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North Face Cliffs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 311 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 8° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
311 mlength
41 mvertical
3463 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

North Face Cliffs 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 North Face Cliffs

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

From the base area (about 9 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 Fredo's (expert)
  6. Ski North Face Cliffs (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Avery, Hard Slab. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (2 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See North Face Cliffs 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.