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Upper Ruby Chief at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 495 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 25° at its steepest, facing N.

25°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
495 mlength
133 mvertical
3389 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Ruby Chief

Lifts that reach the top: Paradise Express Lift (skiing novice 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 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

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

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Ruby Steep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise Express Lift (3 min), Teocalli Lift (4 min), Painter Boy Lift (6 min).

See Upper Ruby Chief 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.