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Crested Butte Mountain Resort

2,752 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 9,135 ft to a summit of 11,887 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,752
ft vertical
9,135
ft base
11,887
ft summit
12
uphill lifts
1,808
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
9,000–9,500119 ac · 17.3° · S346 mm
9,500–10,000727 ac · 14.6° · SSW339 mm
10,000–10,500593 ac · 13.7° · SSW339 mm
10,500–11,000190 ac · 24.3° · SSW370 mm
11,000–11,500148 ac · 24.4° · SSW370 mm
11,500–12,00032 ac · 24.5° · S368 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
15
Lift length
11.8 km
Steepest band
24.5°
Operator
Vail Resorts
Coordinates
38.8988, -106.9486

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
9,000–9,50011917.3more difficultS170346
9,500–10,00072714.6easierSSW204339
10,000–10,50059313.7easierSSW203339
10,500–11,00019024.3more difficultSSW202370
11,000–11,50014824.4more difficultSSW201370
11,500–12,0003224.5more difficultS181368

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Butte SNOTEL (380:CO:SNTL) is 0.6 km away at 10,190 ft — 1,697 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Aspen Highlands 30 km Aspen Mountain 31 km Aspen Snowmass 33 km Buttermilk 34 km Pines Lower 34 km Cranor Hill Municipal Ski Hill 35 km

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