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Quicksilver Upper at Showdown Ski Area

Advanced · 197 m long with 77 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 29° at its steepest, facing NE.

29°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
197 mlength
77 mvertical
2496 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Quicksilver Upper is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Quicksilver Upper

Lifts that reach the top: Payload (skiing novice terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Payload
  2. Ski Quicksilver Upper (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Brown Eyed Queen, Quicksilver Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hoxter Express (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Payload (3 min).

See Quicksilver Upper on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.