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Silvertip at Telluride Ski Area

Intermediate · 223 m long with 73 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
223 mlength
73 mvertical
3315 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Silvertip

Lifts that reach the top: Polar Queen Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Plunge Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Apex Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gold Hill Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Revelation Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Chondola
  2. Ski Meadows (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Boomerang (easy)
  4. Ride Village Express
  5. Ski Boomerang (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sheridan Headwall (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cake Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ride Polar Queen Express
  9. Ski Polar Queen (intermediate)
  10. Ski Silvertip (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ophir Loop, Dew Drop. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Queen Express (2 min), Comp Hill (7 min), unnamed funicular (7 min).

See Silvertip on the 3D mapAll runs at Telluride Ski Area
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.