Graysill Trail
Durango to TH
29 Miles
Gain
1768 Feet
Condition
Poor
Region
Trail Length
2.4 Miles
Part of the High Country trails system.
Graysill Trail is a nice, once forgotten trail that has been adopted by a local from Silverton. It’s a great way to change up hiking on the Colorado Trail. Graysill Trail spurs from the Colorado Trail (at high country) to Cascade Creek Trail. This trail is 3-miles in length and gains/ascends (depending on your direction) approximately 1,770 feet. Make sure you know where the trail intersection is, the start of the trail is somewhat vague and the sign is very small and easy to miss. You’ll cross a road and continue on singletrack.
Map & Directions
Map Coordinates: 37.714007, -107.855916
Where's the Trailhead?
dIRECTIONS TO TRAILHEAD
Cascade Creek Parking Area
From 9th Street and Main Avenue in Durango, head west on 9th Street toward Camino Del Rio (Highway 550). Turn right onto Camino Del Rio (HWY 550) and continue north on Hwy 550 past Purgatory Resort toward Silverton. 28.5 miles from Durango, there is a hairpin turn to the right at Cascade Creek. Turn left across the road at this turn onto Forest Service Road 783. Follow this road for approximately 3/4 mile to a small parking area on the left. From here, the trail continues on the road over the bridge and quickly becomes singletrack. Make sure you have plenty of water, warm layers, and rain gear.
Trailwork
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Thursday, September 12 Trailwork
Join us for a weekday trailwork party at [location TBD]. Thank you for volunteering with Trails 2000 at our trailwork party on Thursday, September 12 from 4:30 to 7:30pm!
