216 m away
Sunset Ridge
Sunset Ridge is a classic spring line in Crested Butte on the western boundary of the resort.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 208 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 145 m
Chiquita
Crested Butte
Chiquita holds soft snow hours after the powder frenzy on the skier's left side of Banana.
Freeride Skiing Difficult
- Distance
- 283 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 162 m
- Low Point
- 3.3 km
- High Point
- 3.5 km
- Gradient
- 35˚
A small, hanging bench, on the skier's left of Banana, Chiquita offers a little more variety then the main gut of Banana. After you've traversed into Banana or skied from the Upper Traverse, stay to the skier's left through some pine trees on the pitch that heads back into Banana. It's less bumped out than Banana and can hold some great powder snow if you can find rhythm through the small trees. You can stay left in the taller trees to head to Total Recall or you can descend into the gut of Banana about a third of the way down.
Difficulty
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
Remoteness
Away from help but easily accessed.
Features
- Trees
Similar routes nearby
279 m away
Total Recall
Total Recall can be a hidden West Side pow stash through steep trees with some small cliffs at the bottom.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 347 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 218 m
312 m away
Hidden Chutes
Hidden Chutes are steep tree chutes off of Sunset Ridge in Funnel.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 219 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 151 m
333 m away
Hall of Fame - PERMANENTLY CLOSED
Hall of Fame is a Permanently Closed area off the peak over rocks and very exposed chutes into Upper Banana.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 334 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 225 m
421 m away
Predator
Predator offers steep trees and fun skiing after a storm off of Sunset Ridge.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 293 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 167 m
439 m away
House Rock / Weather Station
House Rock and Weather Station are powder stashes off of the Silver Queen that put you into Upper Forest.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 380 m
- Ascent
- 3 m
- Descent
- 138 m
448 m away
Luge
A bump run through the aspen trees
Moderate Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 521 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 107 m
450 m away
Figure 11 Chutes
Figure 11 Chutes are some steep, rocky tree chutes to the skier's right of Big Chute and skier's left of Sunny Glade.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 312 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 146 m
478 m away
Timber Chutes
Timber Chutes are the tight trees on the skier's left of Paradise Cliffs.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 135 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 74 m
501 m away
No Fat Chicks Traverse
A traverse from the West Side runs back to Aspen Park Road that saves you heading down Hockey Rink to Banana Exit.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 396 m
- Ascent
- 3 m
- Descent
- 34 m
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Guidebooks in this area
80 routes · Freeride Skiing