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Banana Exit at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 826 m long with 98 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 17° at its steepest, facing NW.

17°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
826 mlength
98 mvertical
3040 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Banana Exit is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Banana Exit

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Monument (advanced)
  4. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Little Holes (extreme)
  6. Ski Lower Forest (extreme)
  7. Ski Lower Peel (extreme)
  8. Ski Banana (extreme)
  9. Ski Hockey Rink (extreme)
  10. Ski Banana Exit (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins T-Bar Road, Buckley Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (2 min), Peachtree Lift (2 min).

See Banana Exit on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.