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Wardner Peak Traverse at Silver Mountain

Advanced · 787 m long with 56 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
787 mlength
56 mvertical
1841 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Wardner Peak Traverse 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 Wardner Peak Traverse

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

From the base area (about 23 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 Wardner Peak Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Shear Bilss, unnamed advanced trail, Sliver Basin Traverse, The Meadows, Morning Star. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 4 (3 min), Chair 3 (5 min).

See Wardner Peak Traverse 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.