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Bottom's Chute at Durango Mountain Resort

Expert · 371 m long with 115 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 34° at its steepest, facing NW.

34°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
371 mlength
115 mvertical
2961 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Bottom's Chute is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Bottom's Chute

Lifts that reach the top: Legends Express #8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hermosa Park Express #3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Grizzly Lift #5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Twilight Lift #4
  2. Ski Salvation (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Peace (intermediate)
  5. Ride Hermosa Park Express #3
  6. Ski Legends (intermediate)
  7. Ski Bottom's Chute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Siegele Street. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed drag lift (1 min), Legends Express #8 (2 min).

See Bottom's Chute on the 3D mapAll runs at Durango Mountain Resort
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.