Average annual snowfall is 260 inches per year, and artificial snow is produced on approximately one-fifth of the mountain.

Facilities at the resort include condos that are rented out by their owners to vacationing tourists, a nightclub/bar at the bottom of the ski slopes by the chair lifts, a shuttle that goes back and forth from the resort to the nearby town of Durango, and a ski school with "bunny slopes".

The on-site urgent care clinic is available anytime the slopes are open, and treats mostly ski related injuries.

The Purgatory ski patrol takes injured skiers off the mountain directly to the clinic, expediting treatment and eliminating the need for patients to wait for an ambulance to respond from nearby Durango, Colorado.

Cascade and Rockwood 6.9 NNW are weather stations located near Purgatory Resort.