Corbet’s Couloir - A day on the Edge
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Huge crashes to big stomps, Corbet’s Couloir is known as the most infamous run in North America. Join our announcers as they interview guests and professional athletes before dropping in, watch the aftermath and see the reactions at the bottom.
With Andrew Whiteford, Pat Kelly and many others.
It doesn't actually look that bad from some angles then in other shots it looks terrifying
Yes, it seems quite doable when going slowly and once you make the first right turn with stable position, afterwards it's a normal black run.
I saw it in person before ever knowing it was a famous run, just saw a bunch of people who looked like they were taking a break at the top of a cliff to admire the view, then a few idiots jumped off. Honestly, seeing it on video makes me feel like I could do it, seeing it in person looks like a suicide attempt.
I snuck away from my kids to attempt it one very snowy day at JH. Went to the lip, there was nobody else in sight (it was midweek).
It looked like an elevator shaft for the first 15 feet and then all I saw was rocks. Lots of rocks. From the top, yes it’s terrifying.
Had there been people around - and better visibility - I probably would have gone for it. But I backed off. One of these days I’ll go back. On a sunny day - and a weekend...
In person, it’s absolutely fucking terrifying. And I am an expert skier.
@@humanbeing2420 exactly, camera's just don't capture the scale of how extreme it is
Stoked to see me as the first skier to drop into Corbet's Couloir for this video!! good times filming that day!
Remember, folks, it never looks as steep on a video as it is when you are actually there.
Bro I thought I could ride anything until I saw it in person
he frenchfried when he should have pizzaed
I spent 3 years trying that shit lol None of them ever made me slow down when I needed them to.
Never pizza if you don’t have to
that's because a 'pizza,' or making a wedge, is really just a beginner's stepping stone towards making parallel turns-- they won't do you any good on any slope with any significant amount of pitch. try connecting turns in a downhill s shape in your wegde, gradually try this with less pressure on your uphill foot, and eventually graduate towards having the skis parallel the whole time as you turn. keep your body weight moving downhill and pressure at the front of your skis-- lead with your tips.
That's why he had a bad time.
Daniel Files r/whoosh
rode it last year. its all a head game, if you commit fully you'll stick it. I stood there for 20 minutes and saw at least a half-dozen people go ass over tea kettle.
Yup, you have to be aggressive -but not too aggressive.
Thanks for the info!
It's TOTALLY a mind game. I have not skied this, but I let my brain get in the way when skiing Saudan Couloir at Whistler-Blackcomb. I made the mistake of stopping after 1 turn...then realized I stopped on rocks. Worried about starting again, I stood there for way too long. Then, a hot little chick whizzed by me. Thankfully, my competitive nature kicked in and I had an amazing run! Skiing the steep is so fun.
Props to the guy that hucked off that shit like a pro
No wife no kids
All good
As a former resident of Teton Village, and someone who has skied Corbets 20+ times (along with jumping Crabtree Rock and other Jackson features), I'll tell you that the guy at 1:27 in this video entered it correctly. The closer to the rock face on the left you can get, the easier your ride will be. In early winter, the route into Corbets is not as easy as it is in this video. It's literally a LEAP, because snow depths are not up that high yet. In this video, skiers are "sliding" in. That's not possible in most Decembers. Regardless of time tho.......Shoot left off the ledge and make that first turn near the rock wall.
What is the snow level like at the end of December usually like the mountain? And do they get powder days? And how are the lines?
Neil Bergin Great snow in December and lots of powder on non-groomed areas. Try Sundance for some fun, and don't miss the Hobacks !! Corbet's get;s the fame but the Hobacks are where it's at !!!
+RD S thank you so much for the quick response!! How would Jackson hole line up to big sky which do you recommend. I'm an advanced and above skier but my sister isn't and wants to go do runs at the top and from what I hear there are runs at the top for intermediates at Jackson hole
Neil Bergin Jackson's "intermediate" runs are expert at most other places. True intermediates have the Aprez Vous side of the mountain to ski, and there is a good amount of terrain there. From the top of the tram there is one primary run down off the top....Rendezvous Bowl. It's very steep but wide open so lots of room to traverse if you feel threatened. JH is a big tough mountain. Do not think their run ratings are like anything you know.....much, much tougher than anything in midwest or east.
+RD S I'm from California. Have you ever been to Big sky
"that was the way I did it 9 yrs ago and now i live here"
lol perfect
I feel like Jackass really missed an opportunity here...
