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Chute 5 at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Expert · 358 m long with 181 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 34° at its steepest, facing N.

34°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
358 mlength
181 mvertical
1604 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Chute 5 is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Chute 5

Lifts that reach the top: Putnam Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Comet Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ski Last Chance (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Aunt Gladys (easy)
  5. Ski Chute 5 (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Rusty Whistle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (4 min).

See Chute 5 on the 3D mapAll runs at Silver Star Mountain Resort
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.