Dead End Chutes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Expert · 250 m long with 155 m of vertical, averaging 32° and 51° at its steepest, facing NE.
51°steepest 50 m
32°average pitch
250 mlength
155 mvertical
3169 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Dead End Chutes 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 Dead End Chutes
Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
- Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
- Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
- Ride North Face Lift
- Ski Avery (advanced)
- Ski The North Face (expert)
- Ski Hawk's Nest (expert)
- Ski Edge (expert)
- Ski Sunsteps (expert)
- Ski Rock And Roll Glades (expert)
- Ski Dead End Chutes (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (4 min).
See Dead End Chutes on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte Mountain ResortMeasured 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.