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Moonshine at Silver Mountain

Expert · 331 m long with 194 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 36° at its steepest, facing NE.

36°steepest 50 m
30°average pitch
331 mlength
194 mvertical
1693 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Moonshine

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, expert 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 Tamarack, The Ridge (intermediate)
  9. Ski The Ridge (intermediate)
  10. Ski Moonshine (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Bootlegger, Home James. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (1 min), Chair 4 (3 min).

See Moonshine 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.