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Crystal at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 532 m long with 210 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
532 mlength
210 mvertical
3342 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Crystal

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 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Crystal (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Crystal, Yellow Brick Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (5 min), Peachtree Lift (5 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (6 min).

See Crystal 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.