Skyline Trail
Durango to TH
4 Miles
Gain
1056 Feet
Condition
Good
Region
Trail Length
3.1 Miles
Part of the Fort Lewis College trail system.
Skyline Trail is a great out and back trail with an option to loop into Horse Gulch trail system. You will get your switchback training in, for sure.
This trail winds its way up Raider Ridge to a viewpoint with spectacular 360-degree views of Durango, the Animas Valley, and Horse Gulch. From the viewpoint, you can follow the Sugar trail, which connects Horse Gulch Road to Skyline, or a very technical trail along the ridge on Hyper Extended Ridge and down into Horse Gulch, or backtrack the way you came and learn how to do switchbacks going downhill! To access Skyline Trail, there is a small parking area in the Skyline subdivision.
Map & Directions
Map Coordinates: 37.293752, -107.831883
Where's the Trailhead?
dIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD
Skyline Parking Area
From 9th Street and Main Avenue in Durango, head south on Main Avenue. On 6th Street (E. College Drive) turn left and follow E. College while it continues up to Fort Lewis College Mesa. At the roundabout continue straight onto College Drive/Goeglein Gulch then turn right onto Jenkins Ranch Road. Continue straight through all the roundabouts to the end of the road and find a parking area for the Skyline trail to your right.
Trailwork
help build our trails!
*TENTATIVE* Trail Construction: September 5
Join Durango Trails for our monthly First Saturdays Trailwork Party! Help us maintain our regional trails while spending a fun day outdoors. No experience is necessary for trailwork, and Durango Trails will provide the necessary instruction, safety tool talk, tools, work gloves, and water and snacks for the entire crew. Please note, registration is required to join us for Trailwork; please click below to register.
