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Shep's Chute at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 450 m long with 115 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
450 mlength
115 mvertical
3449 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Shep's Chute is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Shep's Chute

Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ride North Face Lift
  5. Ski Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Shep's Chute (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Paradise Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (1 min), Paradise Express Lift (5 min), Teocalli Lift (5 min).

See Shep's Chute 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.