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Poverty Gulch at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Easy · 621 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 17° at its steepest, facing NW.

17°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

621 mlength

92 mvertical

3134 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Poverty Gulch is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Poverty Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Red Lady Express Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Teocalli Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Paradise Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, easy skiing needed):

Ride Red Lady Express Lift
Ski Bubba's Shortcut (easy)
Ski Poverty Gulch (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Houston. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Painter Boy Lift (2 min), Red Lady Express Lift (5 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min).

See Poverty Gulch 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.