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Upper Smith Hill at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 586 m long with 103 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
586 mlength
103 mvertical
3147 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Smith Hill

Lifts that reach the top: Teocalli Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Red Lady Express Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Red Lady Express Lift
  2. Ski Upper Smith Hill (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Smith Hill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Painter Boy Lift (1 min), Red Lady Express Lift (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min).

See Upper Smith Hill 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.