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El Diablo

Blue Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical135 ft
Length727 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNE
Top9,956 ft

El Diablo drops 135 vertical feet over 727 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well El Diablo holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 11°, El Diablo gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,960 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

El Diablo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like El Diablo elsewhere

Nearby at Purgatory

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.