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Purgatory at Montana Snowbowl

Advanced · 467 m long with 204 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 30° at its steepest, facing W.

30°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
467 mlength
204 mvertical
1776 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Purgatory is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Purgatory

Lifts that reach the top: LaVelle Creek Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 24 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grizzly Chair
  2. Ski Upper Second Thought (easy)
  3. Ski Point Six Road (easy)
  4. Ski Mission Magic (intermediate)
  5. Ski Point Six Road (easy)
  6. Ride LaVelle Creek Chair
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski North Dakota Downhill (intermediate)
  9. Ski Upper Paradise (intermediate)
  10. Ski Purgatory (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Paradise. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed rope tow (2 min), Grizzly Chair (2 min), Sunrise (3 min).

See Purgatory on the 3D mapAll runs at Montana Snowbowl
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.