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A moderately technical trail that accesses some of Durango's best bouldering.


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Map Key

1.0

Miles

1.5

KM

Singletrack

7,155' 2,181 m

High

6,983' 2,128 m

Low

119' 36 m

Up

193' 59 m

Down

6%

Avg Grade (4°)

17%

Max Grade (10°)

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Description

Like climbing? Like mountain biking? This is the trail for you. Sailing Hawks provides access to amazing bouldering

(see: mountainproject.com/v/saili…). This is also a fun, semi-technical ride easily accessed from town.

Sailing Hawks is a great trail to go ride for those seeking technical climbing or hoping to improve their technical climbing. Although technically challenging, the grade throughout is fairly mellow and makes for a nice pedal. The back end of the trail has a very fun descent that is full of rock sections, tons of line choice, and some sneaker doubles sprinkled in. I would say 50/50 imbedded rocks vs loose rocks. Good trail flow can be found with pumping and line choice.

Contacts

Shared By:

Missy Thompson with improvements by Storm Perrella

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  3.4 from 10 votes

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Mellow, open terrain on Saling Hawks Trail.
Aug 14, 2023 near Durango, CO
Shaded bouldering area
Aug 11, 2023 near Durango, CO
Steep section of trail
Aug 11, 2023 near Durango, CO
The cliffs below Animas Mountain from Sailing Hawks area.
Aug 14, 2023 near Durango, CO
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Aug 10, 2021
Joel Kilby
May 20, 2021
Matt Carrigan
about 2 hours. climbed up Animas trail and went down the double black. super fun ride! some tough uphill tech to flowy tech by climbing walls and f…
May 25, 2020
Gary T.
Added from Animas Mountain Loop 2.9mi
Mar 15, 2017
Sas Quatch
Mar 2, 2015
Paul Bunderson
14.5mi

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