Family

Purgatory selected as one of the 7 Great Mountains to Ski With Your Kids by Ski Magazine.

Here's a glimpse of what they had to say about our slice of Colorado heaven:

"If ever a mountain was created for families, it's Purgatory. Nature formed it perfectly, with rolling steps that make the skiing roller-coaster fun, but never intimidating. WIth the one-two combo of town and resort, families find great skiing, comfortable digs and an authentically Western experience."

Come check what Ski Magazine already knows is a great play to spend your winter vacation.

• Keep an eye out for fun facts about Purgatory and the surrounding area; they are posted on our lift towers.
  
• Get rentals the night before.
  
• Sign up for lessons online or the night before to save time and energy with little ones.
  
• Take advantage of our ski storage to avoid carrying equipment back and forth each day.

Fun Facts

• Did you know that a local Durangoan created the Snow Monsters Program — the leader of children´s programs at ski resorts across the country, and the official mascots of the US Ski and Snowboard team?
  
• Purgatory is also the first resort in the country to create the Snow Monsters children´s ski and snowboard school programs.
  
• We´ve got special ski and snowboard instructors just for your age and one of them, Jessica Copp, was even selected by Ski Magazine as one of the best children´s ski instructors in the country!
  
• We also have an Old West fun park on the mountain for you to play in and the Pitchfork Terrain Garden, a beginner´s terrain park.
  
• Famous Movies Filmed in Durango: The area's breathtaking mountain scenery has provided the backdrop to numerous movies, including: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, How the West Was Won, Cliffhanger, National Lampoon's Vacation, City Slickers, Night Passage, Around the World in Eighty Days, Ticket to Tomahawk, and Tracker.