discovery ski area

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.

Great Mountain with all kinds of terrain for families! We love it here and our kids are learning to ski here. The types of runs have allowed our kids to gain confidence and ski on their own in just 1.5 seasons. The lift staff on Sunday's is the best. Especially the staff on the Easy Chair Lift. So kind and supportive of all the people and kids learning to ski. The lodge isn't anything to write home about from a beauty standpoint, but it gets the job done. Food, hot chocolate and good beer with friends and family. Oh and its warm. You can bring your own lunch and eat it in the lower section of the lodge where there are tables and booths. The ski school staff is great, friendly and perfect for young kids learning to ski. They are all young college-age staff and so you get that type of lesson. The drive is easy from surrounding towns and your best bet is to get there early to get a good parking spot and get early runs in!

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

My wife and I recently moved to Anaconda and are really psyched to have this incredible amenity so close by. Discovery is not Aspen or Sun Valley, thank god. Varied terrain, thoughtful and friendly staff, great food, and just a good vibe. Also an incredible value. Prices for lift tickets, equipment rental, lesson, food, etc. are beyond reasonable. My wife (who had never skied in her life) took a private lesson with Becky and was making turns at the end of the first hour. Becky was very professional and made the learning process smooth and fun. We have already bought season tickets and look forward to spending a lot more time on the mountain.

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.

I thought it was really nice of Discovery to run the lifts for me when I went to visit them on Tuesday and Wednesday. There were a couple locals on the front side of the mountain but I felt like I had my own private ski resort for two days! The terrain on the back side was amazing and even though it didn't snow while we visited I was still finding powder stashes two days after the last storm. The grooming on the front side is crazy. I don't think I have ever skied on a groomed run as steep as sluce box. How do they even get the cats up that hill? I don't know that I could spend a week straight skiing here but for a couple of days it is definitely worth the forty dollars I paid for the lift ticket.

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.

Lift tickets, rentals and food are all very reasonable price. Lots of different runs, including double black diamonds. Even their busiest days does not require more than a few minutes wait to get on a lift. Very family friendly

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.

For $40 bucks, its an amazing deal for the acreage, the long runs, and variety of terrain. You can run down double blacks all day on one chair, or cruise along several of their long groomed blues. The lodge is wide open up top so its not hard to find people, but on the flip side they really don't have a 'bar scene'.