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The Pitch at Discovery Ski Area

Expert · 312 m long with 166 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 38° at its steepest, facing NE.

38°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
312 mlength
166 mvertical
2395 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

The Pitch 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 The Pitch

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 16 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 Limelight (advanced)
  9. Ski The Pitch (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Never Sweat, Manhattan, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Limelight (1 min).

See The Pitch 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.