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Sliver Basin at Silver Mountain

Expert · 575 m long with 216 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
575 mlength
216 mvertical
1735 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Sliver Basin 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 Sliver Basin

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

From the base area (about 26 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 Wardner Peak Traverse (advanced)
  8. Ski The Meadows (expert)
  9. Ski Sliver Basin Traverse (expert)
  10. Ski Sliver Basin (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Access Road, The Meadows.

See Sliver Basin 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.