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West Fork at Durango Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 732 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 13° at its steepest, facing N.

13°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
732 mlength
91 mvertical
3201 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to West Fork

Lifts that reach the top: Engineer Lift #2 (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Twilight Lift #4
  2. Ski Bank (easy)
  3. Ski Walk-A-Lot (easy)
  4. Ride Engineer Lift #2
  5. Ski West Fork (intermediate)

Where it ends

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

See West Fork 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.