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Purgatory Resort is a ski resort located in the San Juan Mountains of Southwest Colorado, 25 miles (42 km) north of the town of Durango. Established in 1965, Purgatory offers 105 trails, including 5 terrain parks, over 1,500 skiable acres, and 12 lifts, including one six-person and two high speed quad lifts.
Name Nearest city Skiable area (acres) Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated
Snow Valley Mountain Resort: Running Springs: California: 7,841 6,800 1,041 240 29 12 150 $72 December 11, 2019 [64] Wolf Creek Ski Area: Pagosa Springs: Colorado: 11,904 10,300 1,604 1,600 77 7 465 $76 December 11, 2019 [65] Kicking Horse Resort: Golden: British Columbia: 8,218 3,900 4,314 3,486 120 3 295 $73 March 16, 2019 [66] Eldora ...
Hesperus Ski Area; Hoedown Hill; Howelsen Hill; Kendall Mountain; Keystone; Lake City Ski Hill [citation needed] [3] Lee's Ski Hill; Loveland; Monarch Mountain; Powderhorn Resort; Purgatory Resort (name changed back from Durango Mountain Resort in 2015) [4] Silverton Mountain; Ski Cooper; Ski Granby Ranch (formerly SolVista Basin and Silver ...
The ski scenes were at Purgatory Ski Resort. The avalanche scenes, in which the people are indoors, were filmed at The Lodge at Tamarron, south of Purgatory. At least one scene was filmed in Durango with the Gaslight Movie Theater in the background, at which one of the premier showings of the film was held.
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While the idea of purgatory as a process of cleansing thus dated back to early Christianity, the 12th century was the heyday of medieval otherworld-journey narratives such as the Irish Visio Tnugdali, and of pilgrims' tales about St. Patrick's Purgatory, a cavelike entrance to purgatory on a remote island in Ireland. [44]
Steve regularly skied at nearby Squaw Valley, and was a junior ski racer with the Far West Ski Association. He graduated from high school through correspondence courses, and briefly attended the University of Colorado in 1971. He quit college soon after and joined the U.S. Ski Team as a downhill specialist. The independent-minded McKinney ...