Overview

Snowkite

Silver Lake is a mountain lake at 1,960m near Georgetown Lake in western Montana. Frozen lake offering a good snowkite surface in a mountain setting. Variable winds with east and west components depending on conditions. Close to Georgetown Lake for combining sessions.

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Spot forecast for Silver Lake

Sunrise 07:57 · Sunset 18:37

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Silver Lake: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

5h

in February · 0.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are February, May and January, at 0 rideable days and 2 °C. The low point is January, at 0 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 100%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 100% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at -3 °C. The wettest month is May, with 84 mm. Snow depth peaks in February, at 13 cm.

Monthly averages: Silver Lake

Monthly averages — Silver Lake — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	0.0	3 h	-3 °C	11 mm
February	0.5	5 h	-2 °C	36 mm
March	0.0	0 h	3 °C	30 mm
April	0.0	0 h	7 °C	37 mm
May	0.5	2 h	11 °C	84 mm
June	0.0	0 h	18 °C	37 mm
July	0.0	0 h	24 °C	1 mm
August	0.0	0 h	23 °C	17 mm
September	0.0	0 h	20 °C	32 mm
October	0.0	0 h	10 °C	22 mm
November	0.0	0 h	4 °C	26 mm
December	0.0	0 h	1 °C	48 mm

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Technical details of Silver Lake spot

The spot works with winds from E.

Rideable Not rideable

Spot opening date

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Spot type: Freeride (Ski touring access)
Altitude: 1,960 m

Hazards

Altitude 1,960m — intense cold and hypothermia. Unstable ice near inflows. Sudden mountain blizzards. Relative isolation. Intense UV reflected by snow.

Additional information

Frozen lake in winter with good quality surface. Moderate size. Snow and bare ice alternating depending on wind exposure. Good riding space for a mountain lake.

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YANKEE FLAT6.8 km

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Georgetown Lake MT US MT DOT6 km

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