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Hawk's Nest at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 705 m long with 160 m of vertical, averaging 13° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
705 mlength
160 mvertical
3392 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Hawk's Nest 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 Hawk's Nest

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

From the base area (about 10 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 The North Face (expert)
  7. Ski Hawk's Nest (expert)

Where it ends

Joins High Life, Slipper, The North Face, Tunnel. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (4 min), Teocalli Lift (5 min), East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Hawk's Nest 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.