John Allison Knoxville made a post about today on Instagram. That’s why I’m here lol
They would go down it in a canoe, go cart, bumper car, dirt bike, bathtub, tractor tire, and every other thing from Looney Tunes.
I’ve never skied in my life and i can absolutely do this
I doubt that 😅
hahaahahahhaha
we can tell
Consider it done, then......
Sick! Definitely one for the Snowboarding/skiing bucket list. :)
Some angles, I’m like “I could do that” but others looks like jumping from a plane
I tackled this last March (2021) during my first trip to Jackson Hole (which was absolutely incredible overall). Conditions were way worse than in this video. It was essentially an ice chute at the top with not NEARLY that much snow coverage at the top. In fact, it was shutdown the previous day due to unsavory conditions. I'm a snowboarder and ride goofy, so my approach was toe-side. I, too, watched a few people yard sale it before I dropped in. I sat on the ledge off to Camera Left, envisioned my run, screamed some obscenities to get my adrenaline up, and then dropped in hard with a full commit to making that sharp right backside turn as soon as I dropped in. Got in clean and laid it down right away. I picked up a pole and a set of skis that were essentially terrible obstacles for anyone else trying to do the run. I kinda sacrificed my joy ride so everyone else behind me had a clean path. I still had a lot of fun bouncing around in that deep pow-pow (even with skis and a pole under my arms). The Mom of the kid who yard sale-d his equipment right before me gave me a $50 tip via Venmo for retrieving the skis. The Venmo note said "Thank you! Buy yourself a few beers on us!"
Back in 79' or 80' I as competing freestyle at Univ. of Colo. and had the opportunity to drop in with some of the original "Freedoggers." Scott Brooksbank, Eddie Lincoln, my coach, John Clendenin and a few others. It was an awesome day on the mountain.
🤣 Biff Huckneck and Todd McSpraffy!
That’s good stuff! 🤣
I am watching this while eating lunch at the top of Sweetwater
The first turn is everything. Miss it and your choices become sliding the entire length of it, or... a face plant into the rocks. Nice to have options, right? FYI the intimidation starts at the top when the ski patrol used to have you sign a special waiver before your run.
You have to just hit the groove and ride it. If you get scared in the middle or try to steer out you'll just fall. It's one of the worst things to encounter but one of the best feelings after you conquer it.
I will ski that, one day, I WILL SKI THAT.
Did you ski it yet?
@@westonwilcox4907 I appreciate you checking in three years later. I tore my ACL and Meniscus last March and had my knee reconstructed last April. I still dream about skiing Corbets but right now I'm focusing on my recovery.
Cheers
@@FreestyleSkierwhat about now?
@@holymeto9981 Wow I said this 6 years ago. Busy with college. I will get back to you soon! I still ski and work at my local ski resort on the park crew.
Soon!!!
@@FreestyleSkier Excited to see your results!
What... the... fuck? Did you take a full Tram load of gapers and just toss them down Corbet's? This is so sad. The guy from Chicago dove in and had his skis crossed. You guys need to set up that net they use for the snowmobile hill climb to catch the window lickers.
hahaha so great
+TheMontanaDave lmao...god damn that's funny! lol
You just have to surrender to the drop and ride it out, beginners worry to much about their initial speed... if you just go for it, it becomes pretty anticlimactic towards the end and you will feel like a moron for fearing it.
But its a good practice drop to get rid of this fear for new skiers.
i hate how many people keep saying beginners should not be there, but i find that many new skiers learn 50x faster if they occasionally go out of their comfort zone... you learn more out of trying and crashing then spending everyday of your vacation on the blue's.
On the blue's? LOL, I stay in the green! xD
Yea, watching everyone fall I started to wonder why they were even up there to begin with.
That's incredibly irresponsible advice. Nobody that isn't an expert should even think about Corbet's. There are so many other black and double-black runs at Jackson that an intermediate or advanced skier can find challenging terrain for an entire trip without risking their health.
@@cvn6555 next it'll be jerrys dropping in on eagles nest on rentals with 8 DIN
I go up solo and my mom says I have to stay blue cuz she doesn’t know that I’m actually good at skiing but I secretly go on the double blacks lol
Going to Jackson Hole next year.... might need to write up my Will.
I like these drops with powder..
tough conditions..
i would love to drop here! Bucket list for sure!
Have stood at the top when I was very new skier. Terrifying. Would love to go back now.
I mean, what's the worst that could happen....am I right ?????
