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Purgatory Resort, CO, Named #1 Resort for Beginners in North America as 2024–25 Season Wraps This Weekend

Durango, Colo. – (April 17, 2025) – Purgatory Resort is capping off another successful ski season with a major honor: OnTheSnow.com users have named Purgatory the #1 ski area for beginners in North America in the 2024–2025 Visitors’ Choice Awards. The recognition, announced April 10, 2025, at the annual Mountain Travel Symposium, places Purgatory at the top among hundreds of […]

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Avatar photo Press Release | April 18, 2025
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Spring Fling Festival Returns to Purgatory Resort, CO, With Pond Skim & Beach Party

Purgatory Resort, Colorado, is excited to launch its new Spring Fling Festival, a month-long celebration of spring skiing, live music, contests, giveaways, food and beverage specials, and exciting activities. The festival will run from March 17 to April 13, 2025, and will culminate with the resort’s annual Pond Skim and Beach Party. Spring Fling promises something for everyone, from families […]

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Avatar photo Press Release | March 8, 2025
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Purgatory Resort, CO, Celebrates Inaugural Ullr Fest This Saturday

Purgatory Resort, Colorado, is excited to launch Ullr Fest, joining the tradition of mountain towns and ski resorts honoring Ullr, the Norse God of skiing and snowboarding. Purgatory invites guests to embrace the Viking spirit and join in a day of Viking cold plunges, mythical sightings and winter festivities on Saturday, December 7 from 9 am to 4 pm at […]

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Avatar photo Press Release | December 4, 2024
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Purgatory Resort, CO, Jumps on the Bandwagon of Opening Announcements

Purgatory Resort, Colorado, has jumped on the bandwagon of Colorado resorts announcing an early opening for this weekend. Purgatory shared on its social media channels that the resort will kick off the 2024-25 season this Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10, after receiving nine inches of snow in the recent storm. Purgatory is opening a week earlier than planned. […]

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Purgatory Resort, CO, Nominated for Condé Nast Traveler’s 2024 Readers’ Choice Award

Purgatory Resort, Colorado, is thrilled to announce its nomination for the Best Ski Resorts category in the Condé Nast Traveler 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards. This prestigious recognition underscores the resort’s commitment to exceptional value and memorable guest experiences. Related: Purgatory Resort, CO, Heats Up Summer With New Chili Cook-Off Renowned as the travel industry’s longest-running and most prestigious awards, the […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | June 20, 2024
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Purgatory Resort, CO, Announces Pond Skim & Weekend Opening Plans

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As ski season winds down, Purgatory Resort, Colorado, bids farewell to winter with the annual Pond Skim event on April 14. While Sunday also marks the end of daily operations, Purgatory will remain open for the following weekends: April 19 – 21 and April 26 – 28. Also new this season, weekend operations at Purgatory will now include Fridays. A beloved tradition […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | April 10, 2024
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Purgatory Ski Resort, CO, Will Have Police Patrolling on Ski Bikes

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La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has invested in four ski bikes for their officers to use in order to service Purgatory Ski Resort, Colorado. “The ski bike is a tool that the sheriff’s office likes to use to take up to the mountain,” said Frank Sandoval, Undersheriff at La Plata County Sheriff’s Office. Purgatory Ski Resort falls under the patrol […]

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Julia Schneemann | January 17, 2023
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Purgatory Resort, CO, Bike Patrol Workers Take Historic Vote to Unionize

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Yesterday, the Purgatory Resort Bike Patrol voted to join the United Professional Ski Patrols of America, CWA 7781. 100% of the ballots cast were in favor, and no ballots were disputed. Their vote cements the patrol unit as the first summertime resort patrol in the country to unionize. Related: Breckenridge, CO Ski Patrollers Vote 43-42 to Unionize The 14 Bike […]

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CycleBrains | September 23, 2022
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Purgatory & Silverton Mtn, CO Trip Report: Pilgrimage to the Steep Skiing Mecca

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Report from the weekend of April 6th & 7th, 2019 I had barely been back from Taos a day when I fell ill. Body aches, chills, sinus congestion, and coughing. It came on quick and dissipated almost as quickly. Except for a lingering cough. I knew though that I was in no shape for my planned trip to Purgatory & […]

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Curtis Weller | April 12, 2019
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Purgatory Resort, the Most Affordable Ski Resort in Colorado

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An analysis by the vacation property metasearch engine HomeToGo has named Purgatory Resort as the most affordable ski resort in Colorado. HomeToGo examined the cost of a single day lift ticket, equipment rental, lunch at a resort restaurant, and a single night stay at 50 ski resorts across North America. With a total cost of $237.50 per day, Purgatory Resort […]

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Curtis Weller | December 28, 2018
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