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Walk-A-Lot

Green Purgatory, CO

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical431 ft
Length5,783 ft
Average pitch4°
FacesNE
Top10,253 ft

Walk-A-Lot drops 431 vertical feet over 5,783 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 2,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 73% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 90 named runs at Purgatory. It faces northeast.

How well Walk-A-Lot holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 4°, Walk-A-Lot gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Purgatory does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Purgatory. Its top sits at 10,250 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.

Walk-A-Lot profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Walk-A-Lot 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.