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Dead Spike at Durango Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 1329 m long with 345 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing N.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1329 mlength
345 mvertical
3199 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Dead Spike

Lifts that reach the top: Legends Express #8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, intermediate 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. Ride Legends Express #8
  8. Ski BD&M Expressway (intermediate)
  9. Ski Joan's Jubilee (intermediate)
  10. Ski Dead Spike (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hermosa Parkway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Grizzly Lift #5 (1 min).

See Dead Spike 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.