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Lower Peel at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 204 m long with 108 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 32° at its steepest, facing W.

32°steepest 50 m

28°average pitch

204 mlength

108 mvertical

3275 mtop elevation

Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Lower Peel

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Monument (advanced)
Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
Ski Upper Forest (extreme)
Ski Peel (extreme)
Ski Lower Peel (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Banana Glades, Luge, Banana. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (6 min), Peachtree Lift (6 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (8 min).

See Lower Peel 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.