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Mother Lode at Discovery Ski Area

Expert · 646 m long with 278 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 33° at its steepest, facing NE.

33°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
646 mlength
278 mvertical
2484 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Mother Lode 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 Mother Lode

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

From the base area (about 7 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Chief
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Black Moon (advanced)
  4. Ride Granite
  5. Ski Mother Lode (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Medicine Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Limelight (1 min).

See Mother Lode 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.