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Ruby Road at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 1692 m long with 140 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 9° at its steepest, facing N.

9°steepest 50 m

5°average pitch

1692 mlength

140 mvertical

3390 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ruby Road

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing novice 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 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Yellow Brick Road, Horseshoe, unnamed easy trail, Horseshoe Springs. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Teocalli Lift (4 min), Paradise Express Lift (4 min), Painter Boy Lift (5 min).

See Ruby Road 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.