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Old Lift Line at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 421 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 23° at its steepest, facing NW.

23°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
421 mlength
156 mvertical
3340 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Old Lift Line 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 Old Lift Line

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen 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 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Old Lift Line (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Upper International, Yellow Brick Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (4 min), Peachtree Lift (4 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (5 min).

See Old Lift Line 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.