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Lower Plunge at Telluride Ski Area

Expert · 646 m long with 219 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 34° at its steepest, facing N.

34°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
646 mlength
219 mvertical
3199 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Moguls.

How to get to Lower Plunge

Lifts that reach the top: Oak Street Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lift 7 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Plunge Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Village Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Apex Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gold Hill Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Oak Street Lift
  2. Ski Lower Plunge (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Bailout, Lookout, Bushwacker, Kant-Mak-M. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plunge Lift (1 min), Oak Street Lift (3 min), Gondola Line 1 (3 min).

See Lower Plunge 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.