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Leaning Tree Chutes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 219 m long with 141 m of vertical, averaging 33° and 47° at its steepest, facing NE.

47°steepest 50 m
33°average pitch
219 mlength
141 mvertical
3160 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Leaning Tree Chutes 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 Leaning Tree Chutes

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

From the base area (about 12 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 Hawk's Nest (expert)
  8. Ski Edge (expert)
  9. Ski Sunsteps (expert)
  10. Ski Phoenix Steps (expert)
  11. Ski Leaning Tree Chutes (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Leaning Tree Chutes 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.