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Spellbound Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 400 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 16° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
400 mlength
116 mvertical
3438 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

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

How to get to Spellbound Glades

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

From the base area (about 10 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 Spellbound Bowl (expert)
  8. Ski Spellbound Glades (expert)

Where it ends

Joins High Life, Lookout, Spellbound Bowl, Phoenix Steps. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (6 min), East River Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (7 min).

See Spellbound Glades 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.