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Head Frame at Discovery Ski Area

Intermediate · 452 m long with 146 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.

24°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
452 mlength
146 mvertical
2237 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Head Frame

Lifts that reach the top: Granite (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 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. Ski Head Frame (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Burro Alley, Boiler Maker. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Granite (2 min).

See Head Frame 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.