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Upper Championship at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 162 m long with 58 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 23° at its steepest, facing W.

23°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
162 mlength
58 mvertical
3093 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Championship is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Upper Championship

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

From the base area (about 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Monument (advanced)
  4. Ski Old Lift Line (advanced)
  5. Ski Upper International (advanced)
  6. Ski Upper Championship (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Aspen Park Road, Middle Championship. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (2 min), Peachtree Lift (3 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (4 min).

See Upper Championship 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.