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High Life at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 744 m long with 140 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing E.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
744 mlength
140 mvertical
3452 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to High Life

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

From the base area (about 11 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 Spellbound Glades (expert)
  9. Ski High Life (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Phoenix Steps. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (6 min), East River Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See High Life 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.