Lower Gold at Silver Mountain
Intermediate · 484 m long with 142 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.
24°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
484 mlength
142 mvertical
1673 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Lower Gold is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lower Gold
Lifts that reach the top: Chair 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Silver Mountain Gondola List
- Ski Alpineway (easy)
- Ski Paymaster (intermediate)
- Ski LowerPaymaster (intermediate)
- Ski Lower Centennial (intermediate)
- Ride Chair 4
- Ski Hercules (intermediate)
- Ski Gold (intermediate)
- Ski Lower Gold (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Access Road, Tamarack, unnamed easy trail, Boondoggle, Home James, Shaft. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 4 (2 min), Chair 3 (3 min).
See Lower Gold on the 3D mapAll runs at Silver MountainMeasured 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.