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Phoenix Steps at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 1074 m long with 220 m of vertical, averaging 12° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1074 mlength
220 mvertical
3326 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Phoenix Steps 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 Steps

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

From the base area (about 11 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)

Where it ends

Joins Edge, Phoenix Last Steep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (5 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See Phoenix Steps 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.