5 m away
Powder 8s

This is one of the best lines in Silver Basin, starting in an open face, funneling through a wide and shallow couloir and opening again to the lower basin.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 698 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 322 m
This iconic and challenging couloir is for experts only.
Freeride Skiing Severe
Starting at the summit of the King, Brain Damage is the obvious steep couloir to the right of a north-facing rocky buttress. At 800 vertical feet from the summit to the bottom of the upper basin, Brain Damage is relentless. The couloir starts steep. Watch for cornices at the top, especially just to the right of the center. The easiest entry is on the left, but is a no-fall zone at it hangs above the rocky buttress mentioned above. A few turns in, this chute narrows down to about a ski-length wide. Control your speed through here as it steepens up below over a rocky band. Work the sides of the chute (which are not as prominent below the upper choke point) to avoid a sloping rocky outcropping that often plagues this otherwise spectacular couloir early season. Below the chute widens a little for some steep, consistent north-facing snow. The snow here can often be creamy and soft when the rest of the ski area is baked or slushy. Watch for avalanche debris at the base of this chute.
Severe
Steep skiing at 38-45 degrees. This requires very good technique and the risk of falling has serious consequences.
5 m away
This is one of the best lines in Silver Basin, starting in an open face, funneling through a wide and shallow couloir and opening again to the lower basin.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
7 m away
A steep, rocky face reserved for experienced experts
Extreme Freeride Skiing
14 m away
A steep, rocky face for experienced experts
Extreme Freeride Skiing
76 m away
This popular, wide-open chute is one of the easiest couloirs on the north side of the King.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
109 m away
A steep cliff requiring mandatory air.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
110 m away
This rarely explored, deep couloir is too narrow for most experts. Usually this gully is jumped in competitions.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
121 m away
An open face along the SE side of Silver King ("The King") that leads into glades, chutes and cliffs.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
140 m away
A broad face that ends in four short chutes between Boxcar Cornice and Powder 8s
Difficult Freeride Skiing
167 m away
An often-untracked steep glade in Silver Basin.
Severe Freeride Skiing
168 m away
A narrow, steep couloir on the north side of the King.
Severe Freeride Skiing
13 routes · Freeride Skiing · Ski Touring
14 routes · Freeride Skiing · Ski Touring