Take a second glance at the sign at 0:05. "East Ridge Traverse"- double black. Are there any other in-bounds traverses rated as double-black in North America? I have not done Corbet's but I have skied a lot of other signature runs at other areas and all over Jackson. That East Ridge Traverse was probably the most terror-inducing run I have ever made. Literally like you are clinging to the side of a cliff and goes on forever. There is a fence- the temporary orange plastic kind- but the pitch is so steep that if you slipped, you make one flip and go right over the top. That's the thought that kept going through my mind.
Snowbird has a double-diamond traverse (Baldy Traverse along the border with Alta) :)
Big sky
this stuff never looks that steep but when i look down a black diamond not even close to this I nearly shit myself and stall for as long as possible b4 going down
lol
Most people lay down and crawl forward to peer over the edge. It is incredibly steep at the top. Some years with excessive snow the top area fills in and there isn't much of a drop come March.
@@cvn6555 I was about to say,those low snowfall years it's probably intimidating as motherfucking hell!
I saw that once, I decided to go down Rendezvous Bowl instead... that is insane.
The first bit looks hard but rest looks easy
Actual fucking cliff: *Exists*
Braindead Monkeys on planks of wood: "Bet"
“Brain dead monkeys”
Lmao like you could ever even try to ski like this
Love the ski trail rating system. Corbets is a Double Diamond. Not sure it is the same as LiftLine that I handle easily at Stowe.
East Coast Double Diamonds dont hold a candle to the ones out west
And yet with the conditions east coast skiers deal with I'm doubting it would be a problem for them
Trail difficulty ratings are with regard to each mountain and are not standardized in any manner.
these guys are great
I just ski'd jackson hole. Didn't realize this was famous until after the fact
@1:45 I might he did, but his 1st "turn" was inverted.
Biff Huffneck and Todd McScraffy are the Corbet's Couloir of ski announcers
Not sure if those are real or made-up names, but I love them both
Wanted to see like a dozen more!
I would love to ski this just once
Music straight from my GameCube 2000 Winter Olympics
We were there this past week, and JH had a terrain park employee grooming a huge jump over the rock in the middle of the chute. :)
how is nobody impressed by how great the quality looks for a video of 2015
Ok, to all these people saying, "after the first 2 turns its easy." It is still super steep after the initial fall and you are going extremely fast (if you aren't sliding alot.) It is not easy to just "stop on the side after the chute." And to the one guy saying go off the rocks on the right, just why.
I really enjoyed this!
Dude, that’s a gnarley drop in for ANYONE. I’d say 65 of expert skiers snowboarders might not be able to handle that drop. That’s a Travis rice drop.
am i the only one who feel like half the people dropping that shouldn't have been up there? seems like everyone was just trying to side slide down the right side, shoulda just dropped over the rocks to the left towards the wall then got your turns in....
That would be suicidal. That's a huge send, and not even on a good landing. Not to mention the amount speed you would have to bleed after the fact, so you don't make the modern day equivalent of a cave painting on the rock wall beside you as you flatten against it at mach 100
Sounds fun, I would love to try.
I am older now so the only way I would even think about doing it would be to slide in, I am fairly strong skier, ski a lot of bumps, trees, chutess but that drop is a serious drop. I think for those that have spent a lot of time on kickers getting big air its much easier to drop it. Take care
I don´t know how the rest of the slope looks like. But a gnarly entry might not be that bad for half descent skiers if the rest of the slope is harmless. So if the rest of the run is free of major danger its a perfect way to train hard entry points
It's extremely steep
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Looks like the snow is crusty ice instead of fine powder. That makes it even more difficult.
The aerial guy makes sense.the berm is hard when dealing with a steep slope with back weight. ski runs faster than body then fall
2:05 Took it like a pro
“TODD MCSCRAFFI” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Biffed nucksack you rock bro
I ski in Jackson was it hard because it is tide for hardest ski run in North America
"Thats the way i did it 9 years ago, now I live here..." hahahaha
there's easy days and there's "dancing with death" days. it's not that bad if you have good control and not afraid of height
The OMG looked scary AF. She's probably sliding face first close to 40mph.
It actually would be better if there was less snow, a little earlier in the season the snow up top wouldn't be built up as much so it would be much less taxing to go for it and jump in than have to sideslip down, plus the drop in route on the far side is less steep
Trained for this on the big mountains of Chicago...
Most hyped run in the world. It is actually just 20 feet of steep followed by a wide open mellow bowl. Very low consequence unless you are a complete moron and point your skis directly to the rock face. A beginner could throw himself down this run head first and he will just slide to the bottom. Compare that to say Little Chute at Alta where if you make the slightest mistake you are pinballing 1,000 feet downn a twisty narrow rock infested couloir. Corbet's isn't even a couloir but a very short wide chute.
