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Phoenix Chutes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 300 m long with 214 m of vertical, averaging 36° and 43° at its steepest, facing NE.

43°steepest 50 m
36°average pitch
300 mlength
214 mvertical
3232 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Phoenix Chutes 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 Phoenix Chutes

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

From the base area (about 12 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 Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski Spellbound Bowl (expert)
  8. Ski Phoenix Steps (expert)
  9. Ski Phoenix Bowl (expert)
  10. Ski Phoenix Chutes (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit, Phoenix Last Steep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Phoenix Chutes 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.