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Elevator Shaft at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 147 m long with 43 m of vertical, averaging 16° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
147 mlength
43 mvertical
3376 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Elevator Shaft 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 Elevator Shaft

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 4 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Elevator Shaft (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Westwall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (5 min), Teocalli Lift (5 min), Painter Boy Lift (7 min).

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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.