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Head Wall at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Expert · 404 m long with 224 m of vertical, averaging 29° and 38° at its steepest, facing N.

38°steepest 50 m
29°average pitch
404 mlength
224 mvertical
1622 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Head Wall

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 13 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 Head Wall (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Aabye Road, Rusty Whistle, Nirvana. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (3 min).

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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.