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Lower Canaan / Family Cross at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 585 m long with 108 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
585 mlength
108 mvertical
3123 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Canaan / Family Cross is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Lower Canaan / Family Cross

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 7 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 Fallaway (intermediate)
  6. Ski Lower Canaan / Family Cross (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Family Cross Course, Lower Ruby Chief. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (1 min), Teocalli Lift (2 min), East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Lower Canaan / Family Cross 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.