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Cascade at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 644 m long with 151 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
644 mlength
151 mvertical
3089 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Cascade

Lifts that reach the top: Painter Boy Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gold Link LIft (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Prospect Lift
  2. Ski Ten Peaks Progression Park
  3. Ski Painter Boy (easy)
  4. Ski Splains Gulch (easy)
  5. Ride Painter Boy Lift
  6. Ski Cascade (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins North Pass. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gold Link LIft (1 min).

See Cascade 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.