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Milky Way at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 918 m long with 269 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 28° at its steepest, facing SE.

28°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
918 mlength
269 mvertical
1884 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Milky Way is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 33 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ride Home Run Tee
  3. Ski Main Street Skiway (easy)
  4. Ski Sovereign 2 Silverstar 21km, Sovereign 2 Silverstar 42km, Main Street Skiway (easy)
  5. Ski Main Street Skiway (easy)
  6. Ski Sovereign 2 Silverstar 21km, Sovereign 2 Silverstar 42km, Main Street Skiway (easy)
  7. Ski Main Street Skiway
  8. Ride Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski Milky Way (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Sovereign 2 Silverstar 21km, Sovereign 2 Silverstar 42km, Main Street Skiway, Main Street Skiway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola (1 min), Adventure Center 80' Carpet (2 min), Discovery Carpet (2 min).

See Milky Way 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.