Black diamond Purgatory, CO
Gelande Dead End drops 447 vertical feet over 1,156 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 900 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 23°, Gelande Dead End gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,290 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.