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Mercy

Green Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical620 ft
Length4,217 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top10,431 ft

Mercy drops 620 vertical feet over 4,217 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces north.

How well Mercy holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Mercy gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 10,430 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.

Mercy profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mercy 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.