{"id":417496,"date":"2015-11-03T17:42:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=417496"},"modified":"2015-11-03T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:42:58","slug":"halloween-ski-31-oct-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/halloween-ski-31-oct-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Ski (31 Oct 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly every year, I make it a goal to ski on or before Halloween.  This year was no different.  Sometimes, when the backcountry snow doesn&#8217;t allow for adequate turns, I&#8217;ll head to Loveland Ski Area instead.  But, this year, Mother Nature decided to give us a little taste of winter during the second half of October.  So, Jenny and I decided to test out conditions at at old favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, not too shabby.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9179OwnePurple.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" alt=\"Early season snow in the Crested Butte backcountry.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And it got better.  Coverage was actually surprisingly good.  We decided not to head into Jenga Chute given various windloading and windslabs that had us a little leary.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9191JenJenga.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux skinning to to backcountry skiing in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9198JenSkin.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux skinning to go backcountry skiing in Crested Butte. \" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9202JenSkin.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux skinning to go backcountry skiing in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE!--><\/p>\n<p>The turns were pretty good, and we barely hit any rocks.  Jenny.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9214JenSki.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9258jenski.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9308JenSki.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9429JenSki.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12196253_10205943306476694_7467668428598802009_nBritSki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12196253_10205943306476694_7467668428598802009_nBritSki-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Konsella backcountry skiing on Halloween near Crested Butte.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-417497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12196253_10205943306476694_7467668428598802009_nBritSki-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12196253_10205943306476694_7467668428598802009_nBritSki-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/12196253_10205943306476694_7467668428598802009_nBritSki.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, the turns down low were definitely some of the best:)  Jenny.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9484JenSki.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"578\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9540JenSki.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" alt=\"Jenny Veilleux backcountry skiing on Halloween in Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Me.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-03_07.09.04BritSki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-03_07.09.04BritSki-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Walker Konsella backcountry skiing in Crested Butte on Halloween.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-417498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-03_07.09.04BritSki-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-03_07.09.04BritSki-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/2015-11-03_07.09.04BritSki.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, that was fun!  If you look close, you can see some of our tracks \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/owen_31oct2015\/IMG_9571OwenTracks.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" alt=\"Mount Owen skiing on Halloween near Crested Butte.\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great start to the season! Let&#8217;s hope that the forecaster&#8217;s are right about this next storm!<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.avantlink.com\/link.php?ml=1430&amp;p=23393&amp;pw=29053\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly every year, I make it a goal to ski on or before Halloween. This year was no different. 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