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Prospector Gulch at Aspen Highlands

Intermediate · 1157 m long with 211 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 15° at its steepest, facing N.

15°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1157 mlength
211 mvertical
3027 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Prospector Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Cloud Nine (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Loge Peak (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Deep Temerity (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Exhibition
  2. Ski Prospector (intermediate)
  3. Ski Riverside Dr. (intermediate)
  4. Ski Grouse Grove (intermediate)
  5. Ski Red Onion (intermediate)
  6. Ride Cloud Nine
  7. Ski Gunbarrel (intermediate)
  8. Ski Scarlett's Run (intermediate)
  9. Ski Heather-Bedlam (intermediate)
  10. Ski Wine Ridge (intermediate)
  11. Ski Prospector Gulch (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Apple Strudel, Red Onion. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Thunderbowl (5 min), Exhibition (5 min).

See Prospector Gulch on the 3D mapAll runs at Aspen Highlands
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.