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Big Chute at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 221 m long with 145 m of vertical, averaging 33° and 41° at its steepest, facing N.

41°steepest 50 m

33°average pitch

221 mlength

145 mvertical

3538 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

Big Chute 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 Big Chute

No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.

Where it ends

Joins Paradise Cliffs, Silver Queen Road, Schofield Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (2 min), Paradise Express Lift (5 min), Teocalli Lift (5 min).

See Big Chute on the 3D map All 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.