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East Drain at Telluride Ski Area

Expert · 696 m long with 223 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
696 mlength
223 mvertical
3266 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to East Drain

Lifts that reach the top: Plunge Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Apex Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Gold Hill Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Revelation Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Oak Street Lift
  2. Ski Bailout (advanced)
  3. Ski Lookout (intermediate)
  4. Ride Plunge Lift
  5. Ski See Forever (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bushwacker (advanced)
  7. Ski East Drain (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Bushwacker. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plunge Lift (1 min), Oak Street Lift (4 min), Gondola Line 1 (4 min).

See East Drain on the 3D mapAll runs at Telluride Ski Area
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.