Black diamond Purgatory, CO
Lower Hades drops 863 vertical feet over 2,966 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 17°, Lower Hades gets about 84% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 52% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,820 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.
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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.