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Lower Parachute at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 338 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 17° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
338 mlength
106 mvertical
3326 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Lower Parachute 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 Lower Parachute

Lifts that reach the top: North Face Lift (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Silver Queen Express Lift
  2. Ski Silver Queen Road (intermediate)
  3. Ski Paradise Bowl (intermediate)
  4. Ride North Face Lift
  5. Ski Schofield Road (intermediate)
  6. Ski Spellbound Traverse (expert)
  7. Ski High Nowhere (expert)
  8. Ski Third Bowl (expert)
  9. Ski Lower Parachute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Good Luck Glades, Third Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (7 min).

See Lower Parachute on the 3D mapAll runs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort
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.