This is my all time favorite ski resort. Nothing fancy.... Just great skiing, no lines.... And very reasonable prices! I spend my entire winter here!
Nice ski area with great value, great staff, good food, and lots of varied terrain. Beautiful place, don't expect high speed lifts otherwise it wouldn't be the value it is.
This is a great small ski hill! Most runs were open and it wasn't too crowded. Needed to be groomed but due to the rain, it was impossibile to make the conditions good. I like the small town feel and the small crowd. The bar made a great bloody mary and I heard the soups are great!
Discovery Ski Area is well known in Western Montana for the great variety of ski runs it offers and family atmosphere. Discovery has great cruiser trails and also offers very steep expert terrain. You'll find something for everybody. Nearby lodging is limited, but many people enjoy staying in nearby Philipsburg, Anaconda, or Fairmont Hot Springs. You'll always have a great day of skiing at a reasonable price at Discovery. Oh, and season passes are about the price of three days of skiing at the larger, more crowded resorts.
This is a great mountain for kids learning to ski. The bunny hill chair lift is low enough that kids can ride it themselves with no problem. The restaurant in the lodge is not staffed well during weekends, so we stood in line to get lunch for 25 min. Next time, we will bring a sack lunch in our backpack or eat earlier to beat the crowds. The ski rental place also gets really, really busy in the mornings. We recommend getting there right when they open at 9am if you are planning to rent skis because the line for rentals is super long by 10am on the weekends.
Nothing fancy, just an all around good ski hill. No lift lines and the snow was great. Good service with a friendly staff. Reasonably priced. The lodge serves food at reasonable prices and micro brews are available. Nice mix of runs on the front side, mostly double diamonds on the back.
What a fun family day on the Mountain. Our first trip to Discovery, the only bad thing I have to say is please have more signs marking your establishment, it was difficult to find or know that you were heading the right way.
We enjoyed a wonderful day skiing with family who live in Anaconda. The value ($40) is fantastic. The facilities are simple, the chairlifts rather slow, but the terrain is great and varied. Sadly, many of the runs end with a long flat ski-out to the lift - a problem if there's a lot of snow. Very friendly staff.
This is the place to be if you like short lines, wide open runs & value for your money. We came from Florida with our 9 & 10 year olds and they had a blast. One day in ski school, less than $100 for both, and they were riding the greens down the next day with no fear. Ski and stay packages were just under $100 for 2 adults in Anaconda. If they had ski in & out on the mountain I would give the place a perfect 10.
Discovery is very cool. Fun, lively, friendly, local vibe. The front side of the mountain is entirely covered in groomers for those in the beginner and intermediate levels. The terrain park is good for the type of resort that Discovery is. The staff are mostly all friendly individuals. The back side of the mountain is super awesome. Laced with double black diamonds, it is super fun to ski. It's especially awesome on power days because there is no grooming on the back side. The only problem is the positioning of the lifts forces you to hike a little ways in certain situations. But the food was good, and the prices for everything were reasonable.