Tribulation at Durango Mountain Resort
Expert · 582 m long with 215 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing NE.
28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
582 mlength
215 mvertical
2963 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Tribulation 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 Tribulation
Lifts that reach the top: Needles Lift #6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gelande (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Engineer Lift #2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Purgatory Village Express #1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 5 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Needles Lift #6
- Ski Upper Hades (intermediate)
- Ski Cherub (intermediate)
- Ski Tribulation (expert)
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.