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Luge at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 466 m long with 98 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m

12°average pitch

466 mlength

98 mvertical

3177 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Luge

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 7 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Monument (advanced)
Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
Ski Little Holes (extreme)
Ski Lower Forest (extreme)
Ski Luge (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Aspen Park Road, Forest. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (4 min), Peachtree Lift (4 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (6 min).

See Luge 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.