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Crested Butte Mountain Resort
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Crested Butte Mountain Resort offers some of the best extreme skiing in the world. This mountain is home to "Colorado's Best Corduroy" and "Dreampipe," the superpipe with incredible views. Crested Butte Mountain Resort is also home to the SAAB US Extreme Freeskiing and US Extreme Boarderfest Championships, the US Extreme Freeskiing Telemark Championships, a Randonnee Rally, the Elk Mountain Grand Traverse and Colorado's first X Games. At the top of Forest Queen is the DC Superpipe: 55-feet wide, 18-feet high, 400-feet long and sloped at 17°. The DC Canaan Terrain Park is located under the Parachute lift and offers intermediate and advanced riders jumps of various sizes, shapes and sequences plus several rail features. The Keystone Jib Park is set up for intermediate action with lots of sliders and rails. Located off the Painter Boy lift is the Painter Boy Terrain Park: open to skiers, snowboarders and skaters with beginner features that include tabletops, rails, rolls and a mini-halfpipe. At the base of the Red Lady Express is a tubing hill that is even lit for nighttime use. 2008 is a banner year for snow at Mt. Crested Butte: 300"+ has fallen by mid-February. |
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Quick Facts:
Season: November 17, 2007 - April 13, 2008 (Weather permitting)
Hours of operation: 9:00 AM to 4:000 PM, MST (some lifts close earlier) Lifts: 16: * 4 high speed detachable quads * 2 fixed-grip quads * 2 triple chairs * 3 double chairs * 3 surface lifts * 2 magic carpets Average snowfall: 300 inches Base Elevation: 9,375 ft
Summit Elevation: 12,162 ft Vertical Rise: 2,775 ft Total Ski/Board Terrain: 1,167 acres Snowmaking: 282 acres Number of Trails: 121 Trails Classification: Beginner: 23% Intermediate: 57% Advanced/Expert: 20% Longest Run: 2.6 miles (Peak to Treasury) |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Lodge area ![]() ![]() Yeah, there's a bit of snow on the ground ![]() In the base area ![]() Looking west across the village ![]() Looking south across the village ![]() Just north of the village ![]() Looking north |
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