Upper Pandemonium at Durango Mountain Resort
Expert · 426 m long with 108 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.
31°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
426 mlength
108 mvertical
3062 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Upper Pandemonium is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Upper Pandemonium
Lifts that reach the top: Needles Lift #6 (skiing intermediate 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, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Needles Lift #6
- Ski Mercy (easy)
- Ski Paradise (intermediate)
- Ski Upper Pandemonium (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Cherub, Pandemonium. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Purgatory Village Express #1 (2 min), Needles Lift #6 (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).
See Upper Pandemonium on the 3D mapAll runs at Durango Mountain ResortMeasured 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.