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Sun Dog at Durango Mountain Resort

Expert · 319 m long with 141 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 35° at its steepest, facing SE.

35°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
319 mlength
141 mvertical
2838 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Sun Dog is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Sun Dog

Lifts that reach the top: Gelande (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Needles Lift #6 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Gelande
  2. Ski Styx (advanced)
  3. Ski Sun Dog (expert)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gelande (1 min).

See Sun Dog 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.