The Chuting Song

The Chuting Song by Everwild Collective

Backstory: This song is what happens when you take Andrew McLean’s "Chuting Gallery" (a book of 94 classic Wasatch ski lines), add 6 more to make it an even 100 lines, rally a bunch of skier musicians, and add way too much coffee. Every chute has a story and brings back memories. If you know the names, you’re in on it. And if you don’t yet… welcome, you will!

Lyrics:

This is the Chuting Song, skiers holler, sing along
Every name’s a story, every line’s where dreams belong
From Argenta to Zoot, let the roll call rip
Full‑send index, yeah, we check it twice, then dip

Apollo to Atomic, Fireball to Big Bang
Bombay to Box Elder, drop ’em with the gang
Brighton Elevator Shaft, Bronco droppin’ in hot
Baldy Chutes, Benson and Hedges, tight lines, pick your slot

Couloir me impressed – yeah, I see that grin
This is the classic list* – give or take some more we’ve added in

It’s the Chuting Song, sing it out, send it long
From Argenta to Zoot, yeah, that’s the Chuting Song

Slip‑slide, side‑slip, set it, send it, sing
Edge‑check, hop‑turn, let the couloir ring
Count the drops, it won’t take long
That’s the legendary Chuting Song
Yeah, the Chuting Song
The Chuting Song
Line by line we drop the Chuting Song

Cardiff Ridge Chutelettes, Ciochetti’s Ribbon flows
Coalpit Headwall mighty, Coalpit Four, so the numberin’ goes
Devil’s Castle towers, Dresden Face in shade
Femme Fatale smiles sweet, Forbidden Fruit tests faith

Generator hummin’, God’s Lawnmower roars
Graceland to Granny Chute, every turn’s a score
Great White Sickle, Grunge, Hallway tight
Hangnail hangin’ on through the long cold night

Heart of Darkness beatin’ under headlamp glow
Holy Molé, Holy Toledo, alright, let’s go

It’s the Chuting Song, feel that rhythm drop
Black Pearl cruises, Gunsight, take your shot
Hellgate, Homicide, Huge Chute, Hypodermic clean
Ivory to Jedediah, and Colonoscopy
Count the drops, it won’t take long
That’s the legendary Chuting Song
Yeah, the Chuting Song
The Chuting Song
Line by line we drop the Chuting Song

Kessler East, Kessler West, Kings Peak far and wide
Lightning Bolt flashin’ down the fall‑line slide
Limber Pine bendin’, Lisa Falls calls
Little Feat to Little Pine, East Face walls

Lone Peak standin’ tall, Maybird sings
Medusa’s Face don’t blink, Memorial remembers things

Monte Cristo Directissimo, straight up, no sway
Gully to Montgomery, Mount Aire points the way

It’s the Chuting Song, sing it out, send it long
Raymond East to Superior South, carry it on
Newt Chute narrow, Fiferhorn true
Northeast, North, Northwest,pick your view

The Chuting Song
Pinball Alley, Powerhouse roar
The Chuting Song
Pressure Drop, give us more
Yeah, the Chuting Song
The Chuting Song
Line by line we drop the Chuting Song

Ragtime rhythm, Roman’s mean
Scratch and Sniff memory, Scythe cuts clean
Seagull floats, Shangri‑La dreams
Shield stands firm in the alpine scene

Slipstream fast, Sliver thin
Snap Dragon boppin’ when you drop it in
Snowbird Pipeline steals the show
Honeycomb Cliffs stack row by row

Stairs Gulch stair‑steps, Suicide [Chute] shows the dawn
Sushi rolls silky, Tanner’s like a gun barrel drawn

It’s the Chuting Song, Tetris fits tight
Thunderstruck rollin’, Timp’s got first light
Tips and Tails flick, Toledo clean
Triangle sharp, Tuscarora’s well seen

Twin East Face echoes, Whipple rides
White Pearl gleams, White Pine guides
Wolverine Cirque opens wide and long
Wyatt to Y, Y‑Not rolls on

Temptation, Tri Chutes, Birthday lights the flame
Zeus throws thunder, Zoot exclaims
From Argenta to Zoot, drop ’em down
That’s the Chuting Song, stoke all around

Slip‑slide, side‑slip, set it, send it, sing
Edge‑check, hop‑turn, let the couloir ring
Count the drops, it won’t take long
That’s the legendary Chuting Song
Yeah, the Chuting Song
The Chuting Song
Line by line we drop the Chuting Song

* See The Chuting Gallery by Andrew McLean