42 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
Solar Plexus
Crested Butte
Salida
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.
Freeride Skiing Severe
- Distance
- 239 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 122 m
- Low Point
- 3.2 km
- High Point
- 3.3 km
- Gradient
- 40˚
Solar Plexus can be some of the best pillow skiing at CBMR if the conditions are right. You'll find it in upper Third Bowl after skiing Close Call and side stepping up the ridge on your left after the Lookout gate. There are big pillows and cliffs on the right hand side of the small ridge that is Solar Plexus and technical options through the rocks on the left side. You can ski across the ridge on your right for easier options into Lower Parachute. If you head through the trees on your left from the top you'll find a gate to Moosehead back into Phoenix Bowl if it is open or the gladed run along the rope line through High Exit to Low Exit to get back into Phoenix Bowl and Phoenix Chutes or onto Solar Junkyard. Solar Plexus ends as it merges with Lower Parachute on the right and the traverse from Phoenix Bowl under High Exit on the left. The Solar Plexus terrain naturally benches out over Magic Carpet / Solar Junkyard on your left and Lower Third Bowl in the middle towards the right.
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
50 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
71 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
83 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
102 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
122 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
123 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
125 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
188 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
188 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