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James' Gang at Durango Mountain Resort

Advanced · 232 m long with 90 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.

25°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
232 mlength
90 mvertical
3181 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to James' Gang

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

From the base area (about 25 minutes, advanced 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 Blackburn's Bash (advanced)
  8. Ride Legends Express #8
  9. Ski Elliott's (advanced)
  10. Ski Ray's Ridge (advanced)
  11. Ski James' Gang (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Blackburn's Bash. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Legends Express #8 (3 min), unnamed drag lift (3 min).

See James' Gang 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.