10 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
Moosehead
Crested Butte
Salida
Very steep, rocky bowl with tricky chutes and large airs.
Freeride Skiing Extreme
- Distance
- 146 m
- Ascent
- 1 m
- Descent
- 86 m
- Low Point
- 3.2 km
- High Point
- 3.3 km
- Gradient
- 45˚
Moosehead is one of the pitches on the ridge that separates Third Bowl from Spellbound/Phoenix. It is usually closed because the terrain is extremely rocky and features very high consequence areas. When it is open, it is accessed from a gate in the skier's left of Close Call area in Third Bowl. The area is a very steep bowl with tricky chutes and many rocks. It empties out into Phoenix Bowl. Unless it's a huge snow year, try to stay left into the chutes that are easier to navigate but hard to enter as the trees on the rope line are very, very steep with some cliffs in them.
Difficulty
Extreme
Extreme skiing terrain above 45 degrees. These routes are reserved for experienced experts.
Remoteness
Little chance of being seen or helped in case of an accident.
Features
- Trees
- Cliffs
Similar routes nearby
42 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
104 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
117 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
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
152 m away
Low Exit
Low Exit is a small bowl under High Exit where Lower Third Bowl entrance from Phoenix Bowl joins Lower Third Bowl via Solar Junkyard / Magic Carpet and you can head back into Phoenix Bowl.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 132 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 61 m
159 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
159 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
160 m away
Phoenix Chutes
Steep tree chutes with larger cliffs and lines
Extreme Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 327 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 211 m
160 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
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Guidebooks in this area
80 routes · Freeride Skiing