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Ophir Loop at Telluride Ski Area

Intermediate · 1515 m long with 218 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1515 mlength
218 mvertical
3410 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ophir Loop

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chondola
  2. Ski Meadows (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Boomerang (easy)
  4. Ride Village Express
  5. Ski Boomerang (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sheridan Headwall (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cake Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ride Polar Queen Express
  9. Ski Ophir Loop (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Dew Drop, Silvertip, Apex, Lower Happy Thought. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Apex Lift (1 min), Polar Queen Express (2 min), Comp Hill (6 min).

See Ophir Loop 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.