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Upper Hades

Blue Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical608 ft
Length3,083 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top10,429 ft

Upper Hades drops 608 vertical feet over 3,083 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,860 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 64th steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well Upper Hades holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Upper Hades gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd sunniest 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.

Upper Hades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Hades 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.