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Powder Rock Glade at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 335 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
335 mlength
68 mvertical
3241 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Powder Rock Glade 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 Powder Rock Glade

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 Avery (advanced)
  6. Ski Hard Slab (expert)
  7. Ski Quick's (expert)
  8. Ski No See Um (expert)
  9. Ski Powder Rock Glade (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Rambo, Easy Out, Drop Off, Rambo Glades. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (4 min), East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Powder Rock Glade 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.