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Russel at Discovery Ski Area

Expert · 198 m long with 104 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 41° at its steepest, facing N.

41°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
198 mlength
104 mvertical
2333 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Russel 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 Russel

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 18 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 Russel (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Trilby's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Limelight (1 min).

See Russel 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.