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Wolf's Lair at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 513 m long with 74 m of vertical, averaging 8° and — at its steepest, facing N.

—steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
513 mlength
74 mvertical
3473 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Wolf's Lair is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Wolf's Lair

Lifts that reach the top: The High Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ride The High Lift
  5. Ski Headwall Ridge Traverse (expert)
  6. Ski Morning Glory (expert)
  7. Ski Teo Tongue (expert)
  8. Ski Liars Bench (expert)
  9. Ski Wolf's Lair (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Liars Bench.

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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.