These are the type of people who after skiing and a couple beers in the bar will be proclaiming a little too loud "we did chute 3 and it was awesome", you can't claim you did it when you side slip most of it.
looks very tricky. In those conditions it is a great time to let it go as a fall will be OK. Also, learn a jump turn. It will make those tight chutes skiable and it gives you a split second, while in the air, to "plan" your next move.
i skiied chute 2 on wednesday and the snow wasn't this good. had been searching for a clip that someone may have taken with footage as nice as this vid. i only found one where a guy talks to someone dropping in, turns to the left and gives solid advice to drop in from the ledge on the left and head to the right. as he does that, the first dude wipes out and skids to the bottom 🤣 then he says "Yesss!... I hope he's ok" haha... i think you captured the extreme nature of the chutes really well. nicely done! Your comment about survival skiing is spot on. i was calling it more billygoating than skiing until you drop in and ski it out. beautiful back there.
I love all the comments that bash side slipping 😂 however, I would be willing to bet that none of those people could actually ski that run anyway. Most that even venture there do the best that they can. It is survival, but we all want to do some turns. First thing I thought was thanks for pushing all the snow down the hill, but then I realized how steep and narrow it is. Been there, done that. Nice job all four of you for trying.😎
I'm surprised all the hardos in the comments have time to watch this with all their other backcountry shenanigans. Y'all are tearing it up, sounds very exhilarating. Point those tips down baby
All skiers have had a “survival “ section… better to not get injured and learn from it. All the pro skiers that crack on this are so very amazing they can ski anything, any conditions, any day. Us mortals can only try to get better.
I skiied this and thought I was going to die fun times haha. I love the Christmas tree bowl though if you go to the right of the sign there's a super fun wood run.
I grew up racing at Taos, skied about 5 days a week sometimes, always at least 3. And, in those days, I was skiing ‘chutes’ … narrow and steeper than this one… on 204 cm skis. My other skis were 212 and 220, for giant slalom and downhill. 204’s were for slalom.
Thanks for posting that. That felt very realistic. I know that feeling when you’re right on the edge. I definitely felt the adrenaline. You don’t need to see somebody flying off a cliff to get that. I enjoyed this more than watching some pro who did stuff like this all the time. Thanks.
Don't listen to the comments that tell you you're not good at the Chutes. I did this when I was 13, a good skier, and I even struggled with this. It's a lot steeper in person and really hurts the knees. Going fast on this is not an option.
if you really want the snow and the turns, you have to go outside the boundary/under the ropes. In some places in the US you are not allowed to but in Canada you sign a waiver before going up, saying that the resort takes no responsibility for your safety, including your potential death (true)..and you can go anywhere you want..
I was there last week and I am not sure if I skied chute 2 or 3. The one I did was really narrow and had trees to either side. Probably about only 8 feet across from one side to the other so I’m thinking it was two but does anyone know if that is 2 or 3?
❤😂😂 A-ha boys! If you had learned to ski on 2 meters long skis....nothing would ever surprise you!! But we are old people but still practising and not so bad!!!
These guys on hill, 1 pm: “this is crazy, unskiable, survival mode only..” Same guys at bar in lodge 4 pm (loudly): “we totally crushed the chutes today bro”.
Survival skiing... only because the participants have not bothered to learn to a sufficient level of technical ability before going off piste and into tight areas that are marginally steep..... get a few full ski seasons of lessons and coaching and this is not going to be survival.
Lovely scenery, and I guess there is a certain sort of, um, plucky go-for-it attitude here, but honestly, this terrain is WAY beyond your skiing ability. It's dangerous to you, and in the meantime you're just ruining the terrain for skiers who have the ability to actually ski this.
"the chutes" at steamboat are just gullies in the trees, about 500 of bumps and then you pole out for 10 minutes. nothing to survive here. or anywhere in routt county for that matter.
That's bullsht. This is how you progress, by reaching past your comfort zone. Maybe they use this as the impetus to get in better skiing shape and take a lesson or two. Nobody rips this kind of thing the first time. It is an activity that we all share together at all levels of ability.
The snow was really good (lol)! That is OK, we have all been there and that is part of learning to ski. Wait until you get on something really steep and narrow!
I don't know what makes me laugh louder... you calling this "survival skiing" or the fact that your girlfriend or the girl you are skiing with, is waiting down at the bottom taking pictures. However, well done skiing above your comfort and hopefully extending your confidence and ability. Well done.
“I can’t even ski this, really” “I know thats the first turn I Got”. Jerry’s like you ruin the mountain. If you have to slide down like a heelside stuck snowboarder, you need to learn to proficiently ski easier pitches before being “extreme”. Smh!
@@holymeto9981Wrong, that was horrible, and I'd bet when they tell the story about "skiing chute 3" it will sound a lot different than it looked, side slipping all the snow off isn't skiing.
@@holymeto9981 Never said it was the east coast, the thumbnail even said it was Colorado, is that even considered west cost? But where it was isn't even relevant they didn't really "ski" it and screwed it up by scraping a lot of the soft snow off the run.
ok whatever you say but thats barely a hill, look at the angle of their body to the hill and all they did was push the good snow off, go back to the blue runs and ski, making real turns @@holymeto9981
@@holymeto9981 whats the shame. People who ski that stuff want the people who slide down pushing the snow off to stay away, go ski the regular runs if you dont know how to actually ski a run like that, its a fairly simple concept.
Nice job scraping everything off. Your skiing level ability You should not be there. I used to hate this. Go there on a big powder day. Other than that stay out of that area.
