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Parachute Bowl at Big White

Expert · 759 m long with 222 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 31° at its steepest, facing NE.

31°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
759 mlength
222 mvertical
2261 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Parachute Bowl is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Parachute Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Cliff Chair (skiing novice terrain to get there); Alpine T-bar (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 36 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sapphire Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Falcon Chair
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Falcon Easy Out (easy)
  6. Ski T-bar Easy Out (easy)
  7. Ski Powder Easy Out (easy)
  8. Ski Easy Out (easy)
  9. Ride Alpine T-bar
  10. Ski Sun Run (easy)
  11. Ski Parachute Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Pegasus, Cliff Ski Out. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cliff Chair (1 min), Black Forest Express (6 min), Bullet Express (6 min).

See Parachute Bowl on the 3D mapAll runs at Big White
Measured 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.