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Ruby at Showdown Ski Area

Advanced · 586 m long with 189 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing SE.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
586 mlength
189 mvertical
2466 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Ruby is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Ruby

Lifts that reach the top: Prospector (skiing easy terrain to get there); Payload (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Prospector
  2. Ski Brown Eyed Queen (easy)
  3. Ski Ruby (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Arkansas Traveller. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Payload (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Prospector (4 min).

See Ruby on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown Ski Area
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.