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Flatiron Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 796 m long with 234 m of vertical, averaging 16° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
796 mlength
234 mvertical
3433 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Flatiron Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Monument (advanced)
  4. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Upper Forest (extreme)
  6. Ski Peel (extreme)
  7. Ski Lower Peel (extreme)
  8. Ski Flatiron Glades (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Flatiron, Banana, Lower Peel. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (6 min), Peachtree Lift (6 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (8 min).

See Flatiron Glades 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.