Silver Star - World Snowboard Guide

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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.

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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

Snowboard Schools: Group $69 four hours
Private $99/hour Full day $399
Snowboard Hire: One day $36
Five days $186
Night Riding: : Thu to Sat 3.30pm - 8.00pm