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Paradise Access at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 395 m long with 67 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 19° at its steepest, facing E.

19°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
395 mlength
67 mvertical
3054 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Paradise Access is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Paradise Access

Lifts that reach the top: Red Lady Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Teocalli Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 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 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest Queen (intermediate)
  5. Ski Houston Access (intermediate)
  6. Ski Bushwacker (intermediate)
  7. Ski Paradise Access (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Conundrum, Mach 1. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (1 min), Teocalli Lift (1 min), East River Express Lift (3 min).

See Paradise Access 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.