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Banana Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 504 m long with 147 m of vertical, averaging 16° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
504 mlength
147 mvertical
3265 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Banana Glades

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 7 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 Glades (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Total Recall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (6 min), Peachtree Lift (6 min).

See Banana Glades 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.