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Liars Bench at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 362 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
362 mlength
59 mvertical
3468 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Liars Bench 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 Liars Bench

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

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ride The High Lift
  5. Ski Headwall Ridge Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Morning Glory (expert)
  7. Ski Teo Tongue (expert)
  8. Ski Liars Bench (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Teo Tongue, Wolf's Lair.

See Liars Bench 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.