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Dercum's Gulch at Arapahoe Basin

Intermediate · 1122 m long with 188 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 14° at its steepest, facing N.

14°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
1122 mlength
188 mvertical
3715 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Dercum's Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Lenawee Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Beavers (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lazy J Tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Zuma Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wrangler Express
  2. Ski Wrangler (easy)
  3. Ride Lenawee Express
  4. Ski Humbug (intermediate)
  5. Ski Dercum's Gulch (intermediate)
See Dercum's Gulch on the 3D mapAll runs at Arapahoe Basin
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.