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Lower Ruby Chief at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 893 m long with 136 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
893 mlength
136 mvertical
3136 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Ruby Chief

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 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Ruby Steep (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Ruby Chief (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Daisy. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (1 min), Teocalli Lift (1 min), East River Express Lift (3 min).

See Lower Ruby Chief 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.