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Close Call at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 219 m long with 42 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
219 mlength
42 mvertical
3371 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Close Call 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 Close Call

Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ride North Face Lift
  5. Ski Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski High Nowhere (expert)
  8. Ski Third Bowl (expert)
  9. Ski Close Call (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Third Bowl, Upper Parachute, Lower Parachute, Solar Plexus, Moosehead. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (7 min).

See Close Call 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.