Utah Skier handled it like a Pro!!
Sliding down on the face looks challenging.
Guys narrating are about two brain cells above Beavis and Butt Head....nice video!
Just go that way real fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
If the skier can make the first turn it works. If the skier misses the first turn it is see you at the bottom.
I'm curious how it compares to 12-13 foot Vert Ramp
Are those really the names of those two announcers? If not, that's pretty funny. They were supposed to be joined by Flipwatz Mergatroid Dingleberry, but he called in sick. Like, Dude, may you have a most excellent adventure! Sick, narley and radical!
Amazing how people try that and fail when there is a positive entry. Every time I’ve entered corbets it’s been a negative entry with a 20ft drop and I’ve never scraped my way down
What's the music that starts at 1:18?
Nobody captures the exposure of the thing. You really need the context of the surrounding terrain to get a sense of how intimidating it is. The drop comes from narrow space between rock outcroppings at the top of a high ridge. Standing at the top is like standing on a high dive platform on top of a ten story building and aiming for a pool only a few yards across. Depending on snowpack, you’ve got time to set maybe two edges before the rocks open up and the run out begins. Unless you get first lines on a powder day, The snow at the top section is usually a hard crust that would be evil even on a slope that’s not near-vert. I’ve never seen anybody bomb the thing straight down, but if you’ve got the skills that’s probably your best bet. Also your scariest bet.
I want to hit this one day but I know it'll be way more nerve wracking once I see it in person
I want to go there some day
By now two guys actually got down this with their downhill bikes 😄
I love the Chicagoan’s naivety
Dude 2:45 me to the exact detail, except he went down because he ain't trash
Todd, tell me a little bit about the history of that amazing stash you're rocking. It's damn fine, and here's a firm handshake, good sir.
guy on the left is living in the 70ies
When you got double backflip 720’s claimed on that drop, this make you feel like you could rip it harder than these good folks.
Looks like if you have the balls to just drop straight in for that first 20 feet or so it's actually pretty easy after that. People are fucking up trying to control the entry too much. Although tbh I probably would too.
jeez ik the angle makes that look a lot easier, but i want to ski it sooo bad
White Face Mountain has some chutes, they are only open a few times a year
forrest jillson killing it
The key is to not hit those hard rocky things on either side.
And some OMGs :)
2:40nice stuff
Why don't they cover some of the exposed rocks with cushions? Better than breaking something.
Side slip, side slip, side slip; then carve. Watch out for that first step, "it's a dozy."
Judging the amount of vids from this couloir, a man could assume this is the shit! But i say MEH!! Go to Lofoten, Sunnmøre, Lyngen or the Alps.
No way, let’s live another run and finish strong at the Mangy Moose✌️
Stupid, dumb, and easy. Mastered this one when I was 2 years old.
This video left me with one feeling only: how much I wish Biff Huckneck is anyone's real name...
No problem...
One of the last people who fell in this video was not wearing a helmet 😬
Lol @ the smug ass guy at 2:33 with all the ski resort stickers on his helmet being like "Ladies I'm single"
I did this people who aren’t very good make it look harder than it actually is you can’t go in well sliding on your edges
So I hate being a judgemental prick of a skier but it always makes me cringe when I see people who think they can pull off chutes like this but have no idea what they're doing. Some of the people in this vid are lucky they aren't paralyzed
Yeah that girl in the vest and no helmet looked like she may have never even skied before.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that looks like it could be very easy for most advance skiers, if that wanted it that way for some reason?
How else does one learn to ski drops then?
The drop is hardly a large drop.. add 1 grab in there and you’re golden and it also is a steep landing. Seems like if you have experience dropping, skiing a nice straight line this is a pretty safe drop.. in the right conditions of course
Also Corbett’s is near a lift so if you do get “paralyzed” Everybody would know right away and Ski Patrol would drop in under 10 minutes to pick you up
What are my chances?
Not good...
Not good like 1 out of 100?
Not good like 1 out of 1 million...
Soooooo YOUR TELLIN THERE'S A CHANCE.... YAAAAAAA!!!
Commitment ppl! Come on!!
**Unfortunately it’s not for me, I’m lacking in the ‘just go for it’ Dept.
Внизу, на финише, дежурит катафалк.
Below, at the finish line, there is a hearse on duty.
Please keep me FAR away from that if I ever ski JH...I don't even want to be tempted!
Sooooo Fun
Always great to see plankers flattening a nice powder run with the right amount of snowboard and fear.