Log Chutes Trail System
Log Chutes Downhill
Log Chutes Downhill is one of the few Durango trails built to descend only.
Riders usually shuttle it from higher up Junction Creek Road.
- Length
- 1.7 Miles
- Climb
- 1200 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.