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Bushwacker at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 1018 m long with 185 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1018 mlength
185 mvertical
3139 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Bushwacker

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 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Ruby Steep (intermediate)
  5. Ski Breakfast Trail (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bushwacker (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Gunsight Pass Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Teocalli Lift (1 min), East River Express Lift (3 min).

See Bushwacker 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.