Silver Star

Snowbird

We had 6 days at Silver Star, staying at Snowbird Lodge. The weather was very average unfortunately, but Silver Star is a lovely village & our unit at Snowbird was stunning. It was in a perfect ski in/ski out position - could even ski straight to our verandah & hot tub -and close to restaurants/ shops/good coffee! Nothing was too much trouble for any of the staff across the resort & the Mountain Guides were a god-send in foggy conditions! We will definitely go back!

Silver Star Ski Resort

Silver Star is a great resort. From a skiing perspective, it has an excellent variety of terrain; steep double black bumps runs, glades, through to beautifully groomed blacks, blues and greens, a well run ski school with very capable instructors. 

It also has a good variety of accommodation, with very reasonably priced ski in ski out available,and a very friendly atmosphere. 

The early purchase season's lift pass is terrific value and the ski school offers a three day improvement clinic which is also tremendous value. 

I hope to go again next year.

Silverstar

Silverstar was a great overall experience.  On it has a couple of atmospheric bars/restaurants, great & easily accessable facilities like ice skating and tubing. But it had some big negatives. The queues at the main 8-pack lift were diabolical for much of the day, every day (but it was the week between x''mas & new years).  This meant that a large part of the resort and some great terrain was a "no-go zone" unless you were prepared to wait in excess of 20min for a lift back up the hill. The resort lifties were underwhleming...they seemed to lack training and enthusasim for ensuring the lifts were fully loaded and that people queued in an orderly fashion. They really gave you the impression they were there for thier winter holiday and work was something that got in the way of a good time. Disapointing (but unsurprising) given most were Aussies. Plus, snowboarders beware, there are a lot of flat and long cat tracks and some "slightly" uphill connecting routes that you are forced to use to get around the resort.  However, for double black diamond skiiers and lovers of moguls and tree skiing, there are some really awesome runs and once you''re out the back or in silverwoods, you can avoid much of the queues and the worst of the lifties for mcuh of the day!  It''s still a worthy resort, but it''s not the best that Canada has to offer.