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Catchwave at Discovery Ski Area

Expert · 281 m long with 136 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 42° at its steepest, facing NW.

42°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
281 mlength
136 mvertical
2384 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Catchwave 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 Catchwave

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 17 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 Catchwave (expert)

Where it ends

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

See Catchwave 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.