 Crested
Butte Ski Resort , Colorado - Set amid towering
mountain peaks, Crested Butte is a wonderful and truly unspoiled
Colorado mountain town. The old Victorian town is surrounded
by three wilderness areas and more than a million acres
of National Forest.
Three miles from the town is the resort
base area of Mt. Crested Butte, a modern ski village complete
with lodging, dining, shopping, and conference facilities.
Lodging options in the village include the Sheraton Crested
Butte Resort. The resort and town are connected by a free
shuttle bus.
Crested Butte offers some of the steepest
lift-served ski terrain in the USA. Extreme Limits is 550
acres of steep and deep, backcountry-style, expert-only
skiing, called by author/extreme skier Lito Tejada-Flores,
"the best adventure skiing in the Rockies." This
area is avalanche controlled but ungroomed.
Statistics:
Vertical Drop: 2,775'
Top Elevation: 12,162'
Base Elevation: 9,375'
Lifts: 13 (9 chairs, 4 surface)
Terrain:  24%
 57%  19%
Trails: 85
Skiable Acres: 1,162 (550 for experts only)
Longest run: 2.6 miles
Annual Snowfall: 298"
Snowmaking: 300 acres
Cross Country: 30 km
Snowboards: Yes/terrain park
Season: Mid November - Mid April
Hours: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Halfday begins 12:30 PM
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