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High Life

Double black Crested Butte, CO

Steepest pitch51°
Vertical462 ft
Length—
Average pitch38°
FacesNE
Top11,332 ft

High Life drops 462 vertical feet over feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 51°. That's steeper than 99% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 227 named runs at Crested Butte. It faces northeast.

Where it is on the mountain

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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.