Gunsight at Durango Mountain Resort
Advanced · 130 m long with 50 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 29° at its steepest, facing N.
29°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
130 mlength
50 mvertical
2928 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Gunsight is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Gunsight
Lifts that reach the top: Grizzly Lift #5 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Hermosa Park Express #3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Legends Express #8 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Twilight Lift #4
- Ski Salvation (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Peace (intermediate)
- Ride Hermosa Park Express #3
- Ski Legends (intermediate)
- Ski Peace (intermediate)
- Ski Harris Hill Run (intermediate)
- Ski Hermosa Parkway (easy)
- Ski Gunsight (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Snag. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hermosa Park Express #3 (1 min).
See Gunsight on the 3D mapAll runs at Durango Mountain ResortMeasured 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.