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Rachel's at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 890 m long with 137 m of vertical, averaging 9° and — at its steepest, facing W.

—steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
890 mlength
137 mvertical
3429 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Rachel's is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Rachel's

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

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ski Rachel's (advanced)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (1 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (6 min).

See Rachel's 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.