Blue Purgatory, CO
Gateway drops 182 vertical feet over 1,147 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 1,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 34% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 9°, Gateway gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 10,130 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.