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Splains Gulch at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Easy · 626 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing S.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
626 mlength
100 mvertical
3092 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Splains Gulch is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Splains Gulch

Lifts that reach the top: Painter Boy Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Gold Link LIft (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Prospect Lift
  2. Ski Ten Peaks Progression Park
  3. Ski Painter Boy (easy)
  4. Ski Splains Gulch (easy)
  5. Ride Painter Boy Lift
  6. Ski Splains Gulch (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Houston, Little Lizzie, Lower Smith Hill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Painter Boy Lift (1 min), Red Lady Express Lift (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 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.