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Upper Parachute at Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Expert · 264 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 18° and — at its steepest, facing NE.

—steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
264 mlength
87 mvertical
3420 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Upper 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 Upper 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 Upper Parachute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Close Call, Third Bowl, Lower Parachute, Solar Plexus. Nearest lifts from the bottom: East River Express Lift (8 min).

See Upper 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.