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Holy Smokes at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 779 m long with 347 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
779 mlength
347 mvertical
1589 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Holy Smokes

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 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ski 25 North (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sunny Ridge (intermediate)
  4. Ski Holy Smokes (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Eldorado. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (3 min).

See Holy Smokes 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.