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Motherlode at Apex Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 1085 m long with 252 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1085 mlength
252 mvertical
1872 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Motherlode is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Motherlode

Lifts that reach the top: Stock's Chiar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Quickdraw (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quickdraw
  2. Ski Ridge Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gambit (intermediate)
  4. Ski Motherlode (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Stock's Traverse, Spruce Hollow, Wild Bill, Gambit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quickdraw (1 min), Stock's Chiar (1 min).

See Motherlode on the 3D mapAll runs at Apex Mountain Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.