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Upper Catharsis at Durango Mountain Resort

Advanced · 708 m long with 155 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.

34°steepest 50 m

12°average pitch

708 mlength

155 mvertical

3092 mtop elevation

NEfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Catharsis is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Upper Catharsis

Lifts that reach the top: Needles Lift #6 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Engineer Lift #2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Purgatory Village Express #1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Needles Lift #6
Ski Mercy (easy)
Ski Upper Catharsis (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cherub, Catharsis. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Purgatory Village Express #1 (2 min), Needles Lift #6 (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Upper Catharsis on the 3D map All runs at Durango Mountain Resort

Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.