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Monument at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 525 m long with 96 m of vertical, averaging 10° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m

10°average pitch

525 mlength

96 mvertical

3438 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Monument 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 Monument

Lifts that reach the top: Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Paradise 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 3 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Monument (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Old Lift Line, Upper International, Ruby Road, Crystal. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (5 min), Teocalli Lift (6 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min).

See Monument 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.