Horse Gulch Trail System
Sugar Trail
Sugar Trail is a 1.5-mile moderate trail, accessed from a few miles up the Horse Gulch Road.
Sugar Trail, a multi-use connector trail from Skyline to Horse Gulch, is designed with a series of sweeping switchbacks fun for ascending and descending.
- Length
- 1.6 Miles
- Climb
- 572 Feet
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- From Durango
- 1.2 Miles
Getting there
Parking at Horse Gulch Trailhead. Begin at Main Avenue and 9th Street, then go east on 9th Street, toward Fort Lewis College Mesa. Right onto East 3rd Avenue, then left onto College Drive (6th Street). Right onto East 8th Avenue, then left onto East 3rd Street. The Horse Gulch Trail System lot is behind the Mercy Medicine parking.
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.