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Beginner's Gulch at Mount Baldy Ski Lifts

Easy · 601 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 10° at its steepest, facing S.

10°steepest 50 m

6°average pitch

601 mlength

68 mvertical

2372 mtop elevation

Sfaces

Snow and sun

Beginner's Gulch is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Beginner's Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 1 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Chair 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chair 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, easy skiing needed):

Ride Chair 1
Ski Beginner's Gulch (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Comeback Trail, unnamed trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 3 (1 min), Chair 2 (1 min).

See Beginner's Gulch on the 3D map All runs at Mount Baldy Ski Lifts

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.