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Sapphire at Discovery Ski Area

Intermediate · 1377 m long with 219 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 15° at its steepest, facing W.

15°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
1377 mlength
219 mvertical
2331 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Sapphire

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

From the base area (about 30 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 Sapphire (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Red Lion, unnamed novice trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Easy (1 min), Totemoff (2 min), Jubilee (3 min).

See Sapphire 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.