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Prospector at Silver Mountain

Advanced · 272 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 29° at its steepest, facing N.

29°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
272 mlength
129 mvertical
1709 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Prospector

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, advanced 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 Prospector (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Tamarack. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 4 (2 min), Chair 3 (3 min).

See Prospector 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.