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Guided, cat or heli skiing

Purgatory Snowcat Adventures

Durango, La Plata County, Colorado

Guided trips onlyOperating seasonal businessOfficial website

About Purgatory Snowcat Adventures

A licensed operator that takes guests skiing by snowcat, helicopter or guide.

  • Purgatory's homepage lists snowcat skiing, snowcat dining and scenic snowcat tours as separate activities and advertises "San Juan Untracked".
  • A search result summary describes it as Colorado's largest cat operation with about 35,000 acres; that figure is not confirmed on the operator pages fetched.

Part of Purgatory Resort.

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Season

Usual season
Not published
2026-27 announced opening
Not yet announced
2026-27 announced closing
Not yet announced
Today's conditions
Check the official site for lifts, trails and snow

Terrain and facilities

Terrain stats are not published for Purgatory Snowcat Adventures.

Skiing here: Downhill skiing, Snowboarding. Snowboarding is allowed.

Weather forecast

Today
54°F · Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · 26% precip.
Tonight
35°F · Rain And Snow Showers · 95% precip.
Saturday
46°F · Rain And Snow Showers Likely then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms · 65% precip.
Saturday Night
36°F · Rain And Snow Showers · 100% precip.
Sunday
40°F · Rain And Snow Showers · 100% precip.
Sunday Night
32°F · Slight Chance T-storms · 100% precip.

National Weather Service forecast near the base area (about 8,816 ft), issued recently. Summit weather can differ. Full forecast at weather.gov

Active National Weather Service alerts for this point:
  • Flood Watch issued October 29 at 9:42PM MDT until November 2 at 11:00AM MST by NWS Grand Junction CO (until Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC)
  • Hydrologic Outlook issued October 29 at 10:53AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction CO (until Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC)
Follow official instructions.

Snow report: see the official site for current snowfall, base depth and grooming.

Backcountry and uphill travel: check the current bulletin from the official avalanche center for this area at avalanche.org before you go, and travel with proper training and gear.

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Sources and verification

Checked against the operator's or land manager's site. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.

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