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Houston Access at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 439 m long with 38 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 9° at its steepest, facing NW.

9°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
439 mlength
38 mvertical
3151 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Houston Access is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Houston Access

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest Queen (intermediate)
  5. Ski Houston Access (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Houston. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Painter Boy Lift (4 min), Red Lady Express Lift (7 min), unnamed magic carpet (7 min).

See Houston Access 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.