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Slot Rocks at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 517 m long with 167 m of vertical, averaging 18° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
517 mlength
167 mvertical
3196 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Slot Rocks

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert 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 Avery (advanced)
  6. Ski The North Face (expert)
  7. Ski Hawk's Nest (expert)
  8. Ski Edge (expert)
  9. Ski Slot (expert)
  10. Ski Slot Rocks (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Staircase. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (5 min).

See Slot Rocks 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.