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High Lead at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 315 m long with 151 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 33° at its steepest, facing NE.

33°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
315 mlength
151 mvertical
1443 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to High Lead

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

From the base area (about 15 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ski Last Chance (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Aunt Gladys (easy)
  5. Ski Gypsy Queen (intermediate)
  6. Ski High Lead (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins U2, Fearn Gully. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (2 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.