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Lower Championship at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 531 m long with 143 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 24° at its steepest, facing W.

24°steepest 50 m

15°average pitch

531 mlength

143 mvertical

2971 mtop elevation

Wfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Championship is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Lower Championship

Lifts that reach the top: West Wall Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); 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 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride West Wall Lift
Ski Lower Championship (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Buckley. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (1 min).

See Lower Championship on the 3D map All 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.