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Upper International at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Advanced · 782 m long with 248 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
782 mlength
248 mvertical
3341 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper International

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 Upper International (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower International, Upper Championship. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Wall Lift (3 min), Peachtree Lift (3 min), Silver Queen Express Lift (4 min).

See Upper International 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.