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Northern Lights at Discovery Ski Area

Advanced · 449 m long with 82 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.

24°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
449 mlength
82 mvertical
2175 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Northern Lights

Lifts that reach the top: Jubilee (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 34 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 unnamed novice trail (novice)
  11. Ride Jubilee
  12. Ski Gold Bug (easy)
  13. Ski Pintler Scenic Route (easy)
  14. Ski Northern Lights (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Jubilee. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Jubilee (1 min), Totemoff (1 min), Easy (2 min).

See Northern Lights 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.