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Peel at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 709 m long with 168 m of vertical, averaging 13° and — at its steepest, facing W.

—steepest 50 m

13°average pitch

709 mlength

168 mvertical

3443 mtop elevation

Wfaces

Snow and sun

Peel is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Peel

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

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

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Monument (advanced)
Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
Ski Upper Forest (extreme)
Ski Peel (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Forest, Lower Peel. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (7 min), Peachtree Lift (7 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (8 min).

See Peel on the 3D map All 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.