{"id":420156,"date":"2016-03-29T17:54:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=420156"},"modified":"2016-03-30T09:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T15:02:59","slug":"turkey-chute-3-19-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/turkey-chute-3-19-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Chute  3.19.16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brittany and I once again headed to the San Juans to explore the backcountry while avalanche conditions remained low.  On the 18th, we skied Red 3, and realized just how bad the winds had been in the area.  Thankfully, we also realized that sheltered NE aspects were actually skiing really well.  A few years back, we had been skiing outside Silverton and got our first glimpse of the Turkey chute.  Since it&#8217;s deeply inset and faces NE, it seemed like a good choice given the windswept conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Legend has it that it&#8217;s called the Turkey chute because it&#8217;s often skiable by Thanksgiving.  Makes sense to me- after all we have a Halloween bowl near Crested Butte for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p>My friend Will headed up from Durango and we got a leisurely start towards the backside of the chute.  It was a beautiful day and once we got above treeline the views were great.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9420.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"san juan skinning\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/3545.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"San Juan backcountry\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rocking the <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/review-tecnica-zero-g-guide-boots\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zero G&#8217;s<\/a>:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/3561.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Tecnica Zero G skinning\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more READ MORE! --><\/p>\n<p>Like I said, it had been windy.  These old tracks told the story:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9422.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"old windswept ski tracks\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We booted the last bit to the top of the Turkey Chute, and gained a nice view of a <a href=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/kendall-peak-silverton-5-6-12\/\" target=\"_blank\">line on Kendall Peak<\/a> that we skied in 2012:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9430.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Kendall Peak\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Turkey chute is a straight shot, 1,000&#8242; couloir with big rock walls- and a ton of fun.  There were a handful of older tracks in it, but it was wide enough to find the recycled snow and the conditions were, if anything, better than expected.  Me:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/3657.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Turkey Chute\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/3941.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Silverton backcountry\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/4041.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"turkey chute\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9614.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"san juan chute skiing\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/4210.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"turkey chute silverton\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brittany:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9478.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"silverton backcountry\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9639.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"san juan powder\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/facebook_1459349829983.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"san juan turkey chute\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful colors and textures on the rock walls:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9672.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"brittany konsella san juan skiing\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking towards Lake City, and a few other mountains that we&#8217;ve skied:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9723.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"san juan range\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/Turkey%20chute%203-19-16\/9760.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Exiting the Turkey Chute\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All in all, we found good snow in a great couloir on a perfect day in the San Juan range- what more could we ask for?<\/p>\n<p>Time to shop for this spring and summer?  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