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Hercules at Silver Mountain

Intermediate · 197 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
197 mlength
72 mvertical
1840 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Hercules

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 4 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Mountain Gondola List
  2. Ski Alpineway (easy)
  3. Ski Paymaster (intermediate)
  4. Ski LowerPaymaster (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Centennial (intermediate)
  6. Ride Chair 4
  7. Ski Hercules (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Tamarack, The Ridge, Centennial, Gold. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (3 min), Chair 4 (4 min).

See Hercules on the 3D mapAll runs at Silver Mountain
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.