Purgatory
Durango's home mountain — uncrowded, family-friendly, and the gateway to southwestern Colorado's most underrated terrain.
Snowfall
Snow by day
Solid bars: new snow per day. Outlined bars: the model forecast per day, lighter and dashed from the third day out. A grey stub marked “–” is a day with no reading, not a day with no snow.
Base depth
Conditions report — Purgatory
Purgatory sits at 8,793–10,822 ft on the dry side of the San Juans. Storm cycles tend to deliver lighter, drier snow than the I-70 corridor. When a Pacific system rolls through, Purgatory and Wolf Creek light up together. Mid-mountain (Lift 3 area) holds snow quality longest.
Most blue and easier black terrain groomed nightly. Demon and the upper black runs left natural.
Snow quality
Soft corn snow on south-facing aspects. Plan around the sun.
Forecast snow
Cumulative forecast inches, model estimate.
Extended forecast
Cumulative inches over the extended forecast window.
Snapshot
- 24hr snowfall
- 0"
- 48hr snowfall
- 0"
- 72hr snowfall
- 0"
- Base depth
- 0"
- Forecast +24hr
- 0.1"
Snowfall: Forecast:
Best runs today
- 1Demon (Lift 3) terrain for steep groomers and bumps
- 2Hermosa Park glades when the trees are skiing soft
- 3Legends-Snag-Bull Run sequence for cruiser laps
Stay, eat and gear up in Durango / Purgatory
Purgatory is in Durango / Purgatory. Partners with a live powder-day deal come first; the rest are listed for reference.
Plan the trip
Where to stay
Stay close to Purgatory and ski first chair.
Eat & drink
Breakfast before first chair, après after last.
Gear & rentals
Reserve ahead and walk straight to the lift.
Never miss a powder day at Purgatory.
On a Colorado powder day we text you the forecast the evening before and the recap the morning of, with a link to the snow dashboard and any live deals.
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