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The Gulch at Northstar California

Easy · 701 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing N.

12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
701 mlength
92 mvertical
2178 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to The Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Arrow Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Vista Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Tahoe Zephyr Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Promised Land Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rendezvous (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Comstock Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Big Springs Express Gondola
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ride Vista Express
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ski Skid Trail (easy)
  6. Ski Lumberjack (easy)
  7. Ski The Gulch (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed trail, Lower Pioneer. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tahoe Zephyr Express (1 min), The Big Easy (1 min), Pegasus (1 min).

See The Gulch on the 3D mapAll runs at Northstar California
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.