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Last Steep at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 214 m long with 112 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 36° at its steepest, facing N.

36°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
214 mlength
112 mvertical
3175 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Last Steep 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 Last Steep

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 Avery (advanced)
  6. Ski The North Face (expert)
  7. Ski Easy Rider (expert)
  8. Ski Last Steep (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Sock-It-To-Me Ridge Cat Track Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Last Steep 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.