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View from a chairlift up a snowy run toward Crested Butte's peak, with lift chairs and cables in frame
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Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Mountain

How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.

Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.

Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix

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Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert

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Snow and weather

The National Weather Service forecast for the mountain, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.

Trail map

2025–26 season · artist not stated

Getting there

Gunnison–Crested Butte Regional (GUC) 44 min · Colorado Springs (COS) 4 h 4 min

Photos

Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.

  • Peter from Wellesley · CC BY 2.0
  • DReifGalaxyM31 · CC0
  • Corey Leopold · CC BY 2.0
  • User:DReifGalaxyM31 · CC0
  • Jeffrey Beall · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • KimonBerlin · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • More photoson Google Images
More photos· Google Images

Passes, rankings and every number

Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.

Passes

Epic (unlimited)Epic (unlimited)
  • Epic PassUnlimited
    Epic Pass 2026-27: Unlimited access to these world-class resorts — Every day of the season, including peak dates.source

Rankings

15 — #3 adv+exp15 — #3 adv+exp, #11 top lift, #11 summit in the U.S.

Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.

All numbers

all 22all 22, in one list

Sources

30 observations from 4 publishers