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Mel's Left at Crystal Mountain

Intermediate · 322 m long with 90 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 23° at its steepest, facing E.

23°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
322 mlength
90 mvertical
1701 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Mel's Left is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Mel's Left

Lifts that reach the top: Green Valley (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rainier Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Mt. Rainier Gondola (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mt. Rainier Gondola
  2. Ski Front Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Elevator Shaft (advanced)
  4. Ski Lucky Shot (intermediate)
  5. Ski Gandy's Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Mel's Left (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Mel's Right, Howeird's.

See Mel's Left on the 3D mapAll runs at Crystal Mountain
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.