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Poets Glade at Durango Mountain Resort

Advanced · 1147 m long with 272 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1147 mlength
272 mvertical
3233 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Poets Glade

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

From the base area (about 26 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. Ride Legends Express #8
  8. Ski BD&M Expressway (intermediate)
  9. Ski Vincent's (intermediate)
  10. Ski Poets Glade (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bottom's Chute, Legends, Vincent's, Sally's Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Legends Express #8 (2 min), unnamed drag lift (2 min).

See Poets Glade 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.