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Rockets at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 269 m long with 33 m of vertical, averaging 7° and — at its steepest, facing E.

—steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
269 mlength
33 mvertical
3536 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Rockets is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Rockets

Lifts that reach the top: The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ride The High Lift
  5. Ski Teo 2 Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Thor's (expert)
  7. Ski Rockets (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Thor's, Ghost Rider.

See Rockets 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.