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Purgatory

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Weather
Temp °F 37 36 37 43 47 49
Wind Speed mph
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Wind Gust mph 10 10 10 15 15 20
Cloud Cover % 100 100 90 50 30 60

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Sun
5/16
0" Partly Cloudy
35°F
10,500ft
S 10mph
20mph
50%
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5/17
0" Rain
51°F
10,700ft
S 10mph
20mph
80%
0" Rain
31°F
10,500ft
S 10mph
15mph
90%
Tue
5/18
0" Rain/Snow
43°F
10,700ft
WSW 5mph
20mph
100%
0" Rain/Snow
30°F
11,700ft
SE 10mph
20mph
90%
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5/19
0" Rain
53°F
12,100ft
SW 10mph
25mph
50%
0" Rain
35°F
12,200ft
SE 5mph
20mph
70%
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5/20
0" Rain Showers
56°F
11,800ft
SSE 15mph
35mph
30%
0" Rain/Snow
37°F
11,800ft
SE 10mph
30mph
90%
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5/21
0" Rain/Snow
46°F
11,300ft
SSE 15mph
40mph
100%
0" Rain/Snow
34°F
11,300ft
SE 10mph
25mph
100%
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Forecast Elev: 9,810ft Base Elev: 8,790ft Summit Elev: 10,820ft Updated: 2 hours ago

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Snowfall History
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Resort Reported on Sun Apr 18

Current Weather

37°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Monday May 17 @ 4:01am MDT

Snowpack

23%
of average for the season
Estimated on Sunday May 16 @ 6:00am MDT
Calculated from 4 SNOTEL sites within 5 miles of Purgatory at an average elevation of 9390ft. The data is generated by mountain weather stations near Purgatory and is not compiled from official resort measurements. We use weather stations because they update automatically and provide consistent measurements over many decades.
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Daily Snow Forecasts

Colorado
Final post of the season (but it's going to keep snowing...
Updated 1 week ago Joel Gratz
It's May 5th and I am going on summer break. But the atmosphere is still in snow mode as 4-5 inches fell across northern mountains last night and there should be at least two more storms around May 8-12 and again around May 16-19. We'll always take the snow and the moisture!
US and Canada
Final Forecast for 2020-2021
Updated 1 week ago Alan Smith
An active pattern across the Rockies continues to deliver late-season snow to the remaining ski areas that are open in Colorado. Later this week, a storm will bring high elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies, and over the weekend, portions of the Northern U.S. Rockies (especially Montana) could see heavy snow.
Chase Powder
Late-Season Update
Updated 3 weeks ago Powderchaser Steve
Just when I posted "final post" there were a few comments that said "I bet there's another one coming" and sure enough, they were right! It's hard to resist posting a powder alert when ingredients come together, late-season, for some good dumps. That is exactly what is going to happen.

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Avalanche Forecast

Avalanche Forecasts are for use by experienced backcountry travelers in uncontrolled sidecountry and backcountry terrain. These forecasts and conditions do not apply to open, in-bounds terrain at ski resorts, which is subject to avalanche control by local resort ski patrol.

South San Juan Mountains

Colorado Avalanche Information Center

Avalanche Danger
Low (1)
Valid Saturday, May 15th 6:00pm MDT 1 day ago
Until Monday, May 17th 5:30pm MDT

Generally safe avalanche conditions. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.

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The danger rating shown on the map is just one piece of the avalanche forecast. To get the complete forecast, please view the South San Juan Mountains forecast provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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