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Spellbound Traverse at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 632 m long with 26 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
632 mlength
26 mvertical
3467 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Spellbound Traverse 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 Spellbound Traverse

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

From the base area (about 9 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)

Where it ends

Joins High Nowhere, Pasta Bowl, Spellbound Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (7 min), East River Express Lift (7 min), Teocalli Lift (8 min).

See Spellbound Traverse 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.