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Big Hole at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 244 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 14° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m

14°average pitch

244 mlength

63 mvertical

3319 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Big Hole 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 Hole

Lifts that reach the top: 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 6 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
Ski Big Hole (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Ruby Road, Lower Forest, Little Holes. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Teocalli Lift (6 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), West Wall Lift (6 min).

See Big Hole 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.