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Middle Twister at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 273 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 12° at its steepest, facing NW.

12°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
273 mlength
41 mvertical
3141 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Middle Twister

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 9 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Yellow Brick Road (easy)
  6. Ski Middle Twister (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Peanut. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Silver Queen Express Lift (4 min), Red Lady Express Lift (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).

See Middle Twister 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.