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Upper Forest at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Extreme · 542 m long with 104 m of vertical, averaging 11° and — at its steepest, facing W.

—steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
542 mlength
104 mvertical
3436 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

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

How to get to Upper Forest

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 6 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ruby Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Forest (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Peel, Lower Forest. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Teocalli Lift (6 min), Paradise Express Lift (7 min), West Wall Lift (7 min).

See Upper Forest 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.