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Ruby Gulch at Showdown Ski Area

Intermediate · 1211 m long with 230 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 20° at its steepest, facing SE.

20°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1211 mlength
230 mvertical
2384 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ruby Gulch

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Payload
  2. Ski King's Ridge (intermediate)
  3. Ski Brown Eyed Queen (easy)
  4. Ski Ruby (advanced)
  5. Ski Ruby Gulch (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins King's Ridge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Prospector (1 min).

See Ruby Gulch 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.