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Lower Third Bowl at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 438 m long with 195 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 39° at its steepest, facing E.

39°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
438 mlength
195 mvertical
3232 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Lower Third Bowl is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Lower Third Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ride North Face Lift
  5. Ski Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski Spellbound Bowl (expert)
  8. Ski Phoenix Steps (expert)
  9. Ski Phoenix Bowl (expert)
  10. Ski Lower Third Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (6 min).

See Lower Third Bowl 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.