Kendall BM - Kendall Mountain

Date: 04/17/2023
Partner: Solo
Start: Kendall Mountain Ski Area
Summits:
* Kendall Benchmark (also skied with Jack Van Lancker)
* Kendall Mountain
End: CR2 Mayflower Mill
Distance: 10.1 miles
Elevation Gain: 5130ft
Duration: 7 hours
GPX
Kendall Benchmark 14ers Page
Kendall Mountain 14ers Page

This tour requires a shuttle or the willingness to hitch hike. Hitching worked great for me!

Point to point mountain traverses are one of my favorites and this day did not disappoint.

Good snow, great views and fun ski lines.

My line off of Kendall Benchmark was nothing to write home about and the snow was pretty awful. I would really like to come back and ski it's deserving north face into town.

My plan for Kendall Mountain was to ski it's north east face however large cornices off the summit stymied my plan. Instead I picked my way down the north west ridge to a fun little chute that was packed with cold powdery snow.

The basin below Kendall Mountain is an incredible place to be and is stacked with days of quality skiing.

I opted to traverse the basin and climb to the top of the classic Turkey Chute.

Turkey is a super asthetic line of fun skiing with big walls all around. Put this one on your list!