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Horbs at Durango Mountain Resort

Freeride · 141 m long with 16 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 8° at its steepest, facing NE.

8°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
141 mlength
16 mvertical
3200 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Horbs 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 Horbs

Lifts that reach the top: Engineer Lift #2 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Twilight Lift #4
  2. Ski Bank (easy)
  3. Ski Walk-A-Lot (easy)
  4. Ride Engineer Lift #2
  5. Ski Horbs (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins West Fork, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Engineer Lift #2 (3 min), Purgatory Village Express #1 (5 min), Needles Lift #6 (5 min).

See Horbs 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.