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West Drain at Telluride Ski Area

Expert · 2170 m long with 396 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.

32°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
2170 mlength
396 mvertical
3397 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: mogul. Tree skiing (gladed). Moguls.

How to get to West Drain

Lifts that reach the top: 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 19 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Oak Street Lift
  2. Ski Lookout (intermediate)
  3. Ride Plunge Lift
  4. Ski See Forever (intermediate)
  5. Ski West Drain (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Logpile, Easy Out, Lookout, Captain Jack's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Plunge Lift (1 min), Lift 7 (3 min), Oak Street Lift (4 min).

See West 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.