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Tower 10 Glades at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 434 m long with 86 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
434 mlength
86 mvertical
3212 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Tower 10 Glades is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Tower 10 Glades

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Queen Express Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Ruby Chief (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest Queen (intermediate)
  5. Ski Fallaway (intermediate)
  6. Ski Tower 10 Glades (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Canaan / Family Cross, Fallaway, Upper Treasury, Lower Canaan, Easy Out. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (3 min), East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Tower 10 Glades 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.