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Big Al's at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Easy · 352 m long with 55 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
352 mlength
55 mvertical
3020 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Big Al's is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Big Al's

Lifts that reach the top: Red Lady Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Teocalli Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Paradise Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Red Lady Express Lift
  2. Ski Peanut (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Twister (easy)
  4. Ski Big Al's (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Houston, Lower Keystone, Smith Hill Terrain Park. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Red Lady Express Lift (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (3 min).

See Big Al's 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.