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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.
Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated Arapahoe Basin: Dillon: 1,428 13,050 10,520 2,530 147 9 314 March 2020 [1] Aspen Highlands: Aspen: 1,040 12,392 8,040 4,352 117 5 300 March 2020 [2] Aspen Mountain: Aspen: 675 11,212 7,945 3,267 76 8 300 March 2020 [3] Beaver Creek ...
Elk Mountain Ski Resort: Scranton: Pennsylvania: 2,667 1,742 925 180 27 7 60 December 9, 2019 [218] Hidden Valley Resort: Hidden Valley: Pennsylvania: 2,875 2,405 470 110 26 11 140 December 9, 2019 [219] Jack Frost - Big Boulder Ski Area: White Haven: Pennsylvania: 2,000 1,400 600 145 35 22 50 December 9, 2019 [220] Laurel Mountain Ski Resort ...
Though the San Juans are extremely steep and receive much snow, so far only Telluride has made the transition to a major ski resort. Purgatory Resort, once known as Durango Mountain Resort, is a small ski area 26 miles north of Durango. [2] There is also skiing on Wolf Creek Pass at the Wolf Creek ski area.
In the 1800s, present-day Taos Ski Valley was the site of a small copper mining town called Twining, New Mexico, which was later abandoned. In 1955, Ernie and Rhoda Blake founded the area as a ski mountain. [6] [7] The first ski lift, a J-bar, was installed in 1956. Until 1957, the ski resort featured only one ski slope, Snakedance.
Sunrise Park Resort is an alpine ski resort located near Greer, Arizona. The resort consists of three mountains named Sunrise Peak, Cyclone Circle, and Apache Peak. Situated on the Colorado Plateau and perched atop the White Mountains in eastern Arizona. The base of the resort sits at 9,200 feet (2,800 m) and the tallest mountain, Apache Peak ...
It is one of four adjacent ski areas operated by the company as part of the Aspen/Snowmass complex. At only 673 acres (2.7 km 2), it is somewhat small compared to other ski areas, especially compared to the much larger nearby Snowmass ski area, and retains a unique cultural flavor that harkens to the earlier days of recreational skiing in the ...
One of a few Colorado ski resorts on the east side of the continental divide, Eldora is eighteen miles (29 km) west of Boulder and about fifty miles (80 km) from downtown Denver. A bus (Route NB), operated by RTD, runs between Boulder and the ski area seven times daily during ski season and serves as easy transportation from town to mountain. [2]