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Tower 11 Chutes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 634 m long with 120 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 39° at its steepest, facing NW.

39°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
634 mlength
120 mvertical
3278 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Tower 11 Chutes 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 Tower 11 Chutes

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 5 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Canaan (intermediate)
  5. Ski Tower 11 Chutes (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Gerry's, Fallaway, Bear. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (4 min), East River Express Lift (4 min).

See Tower 11 Chutes 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.