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Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 982 m long with 66 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
982 mlength
66 mvertical
3037 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit 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 and Phoenix Exit

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

From the base area (about 14 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)
  9. Ski Lower Third Bowl (expert)
  10. Ski Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Black Eagle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (2 min).

See Third Bowl and Phoenix Exit 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.