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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):

  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)
  8. Ski Gold (intermediate)
  9. 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 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.