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RESORT PROFILE
Guests can now order food
through the Purgatory Online
E-Store from anywhere in the
resort and get notified for pick-up
when it’s ready.
As a result, generations have skied Purgatory since its
founding by forest ranger Chet Anderson and oil man Ray
Duncan in 1965.
“So many of our guests and our employees grew up skiing
here and some of them have been here for 40 years. This is
definitely a family-focused resort and those families have
awesome experiences here,” said Garland.
That makes many of Purgatory’s 645 staff (900 during high
season of a normal year) deeply invested in the resort’s success
on a level deeper than just taking pride in a good day’s
work. Many of them will go to the mat for Purgatory because
they love it so much, especially when it comes to keeping the
resort open day in and day out in the face of another global
challenge – climate change.
“My job is to plan for the worst and hope for the best, as
average snow fall for the season isn’t average anymore. We’re
going to hit our gallons no matter what. We have X amount
of white that we need to put on the hill that we know will
cover everything with a decent surface to get us through the
season. We’ll put that out every season regardless and you
hope Mother Nature comes through and helps you get the
rest of your terrain open,” said Josh Hamill, slopes manager
at Purgatory who has worked at the resort for 20 years and
now leads a crew that includes back-to-back winners of Colorado
Ski Country USA’s Groomer of the Year award in 2018
and 2019.
“Sometimes it just comes down to creative grooming.
Sometimes we build some snow forms and you just do everything
you can to make the product happen and keep people
skiing,” said Hamill.
12 April 2021 | snowopsmag.com
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