Silver Star Mountain Resort
Silver Star Mountain Resort offers mountain biking and hiking.
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- Mountain biking
- Hiking
Overview
A ski resort located near Silver Star Provincial Park in the Shuswap Highland of the Monashee Mountains, 22 km northeast of Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
Quick Facts
- Type
- ski resort
- Coordinates
- 50.3597, -119.0581
Good to know
- Hours & season
Snow season — Late November to mid-April, weather permitting.
More details
- Summer lift access
- End of June through September.
- Annual snowfall
- 700 cm or 23 ft (7.0 m).
- Marked trails
- 132
- Vertical drop
- 760 m (2,500 ft)
- Elevation of the village
- 1,609 m (5,279 ft)
- Summit elevation
- 1,915 m (6,283 ft) above sea level
- Total lifts
- 12
- Skiable terrain
- 3,269 acres (13 km2)
- Mountain faces
- Vance Creek, Attridge, Silver Woods, and Putnam Creek
- Weather station
- Vernon Silver Star Lodge is a weather station near the summit of Silver Star Mountain, situated at an elevation of 1586 m (5203 ft).
- Subalpine climate
- Köppen Dfc
- First person to ski
- Bert Thorburn in 1930
- First rope tow
- Built in 1946 on Burney Ridge, south of Vernon.
- Initial development
- Silver Star was part of a Class A provincial park with no development allowed.
- Approval for ski hill
- Silver Star Sports got approval from the Province to build a ski hill in the Class A park in the summer of 1957.
- First lifts and lodge
- Two rope-tow lifts and an A-frame day lodge were built in 1958.
- Poma lift installation
- Installed in 1959 from the 5,000-foot (1,500 m) level at the parking lot to the top of SilverStar Mountain.
- T-bars installation
- New T-bars were installed in 1964 to replace the slower rope tows.
- Summit and Yellow Chairs
- Installed in 1967 and 1968 by GMD Mueller.
- Silver Star Mountain Resorts Ltd.
- Silver Star Sports became Silver Star Mountain Resorts Ltd. in 1981.
- Putnam Station Hotel
- Built in 1983.
- Silver Queen chair
- Built by Yan in 1990 and replaced by a Doppelmayr quad chair.
- Comet Express
- Made by Leitner-Poma, carrying a rated 2600 passengers per hour, Canada's largest 6-passenger chairlift.
- Schumann Summit Express
- New Gondola opened on July 14, 2018, manufactured by Doppelmayr.
- Ownership change
- On December 3, 2019 it was announced that SilverStar had been sold to Powdr Corporation, a Utah-based owner of ski resorts.
- Weather station elevation
- 1586 m (5203 ft)
- Climate type
- Subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc)
- Initial ski hill location
- Lavington on Michael Freeman's farm
- Class A provincial park
- Initially part of a Class A provincial park with no development allowed
- Approval to build ski hill
- Silver Star Sports got approval in 1957
- First lifts and lodge
- Two rope-tow lifts and an A-frame day lodge built in 1958
- Poma lift installation
- 1959, replacing the rope tow
- T-bars installation
- 1964, replacing slower rope tows
- Silver Star Mountain Resorts Ltd.
- Formed in 1981
- Silver Queen chair
- Built by Yan in 1990, replaced by a Doppelmayr quad chair
- Comet Express
- Canada's largest 6-passenger chairlift, made by Leitner-Poma
- Schumann Summit Express
- New Gondola opened on July 14, 2018
- Sale to Powdr Corporation
- Announced on December 3, 2019
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