Purgatory Resort

United States

Piste map

2,640 ft
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 27 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
10,797 ft3,291 m
Base
8,845 ft2,696 m
Vertical
1,952 ft595 m
Named runs
94
Length of named runs
44.8 mi
Lifts
14

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 16 17% · 9.4 mi
  • Blue 38 40% · 20.3 mi
  • Black 32 34% · 12.3 mi
  • Double black 8 9% · 2.9 mi

Longest run

1.7 mi

Legends

Steepest run

44%

Sun Dog

Steepest 100 m: 61%

Biggest drop

1,470 ft

Blackburn's Bash

The named runs add up to 44.8 mi.

Every named run

The named runs of Purgatory Resort, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
666920 ft220 ft24%45%
7771,330 ft344 ft26%44%
Airmail1,860 ft436 ft23%39%
Ambassador's Glade2,140 ft502 ft23%49%
Angel's Road3,360 ft492 ft15%26%
Bank1,790 ft184 ft10%17%
BD&M Expressway4,330 ft335 ft8%15%
BD&M Expressway3,480 ft282 ft8%19%
Blackburn's Bash4,690 ft1,470 ft31%52%
Boogie1.2 mi1,112 ft18%31%
Bottom's Chute1,220 ft377 ft31%61%
Boudreaux's1,130 ft407 ft36%44%
Brimstone4,940 ft1,401 ft28%52%
Bull Run700 ft121 ft18%23%
Catharsis1,160 ft354 ft31%43%
Cathedral Treeway3,030 ft679 ft22%37%
Cherub2,250 ft367 ft16%29%
Chet's4,480 ft1,086 ft24%38%
Columbine2,000 ft292 ft15%25%
Cool It970 ft253 ft26%39%
Crazy Joe's810 ft266 ft33%44%
Dead Spike4,350 ft1,135 ft26%37%
Dirty's Secret1,100 ft404 ft37%58%
Divinity4,150 ft594 ft14%26%
Easiest Way Down760 ft82 ft11%18%
El Diablo710 ft135 ft19%30%
Elevator Shaft790 ft299 ft38%58%
Elliott's5,030 ft1,457 ft29%54%
Gateway1,130 ft180 ft16%24%
Gelande Dead End1,050 ft446 ft43%57%
Grizzly Gulley1,250 ft407 ft33%45%
Gunsight430 ft164 ft39%43%
Gutless2,100 ft492 ft24%34%
Harris Hill Run2,500 ft535 ft21%36%
Headwaters890 ft121 ft13%17%
Hermosa Parkway4,220 ft489 ft12%19%
Hoody's1,700 ft482 ft29%48%
Horbs460 ft52 ft11%12%
James' Gang760 ft295 ft39%42%
Joan's Jubilee1,340 ft115 ft9%11%

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 10Chairlifts
  • 2Drag lifts
  • 2Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
8.3 mi
Rise of all lifts together
10,318 ft
The lifts of Purgatory Resort
Columbine Lift #9Chairlift510 ft72 ft3
Engineer Lift #2Chairlift4,040 ft679 ft2
GelandeChairlift4,070 ft1,558 ft3
Graduate Lift #7Chairlift990 ft157 ft3
Grizzly Lift #5Chairlift1.0 mi1,234 ft2
Hermosa Park Express #3Chairlift1.1 mi1,165 ft4
Legends Express #8Chairlift4,760 ft1,453 ft4
Needles Lift #6Chairlift1.1 mi1,470 ft3
Purgatory Village Express #1Chairlift1.2 mi1,509 ft6
Ski School Magic Carpet #10Magic carpet150 ft13 ft
Twilight Lift #4Chairlift4,770 ft965 ft2

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Places to eat and drink

Places mapped on OpenStreetMap in and around the resort. Opening times, menus and reviews are in the map apps.

Weather

Summit, 10,797 ft

Base, 8,845 ft

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

20 mi 123456
Purgatory Resort beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Purgatory Resort1,952 ft10,797 ft9444.8 mi14
1Kendall Mountain Recreation Area16.3 mi226 ft9,528 ft81.1 mi1
2Silverton Mountain20.1 mi663 ft10,974 ft
3Telluride Ski Area20.6 mi3,773 ft12,507 ft13865.6 mi19
4Chapman Hill Recreation Area23.7 mi312 ft6,873 ft
5Hesperus Ski Area25.6 mi620 ft8,898 ft304.4 mi1
6Lee's Ski Hill28.8 mi66 ft7,943 ft

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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