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Moosehead at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 471 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
471 mlength
92 mvertical
3332 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Moosehead 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 Moosehead

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 Moosehead (expert)

Where it ends

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

See Moosehead 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.