Colorado · United States · ski area
Purgatory Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Purgatory Resort is a ski area in Colorado, United States with 68 km of mapped downhill runs and 14 lifts, between 2,695 m and 3,290 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 68 km
- Lifts
- 14
- Top elevation
- 3,290 m
- Vertical drop
- 595 m
- Nearest airport
- TEX · 37 km
Slopes by difficulty
92 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 10 Chairlifts
- 2 Drag lifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Purgatory Resort is a ski area in Colorado, the United States. Its 92 mapped downhill runs add up to 68 km, which ranks it #31 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 736 m long.
Slopes at Purgatory Resort
About 24% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 51% intermediate and 25% advanced or expert, which makes Purgatory Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 14 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 2 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,695 m up to 3,290 m, a vertical drop of 595 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Purgatory Resort
The nearest airport is Telluride Regional Airport (TEX), about 37 km away in a straight line — roughly 48 minutes by car; Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO) is 53 km away. Nearby ski areas include Durango Nordic Center, Kendall Mountain Recreation Area (2.0 km), Silverton Mountain (0.7 km) and Telluride Ski Area (101.5 km), which together add 104 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Purgatory Resort
- 1 TEX37 kmstraight line
- 2 DRO53 kmstraight line
- 3 CEZ79 kmstraight line
- 4 MTJ98 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Purgatory Resort
- 3 kmDurango Nordic Centerup to 2,711 m
- 26 kmKendall Mountain Recreation Area2.0 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,903 m
- 32 kmSilverton Mountain0.7 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 3,344 m
- 33 kmTelluride Ski Area101 km of slopes · 20 lifts · up to 3,811 m
- 36 kmVallecito Nordic Ski Clubup to 2,404 m
- 37 kmIronton Park Cross-Country Ski Areaup to 3,029 m
- 38 kmChapman Hill Recreation Area0.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 2,094 m
- 42 kmHesperus Ski Area7.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,712 m
- 46 kmLee's Ski Hill0.2 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,420 m
- 48 kmNorth Corridor Trailup to 2,335 m
- 54 kmTop of the Pinesup to 2,648 m
- 62 kmLake City Ski Hill2.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,767 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.