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North Pass at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 882 m long with 158 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
882 mlength
158 mvertical
3093 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to North Pass

Lifts that reach the top: Gold Link LIft (skiing novice terrain to get there); Painter Boy Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Prospect Lift
  2. Ski Ten Peaks Progression Park
  3. Ski Painter Boy (easy)
  4. Ski Splains Gulch (easy)
  5. Ride Painter Boy Lift
  6. Ski Gunsight Pass Road (easy)
  7. Ski North Pass (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Homeowner's, Elko Park. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gold Link LIft (1 min).

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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.