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White Elephant at Silver Star Mountain Resort

Advanced · 750 m long with 257 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 34° at its steepest, facing NW.

34°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
750 mlength
257 mvertical
1635 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to White Elephant

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

From the base area (about 26 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Woods Express
  2. Ski Roller Coaster (intermediate)
  3. Ski Aberdeen Skiway (easy)
  4. Ride Comet Express
  5. Ski Whiskey Jack (intermediate)
  6. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  7. Ski Bergerstrasse (easy)
  8. Ski Sunny High (intermediate)
  9. Ski White Elephant (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Eldorado, Eldorado Bumps. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Putnam Express (5 min).

See White Elephant 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.