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Lower Keystone at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Easy · 866 m long with 154 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 17° at its steepest, facing NW.

17°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
866 mlength
154 mvertical
3113 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Keystone

Lifts that reach the top: Red Lady Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Teocalli Lift (skiing easy 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 12 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Red Lady Express Lift
  2. Ski Peanut (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Keystone (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Houston, Big Al's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Red Lady Express Lift (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (3 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (3 min).

See Lower Keystone 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.