Terminator at Discovery Ski Area
Expert · 281 m long with 173 m of vertical, averaging 32° and 37° at its steepest, facing N.
37°steepest 50 m
32°average pitch
281 mlength
173 mvertical
2464 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Terminator 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 Terminator
Lifts that reach the top: Rumsey (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Anaconda (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 23 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Silver Chief
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Black Moon (advanced)
- Ride Granite
- Ski Winning Ridge (intermediate)
- Ski Medicine Ridge (intermediate)
- Ride Limelight
- Ski Claimjumper (intermediate)
- Ski Silver Bow (advanced)
- Ski Berkeley (intermediate)
- Ski Tenderfoot (easy)
- Ski Britton (easy)
- Ride Anaconda
- Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
- Ski Terminator (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Mother Lode. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Limelight (2 min).
See Terminator on the 3D mapAll runs at Discovery Ski AreaMeasured 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.