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Purgatory ski runs

90 named runs · about 42 miles of skiing · 8,850 to 10,810 ft

Green 15% (6.5 mi)Blue 48% (20.3 mi)Black 29% (12.3 mi)Double black 8% (3.4 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Elevator Shaft 42°
  2. Upper Pandemonium 41°
  3. Lower Bull Run 39°
  4. Sun Dog 38°
  5. Yote's Chute 38°

Longest

  1. Legends 9,300 ft
  2. BD&M Expressway 7,100 ft
  3. Where 7,000 ft
  4. Boogie 6,200 ft
  5. Peace 6,000 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Yote's Chute 54% sun
  2. Sicklicious 55% sun
  3. Crazy Joe's 55% sun
  4. Gunsight 56% sun
  5. Boudreaux's 57% sun

Longest greens

  1. Walk-A-Lot 5,800 ft
  2. Hermosa Parkway 4,300 ft
  3. Mercy 4,200 ft
  4. Divinity 4,200 ft
  5. Sa's Psyche 2,900 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 90 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Elevator Shaft Black 297 ft 861 ft 42° 21° N Excellent
Upper Pandemonium Double black 356 ft 1,482 ft 41° 15° E Average
Lower Bull Run Double black 781 ft 3,146 ft 39° 15° N Good
Sun Dog Double black 461 ft 1,167 ft 38° 24° E Below average
Yote's Chute Black 134 ft 382 ft 38° 21° N Excellent
McCormarck's Maze Double black 1,175 ft 4,893 ft 38° 14° N Good
Brimstone Black 1,403 ft 5,252 ft 37° 16° NE Average
Tribulation Double black 700 ft 2,058 ft 37° 20° NE Average
Hoody's Black 483 ft 1,780 ft 36° 16° N Good
Dirty's Secret Black 404 ft 1,207 ft 36° 20° NW Excellent
Upper Catharsis Black 508 ft 2,421 ft 35° 13° NE Good
Pandemonium Black 556 ft 1,591 ft 35° 21° NE Good
Ambassador's Glade Black 503 ft 2,254 ft 35° 14° N Good
Sheol Black 544 ft 1,708 ft 35° 19° E Average
777 Black 343 ft 1,391 ft 35° 15° NE Good
Lower Hades Black 863 ft 2,966 ft 35° 17° E Average
Gelande Dead End Black 447 ft 1,156 ft 35° 23° E Below average
Bottom's Chute Double black 376 ft 1,299 ft 34° 17° N Excellent
Catharsis Black 354 ft 1,236 ft 33° 17° NE Average
Gunsight Black 162 ft 456 ft 33° 21° N Excellent
Lil' Toot Double black 241 ft 1,135 ft 33° 13° E Below average
Grizzly Gulley Black 409 ft 1,330 ft 33° 18° N Excellent
Lower Bank Blue 456 ft 2,215 ft 32° 12° E Below average
Crazy Joe's Black 264 ft 859 ft 32° 18° N Excellent
Lower Divinity Green 370 ft 1,765 ft 32° 12° SE Poor
Gutless Black 491 ft 2,177 ft 32° 13° N Good
Snag Black 978 ft 4,370 ft 31° 13° N Good
Styx Black 1,366 ft 5,207 ft 31° 16° NE Average
Wapiti Black 1,138 ft 4,171 ft 31° 16° N Good
Boudreaux's Black 406 ft 1,205 ft 31° 20° N Excellent
Elliott's Black 1,457 ft 5,291 ft 31° 16° NW Good
Paul's Park Black 715 ft 2,647 ft 31° 16° N Good
Dead Spike Blue 1,135 ft 4,531 ft 30° 15° N Good
Sicklicious Double black 389 ft 1,052 ft 30° 22° NW Excellent
Siegele Street Black 422 ft 1,702 ft 30° 15° NW Good
