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Lower Smith Hill at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 355 m long with 53 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
355 mlength
53 mvertical
3044 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Smith Hill

Lifts that reach the top: Teocalli Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Red Lady Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Paradise Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Red Lady Express Lift
  2. Ski Upper Smith Hill (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Smith Hill (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Houston, Splains Gulch, Little Lizzie. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Painter Boy Lift (1 min), Red Lady Express Lift (3 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Lower Smith Hill 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.