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Ajax at Discovery Ski Area

Expert · 288 m long with 137 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 31° at its steepest, facing N.

31°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
288 mlength
137 mvertical
2399 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Ajax

Lifts that reach the top: Limelight (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Rumsey (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Anaconda (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Chief
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Black Moon (advanced)
  4. Ride Granite
  5. Ski Winning Ridge (intermediate)
  6. Ski Medicine Ridge (intermediate)
  7. Ride Limelight
  8. Ski Claimjumper (intermediate)
  9. Ski Trilby's (advanced)
  10. Ski Ajax (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Manhattan. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Limelight (2 min).

See Ajax on the 3D mapAll runs at Discovery Ski Area
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.