Silver Star, Canada - BC

Visitor reviews for Silver Star

• July 26, 2005
  Kerry & Jackie from NEW ZEALAND
  

  We spent a winter here, it was great, weather was mostly fine with snow at night, very few days where we didn't want to ski. Temps ranged from -26deg to 5deg, winter snow was dry & powdery, spring was great corn. Nice tree skiing, a lot of skiable terrain, easy stuff on the sunny side (Vance Creek), more challenging at the back (Putnam Creek)where some runs were almost vertical, yet over there was also the smoothest & most even gradient we'd ever skied on - Gypsy Queen. Nice little eatery over at the halfway station on that side too. Silver Star Village is very pretty, always something on, good choice of accommodation & eateries, swimming pool, gym, and night skiing as well. As Kiwis, we loved the ski-in/out of the place, so easy to drop off a jacket at your lodgings & just click back on & ski off down Skunk Hollow to the chairlift for another run... there were a few races there, an Over-the-Hill downhill for masters-types, with local GS & slaloms now & then. The FIS course was a good one, right length & pitch. Christmas Bowl was often moguls and there were all sorts of off-piste places that begged to be explored, all trails (usually)got us back to a lift base unless we really got carried away with tree-skiing & tried to go all the way to Vernon... Apparently there are a few bears about & also the odd cougar track - we saw photos of a bear breaking into someone's house, he looked friendly. The mountain-host people are great, say Hi to Tom & Betty Campbell if you run into them. We had a great time there, we will be back when funds permit!!!

• January 15, 2004
  Dirk Terpstra from CANADA
  

  Small resort with great skiing possibilities. Typical Canadian style.
  Friendly runs on the front side (Vance Creek) and nasty steep ones on the back side (Putnam).
  Visit footloosecanada.com for more info.