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Lower Pandemonium

Green Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical176 ft
Length839 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top9,131 ft

Lower Pandemonium drops 176 vertical feet over 839 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well Lower Pandemonium holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Lower Pandemonium gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,130 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.

Lower Pandemonium profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Pandemonium 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.