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Tinker's Detour

Blue Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical391 ft
Length1,777 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top9,492 ft

Tinker's Detour drops 391 vertical feet over 1,777 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 1,240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well Tinker's Detour holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Tinker's Detour gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st shadiest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 9,490 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Tinker's Detour profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tinker's Detour 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.