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Headwall Ridge Traverse at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 775 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
775 mlength
129 mvertical
3622 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Headwall Ridge Traverse 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 Ridge Traverse

Lifts that reach the top: The High Lift (skiing novice 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)

Where it ends

Joins Solar Glaze, Morning Woods, Morning Glory. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (5 min), Paradise Express Lift (8 min), Teocalli Lift (8 min).

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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.