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Gold Rush at Discovery Ski Area

Advanced · 451 m long with 99 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 21° at its steepest, facing W.

21°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
451 mlength
99 mvertical
2244 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Gold Rush is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Gold Rush

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

From the base area (about 18 minutes, advanced 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 Southern Cross (intermediate)
  10. Ski Gold Rush (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Sluice Box, Silver Bow. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Anaconda (2 min), Rumsey (2 min).

See Gold Rush 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.