Lower Pandemonium Green 176 ft 839 ft 30° 12° NE Average
Blackburn's Bash Black 1,472 ft 4,967 ft 30° 17° N Excellent
666 Blue 223 ft 951 ft 30° 14° N Good
Boogie Blue 1,113 ft 6,228 ft 29° 10° N Average
Paradise Blue 647 ft 3,446 ft 29° 11° NE Average
Upper Demon Blue 487 ft 2,631 ft 28° 11° E Below average
Tinker's Dam Blue 606 ft 2,460 ft 28° 15° NE Average
Where Blue 1,167 ft 7,012 ft 27° 10° N Average
James' Gang Black 297 ft 819 ft 27° 21° NE Good
Upper Bank Blue 498 ft 2,905 ft 27° 10° N Average
Kim-Kim Black 161 ft 451 ft 26° 21° NE Excellent
Major Fun Blue 561 ft 2,670 ft 26° 12° N Good
Vincent's Blue 899 ft 4,156 ft 26° 13° NW Average
Westfork Blue 348 ft 1,885 ft 26° 11° NE Average
Harris Hill Run Blue 535 ft 2,572 ft 26° 12° N Good
Mark's Park Blue 323 ft 1,626 ft 25° 12° N Good
Cool It Black 255 ft 1,006 ft 25° 15° N Good
Chet's Blue 1,084 ft 4,635 ft 25° 14° N Good
When Blue 379 ft 1,862 ft 25° 12° N Good
El Diablo Blue 135 ft 727 ft 25° 11° NE Average
Airmail Blue 437 ft 1,925 ft 24° 13° N Good
Tinker's Detour Blue 391 ft 1,777 ft 24° 13° NE Good
Limbo Alley Black 119 ft 565 ft 24° 12° N Good
Ray's Ridge Black 627 ft 2,211 ft 24° 17° N Good
Divinity Green 595 ft 4,207 ft 24° 8° E Below average
Zinfandel Blue 782 ft 4,806 ft 24° 10° NE Average
Cherub Blue 367 ft 2,290 ft 23° 9° N Average
Sally's Run Blue 930 ft 4,215 ft 23° 13° NW Average
Upper Hades Blue 608 ft 3,083 ft 23° 12° NE Average
What Blue 365 ft 2,012 ft 23° 11° NE Average
Peace Blue 1,082 ft 6,046 ft 23° 11° N Average
Limbo Blue 417 ft 2,358 ft 23° 10° NE Average
Pitchfork Double black 269 ft 1,230 ft 23° 13° NE Average
Poets Glade Black 892 ft 3,883 ft 23° 13° NW Average
Cathedral Treeway Blue 678 ft 3,122 ft 22° 13° NW Good
Lower Demon Green 374 ft 1,693 ft 22° 13° E Below average
Sa's Psyche Green 393 ft 2,887 ft 21° 8° NE Average
Bull Run Black 123 ft 704 ft 21° 10° NW Average
Columbine Green 296 ft 2,039 ft 21° 9° E Below average
Salvation Blue 237 ft 1,925 ft 20° 7° NW Below average
Easiest Way Down Green 84 ft 764 ft 20° 7° N Average
Mercy Green 620 ft 4,217 ft 20° 9° N Average
Legends Blue 1,213 ft 9,284 ft 20° 8° N Average
Gateway Blue 182 ft 1,147 ft 19° 9° NW Below average
Who Blue 290 ft 1,381 ft 19° 12° NE Good
Walk-A-Lot Green 431 ft 5,783 ft 17° 4° NE Average
West Fork Blue 300 ft 2,417 ft 17° 7° NE Average
Bank Green 193 ft 1,810 ft 17° 6° E Below average
BD&M Expressway Blue 554 ft 7,069 ft 17° 5° NE Average
Headwaters Double black 121 ft 903 ft 15° 8° NE Average
Nirvana Green 238 ft 2,139 ft 15° 7° N Average
Hermosa Parkway Green 490 ft 4,258 ft 15° 7° N Good
Silvertip Green 187 ft 2,214 ft 11° 5° NE Average
Horbs Double black 51 ft 463 ft 10° 6° NE Below average
Joan's Jubilee Blue 114 ft 1,339 ft 8° 5° NE Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.