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Morning Glory at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 332 m long with 79 m of vertical, averaging 13° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
332 mlength
79 mvertical
3605 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Morning Glory 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 Morning Glory

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

From the base area (about 6 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ride The High Lift
  5. Ski Headwall Ridge Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Morning Glory (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Uecker Glades, Teo Tongue.

See Morning Glory 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.