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Twister at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 492 m long with 203 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 29° at its steepest, facing NW.

29°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
492 mlength
203 mvertical
3344 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Twister

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, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Twister (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Middle Twister, Yellow Brick Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (5 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (5 min), Red Lady Express Lift (5 min).

See Twister 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.