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Tinker's Dam

Blue Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical606 ft
Length2,460 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top9,565 ft

Tinker's Dam drops 606 vertical feet over 2,460 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 42nd steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well Tinker's Dam holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Tinker's Dam gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th shadiest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,570 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.

Tinker's Dam profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tinker's Dam 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.