Chicken's Option at Attitash
Intermediate · 88 m long with 25 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.
18°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
88 mlength
25 mvertical
520 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Chicken's Option is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Chicken's Option
Lifts that reach the top: The Mountaineer (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride The Mountaineer
- Ski Upper Saco (intermediate)
- Ski Middle Saco (intermediate)
- Ski Tim's Trauma (advanced)
- Ski Chicken's Option (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Middle Saco, Idiot's Option. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Flying Yankee (3 min), The Mountaineer (3 min).
See Chicken's Option on the 3D mapAll runs at AttitashMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.