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Gold Rush at Telluride Ski Area

Intermediate · 448 m long with 138 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
448 mlength
138 mvertical
3308 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Gold Rush

Lifts that reach the top: Polar Queen Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Plunge Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Apex Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gold Hill Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Revelation Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Chondola
  2. Ski Meadows (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Boomerang (easy)
  4. Ride Village Express
  5. Ski Boomerang (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sheridan Headwall (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cake Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ride Polar Queen Express
  9. Ski Polar Queen (intermediate)
  10. Ski Gold Rush (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Dew Drop. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Queen Express (1 min), Comp Hill (6 min), unnamed funicular (6 min).

See Gold Rush on the 3D mapAll runs at Telluride 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.