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Predator at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 942 m long with 258 m of vertical, averaging 15° and — at its steepest, facing NW.

—steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
942 mlength
258 mvertical
3285 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Predator 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 Predator

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 9 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Monument (advanced)
  4. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Little Holes (extreme)
  6. Ski Lower Forest (extreme)
  7. Ski Lower Peel (extreme)
  8. Ski Banana Glades (extreme)
  9. Ski Total Recall (extreme)
  10. Ski Pygmy Spear Garden (extreme)
  11. Ski Predator (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Funnel, Pygmy Spear Garden. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (5 min), Peachtree Lift (5 min).

See Predator 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.