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Drop Off at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 124 m long with 26 m of vertical, averaging 12° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
124 mlength
26 mvertical
3190 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Drop Off 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 Drop Off

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

From the base area (about 11 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 Avery (advanced)
  6. Ski Hard Slab (expert)
  7. Ski Quick's (expert)
  8. Ski No See Um (expert)
  9. Ski Powder Rock Glade (expert)
  10. Ski Drop Off (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Rambo Glades, Easy Out, Powder Rock Glade, Paradise Lift Glade. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (4 min), East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Drop Off 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.