High Country Trails
Graysill Trail
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.
- Length
- 2.4 Miles
- Climb
- 1768 Feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- From Durango
- 29 Miles
Getting there
Cascade Creek Parking Area. Begin at Main Avenue and 9th Street, then go west on 9th Street, toward Camino Del Rio (Highway 550). Make a 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 spot 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.
Where it starts
The pin marks an end of the mapped trail. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Trail layout
The line is the mapped path. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.