7 m away
Brain Damage

This iconic and challenging couloir is for experts only.
Severe Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 344 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 227 m
A steep, rocky face reserved for experienced experts
Freeride Skiing Extreme
This steep, rocky face is rarely skiable. Sitting between two formidable couloirs on the north side of the King, Lobotomy is aptly named. A fall here would not be pretty. With Pinball on skiers left and Brain Damage on skiers right, Lobotomy is found on the rocky buttress separating these two notorious chutes. From the top of the King looking north, Lobotomy lies straight ahead. But if you didn't know it was there, you'd never see it. That's because it's practically a cliff. Thanks to the often wet PNW weather, this face usually gets enough snow to plaster over the shark-fin rocks and offer a steep ramp towards Shank Chutes. This run is most often ridden during freeride competitions staged on the north side of the King. Enter Brain Damage on skiers left. Put in one quick turn and look left for the opening past the summit cliffs. This upper section usually does not get covered. It's the triangular face below that you're aiming for. On big years, when this upper section fills, you can start higher up. Watch out for those pesky sharp rocks on this section. You can continue left above the ridge that forms north towards Shank Chutes and end up in Pinball Chute. Alternately, you can stay right of that just-forming ridge and follow Shank Chutes or the rocky buttress further north.
Extreme
Extreme skiing terrain above 45 degrees. These routes are reserved for experienced experts.
7 m away
This iconic and challenging couloir is for experts only.
Severe Freeride Skiing
12 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
12 m away
A steep, rocky face for experienced experts
Extreme Freeride Skiing
75 m away
This popular, wide-open chute is one of the easiest couloirs on the north side of the King.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
102 m away
A steep cliff requiring mandatory air.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
103 m away
This rarely explored, deep couloir is too narrow for most experts. Usually this gully is jumped in competitions.
Extreme Freeride Skiing
122 m away
An open face along the SE side of Silver King ("The King") that leads into glades, chutes and cliffs.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
147 m away
A broad face that ends in four short chutes between Boxcar Cornice and Powder 8s
Difficult Freeride Skiing
165 m away
A narrow, steep couloir on the north side of the King.
Severe Freeride Skiing
168 m away
An often-untracked steep glade in Silver Basin.
Severe Freeride Skiing
13 routes · Freeride Skiing · Ski Touring
14 routes · Freeride Skiing · Ski Touring