Hiking
Telluride Area Trails
A pointer to Telluride's trails, a little over two hours from Durango, not a single Durango trailhead.
- Length
- About 34 miles across the five trails that list a distance
- Elevation gain
- Climbs run from about 140 to 2,900 feet
- Difficulty
- Advanced, Beginner, Expert, Intermediate
- From Durango
- 111 miles
Getting there
Telluride, CO Take US-160 West from Durango to Co-184/Main St in Mancos. Make a right onto CO-184 and follow it for 17 miles. Make a right onto CO-145 N and follow for 62 miles to Telluride.
The trails
Each path in the system has its own tile. Length and climb sit underneath. Hover a tile for what the trail actually does. Pick a rating to see only those.
Beginner
- BeginnerTrout Lake – TellurideBeautiful day with fresh snow so its a bit soft and maybe sticky.
5 Miles
Beautiful day with fresh snow so its a bit soft and maybe sticky.
- BeginnerTelluride Valley FloorNotes: 03.19.25 Just enough snow to take new super roller out on a couple trails to test.
1.75 Miles · 150 Feet of climbing
Notes: 03.19.25 Just enough snow to take new super roller out on a couple trails to test.
- BeginnerPriest Lake – TellurideNotes: 04.04.25 Grooming currently underway for Priest trails as of 7:30am.
0.6 Miles · 140 Feet of climbing
Notes: 04.04.25 Grooming currently underway for Priest trails as of 7:30am.
Intermediate
- IntermediateGalloping Goose TrailThis gently graded, primarily non-technical trail follows an old narrow-gauge rail line for roughly 19 miles from...
19 Miles · 577 Feet of climbing
This gently graded, primarily non-technical trail follows an old narrow-gauge rail line for roughly 19 miles from...
Advanced
- AdvancedLizard Head – TellurideHike up through aspen and conifer forests, through meadows, sage bush and rocky ridges towards Lizard Head Peak.
7.6 Miles · 2900 Feet of climbing
Hike up through aspen and conifer forests, through meadows, sage bush and rocky ridges towards Lizard Head Peak.
Where it is
The pin marks the trailhead. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Trail layout
The map shows the trailhead area. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Length and climb come from Durango Trails. A system with several trails lists each one above.