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Donner's Descent at Elk Mountain

Advanced · 539 m long with 236 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 29° at its steepest, facing NW.

29°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
539 mlength
236 mvertical
3050 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Donner's Descent is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Donner's Descent

Lifts that reach the top: Holly (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tushar Peaks Surface Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lookout (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lookout
  2. Ski Paiute Crossing (intermediate)
  3. Ski Country Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Donner's Descent (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed hike path.

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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.