Silver Star – Skiland, AK

This lift is named after the resort it originally stood at.
Bottom terminal with portal tower.
Return bullwheel.
View from the loading area.
Tower 4.
Arriving at the top.
Top terminal with combustion engines for primary and backup propulsion.
Unloading ramp and the only non-lattice tower.
Upper part of the lift line.
The last five towers.
This lift is the northernmost in the Americas and also faces North.
Tower 8.
Lower part of the line.
T5.
The first pitch is the steepest on the entire line.
Overhead view of the loading area.
Mueller tower with added lifting frame.
Tower 13 of 14.
Looking down the line.
Breakover towers.
Drive bullwheel.

5 thoughts on “Silver Star – Skiland, AK

  1. Ryan's avatar Ryan October 21, 2022 / 11:53 pm

    That blue really stands out. Other than the bottom and top terminal needing a fresh coat of paint, the lift looks really good.

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  2. skier72's avatar skier72 March 5, 2024 / 12:55 pm

    The lift when it was at Silver Star (known as the Blue chair):

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    • WH2Oshredder's avatar WH2Oshredder March 5, 2024 / 8:22 pm

      a bottom return on a Mueller of this vintage. Rare find!

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    • wh2oshredder's avatar wh2oshredder May 26, 2025 / 9:22 pm

      Where at Silver star was the blue chair located?

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      • SkiClaremont's avatar SkiClaremont May 27, 2025 / 1:03 am

        https://skimap.org/skimaps/view/140

        Looks like it ran about where the Comet Express runs now (and where the former Vance Creek Chair ran), but didn’t go all the way to the summit.

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