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Upper Pandemonium

Double black Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch41°
Vertical356 ft
Length1,482 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesE
Top10,047 ft

Upper Pandemonium drops 356 vertical feet over 1,482 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 1,270 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces east.

How well Upper Pandemonium holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 15°, Upper Pandemonium gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 10,050 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 Pandemonium profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper 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.