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Prospector at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 685 m long with 150 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing N.

19°steepest 50 m

12°average pitch

685 mlength

150 mvertical

3082 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Prospector

Lifts that reach the top: Gold Link LIft (skiing easy terrain to get there); Painter Boy Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); Prospect Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Prospect Lift
Ski Gunsight Pass Road (easy)
Ski Prospector (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Twin Bridges, Deer Pass. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Prospect Lift (1 min).

See Prospector 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.