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Keyhole at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 323 m long with 62 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
323 mlength
62 mvertical
3220 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Keyhole 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 Keyhole

Lifts that reach the top: North Face 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 Avery (advanced)
  6. Ski The North Face (expert)
  7. Ski Keyhole (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Last Stash, Last Steep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Keyhole 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.