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Side Burn at Crystal Mountain

Intermediate · 158 m long with 30 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
158 mlength
30 mvertical
1594 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Side Burn

Lifts that reach the top: Forest Queen Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chinook Express
  2. Ski Broadway (easy)
  3. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  4. Ride Forest Queen Express
  5. Ski Downhill (intermediate)
  6. Ski Side Burn (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Broadway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Forest Queen Express (1 min), Quicksilver (5 min), Discovery (7 min).

See Side Burn 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.