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High Exit at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 191 m long with 57 m of vertical, averaging 16° and — at its steepest, facing E.

steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
191 mlength
57 mvertical
3277 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

High Exit is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to High Exit

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

From the base area (about 13 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 Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski Spellbound Bowl (expert)
  8. Ski Phoenix Steps (expert)
  9. Ski Phoenix Bowl (expert)
  10. Ski Moosehead (expert)
  11. Ski High Exit (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Phoenix Bowl, Lower Third Bowl, Phoenix Chutes, Low Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (6 min).

See High Exit 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.