Good Luck Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Expert · 484 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 18° and — at its steepest, facing NE.
—steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
484 mlength
156 mvertical
3379 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Good Luck 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 Good Luck Glades
Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
- Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
- Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
- Ride North Face Lift
- Ski Schofield Road (intermediate)
- Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
- Ski High Nowhere (expert)
- Ski Third Bowl (expert)
- Ski Upper Parachute (expert)
- Ski Good Luck Glades (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Lower Parachute, Smuggler's Knob. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (8 min).
See Good Luck Glades 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.