Fort Lewis Trail System
Skyline Trail
Skyline Trail is a great there and back trail with an option to loop into Horse Gulch trail system .
You will get your switchback training in, for sure.
- Length
- 3.1 Miles
- Climb
- 1056 Feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- From Durango
- 4 Miles
Getting there
Skyline Parking Area. Begin at Main Avenue and 9th Street, then go 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 spot for the Skyline trail to your right.
Where it starts
The pin marks the trailhead. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Trail layout
The line is the mapped path. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.