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Discovery Ski Area

2,434 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 5,721 ft to a summit of 8,155 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,434
ft vertical
5,721
ft base
8,155
ft summit
7
uphill lifts
1,475
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
5,500–6,00017 ac · 23.0° · WNW154 mm
6,000–6,500105 ac · 21.2° · WNW169 mm
6,500–7,000293 ac · 18.1° · WSW232 mm
7,000–7,500588 ac · 18.6° · WNW279 mm
7,500–8,000414 ac · 20.4° · NNW279 mm
8,000–8,50059 ac · 15.5° · NNW256 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
8
Lift length
8.4 km
Steepest band
23.0°
Operator
—
Coordinates
46.2609, -113.2461

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
5,500–6,0001723.0more difficultWNW302154
6,000–6,50010521.2more difficultWNW291169
6,500–7,00029318.1more difficultWSW240232
7,000–7,50058818.6more difficultWNW290279
7,500–8,00041420.4more difficultNNW344279
8,000–8,5005915.5more difficultNNW336256

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Warm Springs SNOTEL (850:MT:SNTL) is 6.5 km away at 7,840 ft — 315 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

(Doppelmayr) 10 km Lost Trail 83 km Great Divide Ski Area 89 km Maverick 92 km Montana Snowbowl 102 km

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