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Our Snow Report for Purgatory brings daily updates on the snow conditions, snow depths, piste and offpiste conditions and the number of open ski lifts. The latest Purgatory snow report shown below was updated on 10/02/2012. Snow Reports are provided regularly throughout the ski season courtesy of our own network of ski resort managers, the Skiclub of Great Britain and Skiresort Service International GmbH. In addition to the current report on ski conditions, we also provide webcams (including a 4 week cam archive), current live observations from nearby weather stations and also historical snow data for Purgatory.

Purgatory Snow Report Issued: 10/02/2012
Last snowed:	08/02/2012
Lifts open:	7 out of 10
Snow Depths
Upper slopes:	150 cm
Lower slopes:	150 cm
New Snow at top:
Most recent snowfall:	3 cm on 08/02/2012
Piste Information
On piste:	Excellent
Off piste:	Powder
Resort runs:	Excellent
Purgatory Ski Report
Purgatory Snow Conditions
Great skiing thanks to the recent snowfalls
Reported Weather Conditions
Sun, Partly cloudy, some sunny spells, Temperature: -3° C

*User Snow Reports: these can only be submitted by registered users. If you would like to submit user snow reports, or become a resort manager to make more in-depth updates to this resort's information, please contact us.

Snow Reports from ski resorts close to Purgatory
	Distance	Summary Snow Report
Silverton Mountain	25 km	Report Date: 02/10/2012 Lower Depth: 135 cm Upper Depth: 213 cm New Snow: Lifts open: 1
Kendall Mountain	26 km	Report Date: 02/10/2012 Lower Depth: 0 cm Upper Depth: 0 cm New Snow: 01/01/2012 Lifts open: 0
Telluride	34 km	Report Date: 10/02/2012 Lower Depth: 147 cm Upper Depth: 147 cm New Snow: 06/02/2012 Lifts open: 18
Hesperus	42 km	Report Date: 02/08/2012 Lower Depth: 102 cm Upper Depth: 102 cm New Snow: Lifts open: 1
Durango Mountain Resort	53 km	Report Date: 02/10/2012 Lower Depth: 142 cm Upper Depth: 152 cm New Snow: Lifts open: 9

Notes on the Purgatory Snow Report

You will notice in the above snow report for Purgatory that our reporters have provided information for the piste and offpiste ski conditions separately. If it has not snowed for a week or so in Purgatory then, as long as temperatures stay well below zero, the resort managers are often able to keep the piste conditions reporting "good" or even "excellent". Meanwhile, the off-piste conditions can quickly deteriorate to report "varied" as the area gets tracked out.

We stress the importance of checking the date on the Purgatory snow report particularly around weekends. For example, the snow report for Purgatory on Friday may indicate powder after recent snowfall but following a sunny and busy weekend, when the locals hit the mountains en masse, the ski conditions (at any resort) can deteriorate rapidly and late arrivals may see very different ski conditions. Of course some people look for deteriorating conditions in the snow report for the likely development of mogul fields but for powder lovers and particularly snowboarders this can mean tracked out off-piste snow. Of course, this doesn’t always happen quickly after fresh snowfall particularly at quiet North facing resorts at high altitude where genuine powder stashes may be found days or even weeks later. It is worth checking the piste map for Purgatory (found in menu above) for the location of favourable slopes that may be described in the "Purgatory Snow Conditions" part of the snow report. In addition to checking the Purgatory snow report we recommend that you check the snow forecasts found in the menu at the top of the page along with our ski resort guide.