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Quicksilver at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 274 m long with 139 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 33° at its steepest, facing NE.

33°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
274 mlength
139 mvertical
1525 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Quicksilver

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 Quicksilver (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Quicksilver 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.