Center Opening

The Durango Nordic Center trials opened on Saturday, December 19, 2020. We currently have 10km of groomed trails open. Early season conditions and hazards exist, so trail users are urged to please use caution.

Please wear a mask when you are in contact with center staff, unable to distance from others, when on the Nordic Center deck, or when using the restrooms. The restrooms are available but the remainder of the Center building will not be open to the public.

Please also be sure to purchase your passes and rentals from the Nordic Center page on our website before you arrive.

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE & THINK SNOW!

Pre-Season Trail Work with Snow!

Not quite ready for grooming or skiing yet, but here is a sneak peak of the snow covered trails. The improvements made earlier this month by Grady and AJ Construction will make both skiing and grooming a lot easier!

2020-21 Pre-Season Trail Work!

We wanted to share some exciting trail work improvements happening at the Nordic Center. Grady James with AJ Construction used an excavator to level out the trail from the top of Beast hill to developers drop. There will now be a level platform at the top of the drop for beginners to stop and look at the hill before committing. And, he has made the tricky uphill corner at the top of Beast hill more user-friendly. In addition, he helped re-route a section of Aspen loop due to new development on Nordic Court. Lastly, he is buffing out the Bench Loop and a short section of Deadman’s just beyond the Spider. Getting it ready for you to ski!

Big thanks to Grady and AJ Construction for this work - we appreciate it!

March 15, 2020 - Last day to ski.

Hello Durango Nordic community,

Governor Polis ordered ski resorts to suspend operations this week. The order was not specific for areas like ours, but it's intention must be considered by our facility. Our trails are freshly groomed today, March 15. Season Pass holders are welcome to come up and ski today. Please note, however, that the center facility itself will not be open and grooming operations will cease after today. Per the Governors order, please do not come to the Center if you or a family member are feeling sick. Practice “social distancing” while at the center.

Thanks for the great season!

Trail Report - Thursday, March 5, 2020

We’re still skiing up here! The trails at the Nordic Center are still grooming out well. We are grooming every morning and with the warm temperatures the skiing is better early! 

Trail Report - Sunday, February 23, 2020

We received about 3 inches of new snow Saturday night and everything is groomed beautifully. We continue to groom every morning and have really good coverage on all our trails. So despite warm temperatures, this great ski season is not over yet!

Trail Report - Thursday, January 23, 2020

We continue to be delighted with our new snow cat and the wonderful trails it sets down. With another 3 inches of snow this week our trails are in fantastic shape for both skating and classic. We are grooming every morning to keep the trails in tiptop shape.

Snow Report - Sunday, December 29, 2019

The skiing at the Nordic Center is the best it has ever been.  Our new snow cat is everything we wished for in terms of compacting the trails for skating and setting amazing classic tracks.  With all the wonderful snow we received over Christmas the skiing is phenomenal!  Come on up and see for yourselves.

The North Loop just got longer!

A new section of trail has been added to the North Loop just to the south of Cascade Village. It is rolling easy terrain and has added about a third of a mile to the North Loop. And the existing trails out on the North end, the North Pole, the North Star and the Stay Forever Loop have all been regraded, levelled out and had a lot of rocks and stumps removed. We want to give a big thanks to Terry and Grady James of AJ Construction for all their great work.

We have also built a new connector trail from the Boyce Lake Overlook up to the North Loop. This gives skiers more loop options and should be very useful if we have another low snow year as it is all shady and tilted to the North.

Trails close to the center have had a facelift too. The top of Beast Hill has been regraded and both the Aspen Loop and the Bench Loop have had lots of rock removal and levelling. These are all measures that help us deal with a low snow year so hopefully, Mother Nature is watching and will send us another huge winter just to show us who is in charge!

The Center is now closed

All snow!

Wed, March 6

Even though it is raining in town it is all snow at the Nordic Center.

and don't forget there is a Coke Race at the nordic center this Saturday!

Rain in town, snow at Center

Exiting Bench Loop

The center got a foot of snow overnight while it rained in town. The skiing at the Nordic Center is soft, but still very good. It's squeaky snow (don't expect to set land speed records), temps are hovering at freezing during the day, and it's so beautiful. Main trails are groomed, but today Lower Bench, North Pole & Star weren't. Try to be 100% again this week.

Lynx - a personal favorite...

While skiing today (@ around noon) it was still snowing and snowed until we hit Needles on the drive home where the rain/snow line somehow always seems to be. This whole week should be good (a couple more storms), and plenty more days are left to get out there! See you soon!

Snowy State Championship Day 2

Over a foot of snow has fallen since 4 PM last night at the Nordic Center and still coming down hard this morning (2/22).

A wonderful place for a picnic...

Despite the center getting pounded with snow, they are ready for the second day of the Colorado High School State Championships race this afternoon starting at 3pm (schedule here).  Our groomers have the high school race course groomed after driving around in circles overnight to keep ahead of the snow. Today, the groomers turn their attention towards the Langlauf course. It's definitely tricky and long hours taming a couple feet of snow and trying to get everything ready for the races today and the Langlauf on Saturday.

By the way - The forecast Saturday looks sunny. Should be beautiful skiing this weekend at the Center!

Groomed but will be soft today.

We received TWO FEET of snow from this storm!

The groomers have been out driving in circles all night long to manage the snow from this storm. They track packed and then dropped the tiller and managed to groom the trails overnight. We have a Rocky Mountain Nordic JNQ race this weekend at the Center and the race course is groomed but it will be pretty soft out there today. The sun is out right now and temperatures are hovering just above freezing right now so further grooming is on hold right now.

More snow is forecast tonight into tomorrow morning and low overnight temperatures should get the race course and trails set up nicely for tomorrow’s first race of the Durango JNQ. Come on up and support your local club - Trails are open while the event is taking place.

Enjoy some pictures of last night’s grooming efforts and if you see Chip, Brad, or Jesse up there, give them a high five and let them know you appreciate their grooming efforts while you were sleeping.

Get up here!

Trail report in pictures:

Snowing at the Center!

It's been raining in town off and on for the last couple days. While we're thankful for the moisture, it can make for some messy ski conditions down low. But, rain down low sometimes means snow up high and 5" of snow has fallen in the last 24 hours at the Durango Nordic Center (using Purgatory's snow stick). Our groomers have been out with the cat and the trails are in fantastic shape! Might be some of the best conditions in several years - Get up here!

And - We're running a February special:

• Purchase a 10 punch pass to the Nordic Center for $100. A regular day trail fee is $15 ($50 total discount!).
• The punch pass is only valid this season and is not transferable.
• Call the Nordic Center if you have questions at 970.385.2114