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DH Start at Mission Ridge Ski Area

Expert · 255 m long with 66 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
255 mlength
66 mvertical
2006 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

DH Start 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 DH Start

Lifts that reach the top: Wenatchee Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 1
  2. Ski Mimi (easy)
  3. Ride Wenatchee Express
  4. Ski Tumwater (advanced)
  5. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  6. Ski Windy Ridge/Microwave Traverse (advanced)
  7. Ski DH Start (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Windy Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (5 min), Wenatchee Express (5 min), Chair 1 (7 min).

See DH Start on the 3D mapAll runs at Mission Ridge 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.