Railroad Ski

Colorado

Colorado

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1.0 mi

Distance

142 ft

Gain

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What we do know

  • Inside Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

    2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.

    Boundary data

  • In the CAIC zone forecast zone

    Avalanche danger ratings feed from avalanche.org when the center is forecasting.

    Avalanche.org

What's missing

  • No access route mapped

    We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.0 mi
Elevation gain
142 ft
Elevation loss
237 ft
Highest point
9,316 ft
Lowest point
9,162 ft

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About this route

Railroad Ski is a 0.99-mile route in Colorado with 464 feet of elevation gain.

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The climb

High point
9,316 ft
Total climbing
142 ft
Total descent
237 ft
Steepest stretch
12% grade around mile 0.5 from the start
Length
1 mi

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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Skiing business nearby (~47 mi away) — hasn't claimed their Roamze page yet

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