:Yes
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Piste Map
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