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Halfpipe at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 195 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
195 mlength
72 mvertical
3604 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Halfpipe 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 Halfpipe

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

From the base area (about 6 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ride The High Lift
  5. Ski Headwall Ridge Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Halfpipe (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Sunny Glade, Headwall Glades, Headwall Upper Triangle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (4 min), Paradise Express Lift (7 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See Halfpipe 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.