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Rusty Whistle at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Expert · 529 m long with 228 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 33° at its steepest, facing N.

33°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
529 mlength
228 mvertical
1621 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Rusty Whistle

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

From the base area (about 14 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Putnam Express
  2. Ski Last Chance (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ski Aunt Gladys (easy)
  5. Ski Rusty Whistle (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Aabye Road, Three Wise Men, Nirvana, Head Wall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (3 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.