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Upper Bank at Durango Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 867 m long with 151 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 21° at its steepest, facing NE.

21°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
867 mlength
151 mvertical
3197 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Bank

Lifts that reach the top: Hermosa Park Express #3 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate 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 Silvertip (easy)
  7. Ski Upper Bank (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Walk-A-Lot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Engineer Lift #2 (2 min), Purgatory Village Express #1 (5 min), Needles Lift #6 (6 min).

See Upper Bank 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.