Hesperus Ski Area

United States

Piste map

530 ft
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 27 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
8,898 ft2,712 m
Base
8,278 ft2,523 m
Vertical
620 ft189 m
Named runs
30
Length of named runs
4.4 mi
Lifts
1

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 6 20% · 1.8 mi
  • Blue 11 37% · 1.4 mi
  • Black 12 40% · 1.1 mi
  • Double black 1 3% · 0.1 mi

Longest run

3,390 ft

Outback Trail

Steepest run

54%

Gunsight

Steepest 100 m: 59%

Biggest drop

509 ft

East Lone Pine

The named runs add up to 4.4 mi.

Every named run

The named runs of Hesperus Ski Area, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Alligator Alley340 ft174 ft51%52%
Aspen Glade480 ft217 ft46%49%
Come Along320 ft125 ft
Cross Mountain Trail3,110 ft430 ft14%20%
East Bowl260 ft141 ft
East Lone Pine1,870 ft509 ft27%49%
Gee Wiz580 ft249 ft43%51%
Glades930 ft318 ft34%54%
Gunsight450 ft243 ft54%59%
Ken's Gully430 ft157 ft37%37%
Little Jenny330 ft144 ft
Lone Juniper480 ft177 ft37%43%
Lone Pine330 ft13 ft4%4%
Lower Face550 ft262 ft48%54%
Lower Special800 ft308 ft39%47%
Lower Special230 ft69 ft
Outback Trail3,390 ft502 ft15%24%
Quick Draw350 ft180 ft52%54%
Show Off1,210 ft203 ft17%28%
Slingshot510 ft262 ft52%56%
Upper Face590 ft177 ft30%37%
Upper Special700 ft259 ft37%43%
Upper Special50 ft20 ft
West Bowl920 ft259 ft28%34%
West Lone Pine1,710 ft489 ft29%45%
West Park Fun Bowl690 ft92 ft14%15%
White Lightning380 ft194 ft50%50%
Why430 ft157 ft37%40%
Why Not390 ft194 ft50%51%
Why Not400 ft171 ft43%45%

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 1Chairlifts
Length of all lifts
0.4 mi
Rise of all lifts together
614 ft

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Weather

Summit, 8,898 ft

Base, 8,278 ft

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

50 mi 123456
Hesperus Ski Area beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Hesperus Ski Area620 ft8,898 ft304.4 mi1
1Chapman Hill Recreation Area10.5 mi312 ft6,873 ft
2Purgatory Resort25.6 mi1,952 ft10,797 ft9444.8 mi14
3Kendall Mountain Recreation Area41.8 mi226 ft9,528 ft81.1 mi1
4Telluride Ski Area44.7 mi3,773 ft12,507 ft13865.6 mi19
5Silverton Mountain45.8 mi663 ft10,974 ft
6Lee's Ski Hill54.2 mi66 ft7,943 ft

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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