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Purkapile at Red River Ski Area

Easy · 428 m long with 32 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 7° at its steepest, facing S.

7°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
428 mlength
32 mvertical
3121 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Purkapile is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Purkapile

Lifts that reach the top: Emerald Chair (skiing novice terrain to get there); Silver Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Copper Chair
  2. Ski Moon Shadow (easy)
  3. Ride Emerald Chair
  4. Ski Re-Run (easy)
  5. Ski Purkapile (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Moon Star, Moon Star, La Belle, La Belle, Whoop Dee Do Haven, Golden Treasure. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Emerald Chair (2 min), Copper Chair (7 min), Platinum Chair (7 min).

See Purkapile on the 3D mapAll runs at Red River Ski Area
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.