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Headwall East Side at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 601 m long with 127 m of vertical, averaging 12° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
601 mlength
127 mvertical
3530 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Headwall East Side 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 Headwall East Side

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

From the base area (about 7 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 Headwall (expert)
  7. Ski Headwall East Side (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Headwall, Headwall Glades. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (3 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See Headwall East Side 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.