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Buckley Traverse at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 486 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 14° at its steepest, facing N.

14°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
486 mlength
59 mvertical
2942 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Buckley Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: West Wall Lift (skiing intermediate 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 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride West Wall Lift
  2. Ski T-Bar Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Buckley Traverse (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Rustler's Gulch. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Peachtree Lift (1 min), West Wall Lift (2 min).

See Buckley Traverse 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.