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Minerva at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 698 m long with 299 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.

32°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
698 mlength
299 mvertical
1515 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Minerva

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 Minerva (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Eldorado. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (2 min).

See Minerva 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.