The story in brief: A Vernon real estate agent has launched a free score that puts a number on “ski-in/ski-out” for homes at SilverStar Mountain Resort. Try it yourself:
This link opens the tool straight to the search box, with no sign-up. Type an address and the score appears. Some to try:
- 150 Main St
- 170 Silver Lode Lane
- 665 Monashee Road
Coming soon: Big White. The Big White version of the score is being finalized with Big White Ski Resort and will be announced shortly. In the meantime, the SilverStar score works exactly the same way.
Press release
Ready to run as written, or adapt it. No embargo.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Vernon Lifestyle Real Estate Agent launches Ski-In/Ski-Out Score to replace the guesswork on ski homes
VERNON, B.C. – Anyone who has skied SilverStar knows “ski-in/ski-out” can mean very different things from one home to the next. A Vernon real estate agent has launched a free tool that measures the difference.
Until now, the term has been a label that often goes unchecked. The Ski-In/Ski-Out Score turns it into a number, calculated from map and elevation data that covers the route to the lifts, the distance and the difficulty of the runs (green, blue or black). It is live now for homes at SilverStar Mountain Resort, near Vernon.
When someone is thinking about buying a ski chalet at SilverStar, the score gives them a fair way to compare homes. The top end belongs to homes with a green run in and out. A strong skier is happy with a blue or black run, so a lower score can be the right fit. It may appeal to a smaller group of buyers, which can make a home a good fit for the right skier, and sometimes good value. A family with three kids just learning to ski would find the same home impractical. The score weighs all of those factors.
A score of 100 is rare, and it is the one every ski-home buyer wants to see. Only 3 of the 478 SilverStar addresses reach it. One that does is 150 Main Street, a short walk from a green run to the lift.
It is just as handy for people renting a place for a ski vacation. Before they book, they can see exactly where it sits on the resort: how far it is to the lift and which run takes them home. That includes the many visitors from Australia and other countries who ski SilverStar and want to compare places before they arrive.
“Every skier knows how different one ski-in/ski-out home can be from the next, and buyers deserve a number instead of a guess,” says Sean Phillips, Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Executives Realty. “The score is an access rating, not a promise that a property is ski-in/ski-out.”
The score is free at realestatesilverstar.ca/ski-score. Phillips is available for interviews.
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Media contact
Sean Phillips, Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent
Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
2907 32 St #101, Vernon, BC V1T 5M2
Text: 236-599-5898
Email: [email protected]
Book an interview: calendly.com/chaletsean
Media contact and interviews
Sean Phillips
Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent
Coldwell Banker Executives Realty, Vernon
Text 236-599-5898
Sean Phillips is an Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Executives Realty in Vernon. He can talk about how the score works, what it means for skiers and buyers at SilverStar, and the free tools he builds for Okanagan buyers, skiers and families.
Interview options: by phone, by video call, or in person in Vernon.
One-line bio: Sean Phillips is an Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Executives Realty in Vernon and a former Google Trusted Photographer (Street View). More on his Google Maps work.
Text: 236-599-5898
Email: [email protected]
Book a time: calendly.com/chaletsean
Downloads
Free to use for news coverage of the Ski-In/Ski-Out Score. No embargo.
The zip has the press release (full and short), the audio clip, all screen captures and a captions sheet.
Audio clip for radio
Sean Phillips reading his quote from the release (16 seconds, MP3, broadcast level). Free to use with credit.
Transcript: “Every skier knows how different one ski-in/ski-out home can be from the next, and buyers deserve a number instead of a guess. The score is an access rating, not a promise that a property is ski-in/ski-out, but it sure helps.”
Credit: Sean Phillips, Coldwell Banker Executives Realty
Video clips for TV and online
A short screen recording of the tool in use on a phone, filmed live on the site (about 15 to 20 seconds). MP4 (H.264, 1080p, with a silent audio track). The clean landscape version has no music, voice or captions, just the web address for the last few seconds, so you can cut it into your own story. Captioned and vertical versions are under “Other sizes”. Background photo by Sean Phillips.
SilverStar: look up an address
Typing 170 Silver Lode Lane into the SilverStar tool on a phone. The score (100) appears, then the walk, the lift and the run home.
Credit: Video: Sean Phillips
realestatesilverstar.ca- Landscape 16:9, clean (for TV) (1.1 MB)
Other sizes
- Landscape 16:9 with captions (1.3 MB)
- Vertical 9:16, clean (1.6 MB)
- Vertical 9:16 with captions (Reels, TikTok, Shorts) (1.9 MB)
Screen captures of the tool
Click any image to enlarge, and use the link under it to download. The address shown is the example on the tool’s own page. Credit: Screen capture: Sean Phillips.
SilverStar result, desktop
SilverStar example: a score of 100 for 150 Main St, with the route to the lift, the way home and the lifts you can ski home from.
Download PNG (264 KB)SilverStar result, phone
The same SilverStar result on a phone.
Download PNG (315 KB)SilverStar tool page
The SilverStar Ski-In/Ski-Out Score page at realestatesilverstar.ca/ski-score, with the address search.
Download PNG (777 KB)
Quick facts
- Is it an official resort rating?
- No. It is Sean Phillips’ own estimate from public map data, not issued or endorsed by SilverStar Mountain Resort. It is an access rating, not a promise that a property is ski-in/ski-out; buyers should confirm the route on the snow.
- How is it calculated?
- From public map and elevation data: the route from the door to a lift, the distance, and the difficulty of the runs. Climbing counts extra: a metre uphill in ski boots, carrying skis, counts as four metres on the flat.
- What does a score of 100 mean?
- The best-placed homes at SilverStar score 100, and other addresses are scaled to that.
- How are runs rated?
- With the Canadian green, blue and black symbols. The tool also gives the European colour equivalent for visitors.
- Is it free, and where does it show up?
- Yes. The public is asked for an email or mobile number before a score is shown; the link on this page skips that step for media. Scores also appear on SilverStar listings at realestatesilverstar.ca.
- Who built it?
- Sean Phillips, Okanagan Lifestyle Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Executives Realty in Vernon. He is a programmer and a former Google Trusted Photographer (Street View) who photographed SilverStar properties for Google Maps. Read that story.
Prepared by Sean Phillips, REALTOR®, Coldwell Banker Executives Realty.