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Spiral Stairs at Telluride Ski Area

Advanced · 481 m long with 241 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
481 mlength
241 mvertical
3427 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Spiral Stairs

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, advanced 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 The Plunge (advanced)
  7. Ski Spiral Stairs (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bushwacker. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plunge Lift (2 min), Oak Street Lift (5 min), Gondola Line 1 (5 min).

See Spiral Stairs 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.