13 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
Good Luck Glades
Crested Butte
Salida
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.
Freeride Skiing Difficult
- Distance
- 201 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 105 m
- Low Point
- 3.2 km
- High Point
- 3.3 km
- Gradient
- 37˚
Good Luck Glades can be sweet open tree chutes in the center or tight tree skiing amidst medium to big pillows along the right hand rope line of Third Bowl. Try to stay right if you are trying to catch Smuggler's Knob and Big Tree Chute and stay on the rope line; you'll find big pillows over here on the way. The main tree chutes in Good Luck Glades will bring you onto Lower Third Bowl or the Solar Junkyard/Magic Carpet towards the left.
Difficulty
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
Remoteness
Little chance of being seen or helped in case of an accident.
Features
- Trees
- Cliffs
- Walk Required
Similar routes nearby
83 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
117 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
122 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
130 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
133 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
134 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
137 m away
Close Call
Close Call is the left hand entrance of Third Bowl with demanding, tight, tree chutes through rocks that open up to a fun pitch.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 192 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 87 m
158 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
223 m away
Solar Junkyard / Magic Carpet
Solar Junkyard and Magic Carpet form the skier's left hand side of Third Bowl after Solar Plexus and High Exit are joined by the Lower Third Bowl entrance from Phoenix Bowl.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 208 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 142 m
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Guidebooks in this area
80 routes · Freeride Skiing