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Hesperus Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Hesperus Ski Area is a ski area in Colorado, United States with 7.9 km of mapped downhill runs and 1 lift, between 2,522 m and 2,712 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 7.9 km
- Lifts
- 1
- Top elevation
- 2,712 m
- Vertical drop
- 190 m
- Nearest airport
- DRO · 31 km
Slopes by difficulty
39 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 1 Chairlifts
Hesperus Ski Area is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 39 mapped downhill runs add up to 7.9 km, which ranks it #246 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 203 m long.
Slopes at Hesperus Ski Area
About 48% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 30% intermediate and 22% advanced or expert, which makes Hesperus Ski Area a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 1 lift: 1 chairlift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,522 m up to 2,712 m, a vertical drop of 190 m — typical of a local ski hill. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Hesperus Ski Area
The nearest airport is Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO), about 31 km away in a straight line — roughly 41 minutes by car; Cortez Municipal Airport (CEZ) is 51 km away. Nearby ski areas include Chapman Hill Recreation Area (0.5 km), Purgatory Resort (67.7 km), Durango Nordic Center and Vallecito Nordic Ski Club, which together add 172 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Hesperus Ski Area
- 1 DRO31 kmstraight line
- 2 CEZ51 kmstraight line
- 3 TEX74 kmstraight line
- 4 MTJ136 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Hesperus Ski Area
- 17 kmChapman Hill Recreation Area0.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,094 m
- 42 kmPurgatory Resort68 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 3,290 m
- 44 kmDurango Nordic Centerup to 2,711 m
- 45 kmVallecito Nordic Ski Clubup to 2,404 m
- 67 kmKendall Mountain Recreation Area2.0 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,903 m
- 72 kmTelluride Ski Area101 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 3,811 m
- 73 kmSilverton Mountain0.7 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 3,344 m
- 79 kmIronton Park Cross-Country Ski Areaup to 3,029 m
- 87 kmLee's Ski Hill0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,420 m
- 89 kmNorth Corridor Trailup to 2,335 m
- 93 kmTop of the Pinesup to 2,648 m
- 103 kmLake City Ski Hill2.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,767 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.