Mount Crested Butte, Colorado · United States · ski area
Crested Butte Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Crested Butte Mountain Resort is a ski area in Mount Crested Butte, Colorado, United States with 56 km of mapped downhill runs and 15 lifts, between 2,782 m and 3,488 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 56 km
- Lifts
- 15
- Top elevation
- 3,488 m
- Vertical drop
- 706 m
- Nearest airport
- ASE · 37 km
Slopes by difficulty
93 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 10 Chairlifts
- 3 Magic carpets
- 2 T-bars
Crested Butte Mountain Resort is a ski area in Mount Crested Butte, Colorado, the United States. Its 93 mapped downhill runs add up to 56 km, which ranks it #42 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.6% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 600 m long.
Slopes at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
About 31% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 52% intermediate and 17% advanced or expert, which makes Crested Butte Mountain Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 15 lifts: 10 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 2 t-bars. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 2,782 m up to 3,488 m, a vertical drop of 706 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Crested Butte Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE), about 37 km away in a straight line — roughly 48 minutes by car; Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC) is 41 km away. Nearby ski areas include Crested Butte Nordic, Irwin Lodge Snowcat, Aspen Highlands (43.1 km) and Aspen Mountain (59.1 km), which together add 262 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Crested Butte Mountain Resort
- 1Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field)ASE37 kmstraight lineAspen, United States
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- 2 GUC41 kmstraight line
- 3Eagle County Regional AirportEGE83 kmstraight lineEagle, United States
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- 4 MTJ93 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Crested Butte Mountain Resort
- 4 kmCrested Butte Nordicup to 2,888 m
- 14 kmIrwin Lodge SnowcatSmall ski area
- 30 kmAspen Highlands43 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 3,527 m
- 32 kmAspen Mountain59 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 3,431 m
- 33 kmButtermilk40 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 3,011 m
- 33 kmAspen Snowmass120 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 3,815 m
- 35 kmCranor Hill Municipal Ski Hill2.3 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 2,494 m
- 59 kmSpring Gulch Trail Systemup to 2,527 m
- 63 kmMount Massive Golf Courseup to 2,968 m
- 64 kmSunlight Mountain Resort37 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 3,002 m
- 67 kmDutch Henry Ski Hill0.6 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 3,056 m
- 68 kmLeadville Town Trailsup to 3,235 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.