Purgatory

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Weather
Temp °F 55 54 52 49 47 45
Snow Level ft 13,300 13,400 13,400 13,300 13,200 13,100
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Cloud Cover % 60 60 60 70 80 60

Detailed 10-Day Forecast

12-Hr Snowfall High/Low Alerts Snow
Level		 Wind
Speed		 Wind
Gusts		 Cloud
Cover
Wed
9/28
0" Partly Cloudy
56°F
13,200ft
S 5mph
5mph
50%
0" Mostly Cloudy
41°F
12,900ft
S 5mph
5mph
70%
Thu
9/29
0" Mostly Cloudy
55°F
12,600ft
SSW 5mph
10mph
70%
0" Partly Cloudy
40°F
12,700ft
SW 5mph
5mph
40%
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9/30
0" Mostly Cloudy
54°F
12,500ft
SW 5mph
10mph
60%
0" Cloudy
38°F
12,400ft
WSW 5mph
5mph
70%
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10/1
0" Mostly Cloudy
51°F
12,300ft
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5mph
60%
0" Partly Cloudy
37°F
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E 5mph
5mph
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10/2
0" Cloudy
50°F
12,500ft
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5mph
80%
0" Mostly Cloudy
36°F
12,600ft
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5mph
60%
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10/3
0" Partly Cloudy
52°F
12,200ft
NW 5mph
5mph
40%
0" Clear
35°F
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5mph
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10/4
0" Mostly Sunny
51°F
11,700ft
WNW 5mph
5mph
40%
0" Mostly Clear
33°F
11,400ft
N 5mph
5mph
20%
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10/5
0" Mostly Sunny
53°F
11,200ft
NW 5mph
5mph
20%
0" Clear
33°F
10,900ft
N 5mph
5mph
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10/6
0" Mostly Sunny
55°F
11,100ft
NW 5mph
5mph
20%
0" Clear
33°F
11,200ft
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5mph
10%
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10/7
0" Mostly Sunny
54°F
11,100ft
WSW 5mph
5mph
30%
0" Partly Cloudy
33°F
11,200ft
NNW 5mph
5mph
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Forecast Elev: 9,810ft Base Elev: 8,790ft Summit Elev: 10,820ft Updated: 33 minutes ago

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Snowfall History
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Resort Reported at Sun Apr 17

Current Weather

55°F
Temperature
5mph
Wind Speed
Mid-Mtn at Wednesday Sep 28 @ 4:00pm MDT

Snowpack

of average for the season
Estimated on Wednesday Sep 28 @ 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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US550 At Purgatory Looking North
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US550 At Purgatory Looking South
US550 At Purgatory Looking South

Daily Snow Forecasts

US and Canada
All eyes on Hurricane Ian, warm but unsettled out West
Updated 9 hours ago Alan Smith
Hurricane Ian is set to make landfall in Western Florida on Wed as a major hurricane. As this storm slowly moves north, it will bring heavy rains & gusty winds to the Southern Appalachians Fri to Mon. The West has been very warm recently, but a slow-moving storm will bring showers, t-storms, & a little bit of high elevation snow to the PNW & Rockies over the next several days.
Colorado
Snow on Sep 30 & Oct 1, plus dates for in-person...
Updated 2 days ago Joel Gratz
The forecast for rain around Sep 20-21 came through with 1-2 inches of precipitation in the central and southern mountains. For this last week of September, we'll start dry, then we'll see midweek rain showers and then end-of-week rain and snow showers with some accumulating snow above about 11,000 feet.
Chase Powder
Final Post - 21/22 Recap, Highlights, & State of the...
Updated 5 months ago Powderchaser Steve
It's always sad to sign off for the season. This season was full of upside and downside swings, large events followed by drought periods. Chasing Powder was essential to staying in the deep and that even included a last-minute trip to Austria. There is some snow in the forecast!

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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
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Watch for signs of unstable snow such as recent avalanches, cracking in the snow, and audible collapsing. Avoid traveling on or under similar slopes.

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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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