4 m away
Upper Parachute
Upper Parachute is the central entrance into Third Bowl, with big pillows or mandatory turns around them through the trees.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 134 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 85 m
Close Call
Crested Butte
Salida
Close Call is the left hand entrance of Third Bowl with demanding, tight, tree chutes through rocks that open up to a fun pitch.
Freeride Skiing Severe
- Distance
- 192 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 87 m
- Low Point
- 3.3 km
- High Point
- 3.4 km
- Gradient
- 34˚
Close Call can be glorious in powder but can be demanding in hard pack as you make tight turns through the trees. It is found on the left-hand side from the top of Third Bowl. You'll have some tight trees to navigate before the pitch opens up for fun, steep skiing. You'll have options from Close Call to head left into Lookout back into Phoenix Bowl, or traverse past that gate to get on top of Solar Plexus for big pillow lines in sun-affected snow; High Exit is found to the left of Solar Plexus where you can catch Moosehead if it is open or Low Exit back into Phoenix Bowl. You can follow the natural drainage to the right under Upper Parachute to ski Lower Parachute or traverse right to Good Luck Glades.
Difficulty
Severe
Steep skiing at 38-45 degrees. This requires very good technique and the risk of falling has serious consequences.
Remoteness
Little chance of being seen or helped in case of an accident.
Features
- Trees
- Cliffs
- Walk Required
Similar routes nearby
10 m away
Mushroom Cliffs Bowl
Mushroom Cliffs Bowl has playful pillows and steep trees on the skier's right hand boundary of Third Bowl
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 202 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 84 m
33 m away
Lookout
A chute below huge cliffs that descend into the top of Phoenix Bowl; when open, the upper entrance is only for people who like mandatory 10 foot air.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 465 m
- Ascent
- 64 m
- Descent
- 130 m
125 m away
Solar Plexus
Solar Plexus can be a pillow smashers dream over large and medium pillows if the conditions are right and it's not too sun baked.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 239 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 122 m
137 m away
Good Luck Glades
Good Luck Glades is the skier's right hand side of Third Bowl after the top pitches bench out above Lower Parachute and Solar Plexus.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 201 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 105 m
138 m away
Lower Parachute
Lower Parachute is the continuation of Upper Parachute through the main gut of Third with awesome tree chutes and pillows to play around with.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 177 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 106 m
160 m away
Moosehead
Very steep, rocky bowl with tricky chutes and large airs.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 146 m
- Ascent
- 1 m
- Descent
- 86 m
170 m away
High Exit
High Exit has some steep, fun, gladed skiing along the skier's left hand side of Third Bowl as it is joined by the Lower Third Bowl Entrance from Phoenix Bowl.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 145 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 105 m
196 m away
East LA / Pasta Bowl
A wide bowl that begins with large cliffs in the hike to terrain skier's right of Spellbound Bowl.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 256 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 106 m
291 m away
Smuggler's Knob
Smuggler's Knob is the skier's right hand rope line area on a little bench under Good Luck Glades as it falls through steep, fun terrain into Lower Third Bowl.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 164 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 59 m
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Guidebooks in this area
80 routes · Freeride Skiing