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Sunsteps at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 406 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 10° and — at its steepest, facing E.

—steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
406 mlength
72 mvertical
3284 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Sunsteps

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

From the base area (about 11 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 Sunsteps (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Edge, Rock And Roll Glades, Phoenix Steps. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (5 min), Paradise Express Lift (6 min), Teocalli Lift (6 min).

See Sunsteps 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.