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Solar Plexus at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 584 m long with 156 m of vertical, averaging 15° and — at its steepest, facing E.

—steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
584 mlength
156 mvertical
3332 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Solar Plexus

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 Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski High Nowhere (expert)
  8. Ski Third Bowl (expert)
  9. Ski Solar Plexus (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Solar Junkyard, Third Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (7 min).

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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.