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Headwall Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 618 m long with 138 m of vertical, averaging 13° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
618 mlength
138 mvertical
3531 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Headwall Glades 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 Glades

Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High 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 Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Headwall Glades (expert)

Where it ends

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

See Headwall 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.