Log Chutes Trail System
Log Chutes 2
Log Chutes 2 is a difficult, 3.13-mile trail accessed from Log Chutes 1 or from the start of the trail and provides access to Log Chutes 3.
Log Chutes is a multi-use trail located just above the Colorado Trail Trailhead at Junction Creek in Durango.
- Length
- 3.1 Miles
- Climb
- 784 Feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- From Durango
- 6 Miles
Getting there
Parking at Log Chutes/Junction Creek Upper Trailhead. Begin at Main Avenue and 9th Street, then go west on 9th Street, toward Camino Del Rio. Make a right onto Camino Del Rio (Highway 550/ N. Main Avenue) Keep following North Main Avenue/Camino Del Rio; turn left onto West. 25th Street. West 25th Street turns slightly right and becomes Junction Creek Road. At a three-way intersection, stay left on Junction Creek Road, and continue right, past the dirt parking spot for the Lower Colorado Trail. The road becomes dirt here. After 1 mile on this road you will see a second dirt parking spot for Log Chutes.