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Third Bowl at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 443 m long with 279 m of vertical, averaging 32° and 43° at its steepest, facing NE.

43°steepest 50 m
32°average pitch
443 mlength
279 mvertical
3419 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Third Bowl 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 Third Bowl

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)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Third Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (6 min).

See Third Bowl 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.