Behind The Scenes - Corbet's Couloir

[@Cappy609]

Back in the 70's, when I lived in JH, people were hucking huge air and doing flips. I skied Corbet's and it is intimidating for sure. But there was one magic morning, only one in 8 seasons that I lived there, that there was NO DROP into Corbet's. The snow was so piled up it was simply a super deep, super steep cruise. Great memories. Thanks for the awesome shoot. Made this old ski bum smile.

[@flandrescarlet2903]

I had a day like this once, not at JH but at Aspen Highlands, the runs with cliff drops were just completely dropless and it was amazing.

[@whistlerborn]

Imagine the first to ski it decades ago with old gear and the knowledge that no one had done it before...

[@tuckersossaman4485]

Imagine Corbet

[@Jen-lc5yc]

And when helmets weren't worn. Oofff

[@thesweeples3266]

How do you know the first guy wasn’t wearing new equipment?

[@mrcool76789]

@@thesweeples3266 it was probably some wooden shit

[@mikehawk8276]

That feeling when you say i'll remeber this day for the rest of my life

[@raysoutsideplace]

That feeling you get when you feel the feels right in your gut watching this, but you know it's probably past your time to do it.... and maybe I missed my chance..... and maybe I might not get to feel that feeling or remember that day for the rest of my life. Do not let this feeling get you. Go do it, now. This is me logging off and going outside...

[@rds990]

Nice to see Benny at 2:38. Have not skied with him since 1974.

[@elonmust7470]

Thats awesome

[@twochordcool]

So awesome - one-third crazy, one-third balls and one-third skills! I'd never backflip off there - I'd be happy enough to get to the point to just to a regular jump in and ski it! May never get there but it's thrilling to watch these guys!

[@bunt1691]

I checked it off my bucket list in 97. Never has been matched. Perhaps one day at Big Sky.

[@LightningScar89]

Gives me chills just watching it

[@zerospins]

Any skiers proving ground, a must do.

[@allornothing432]

3:13

[@mtadams2009]

I love skiing out west and the Hole is the place to go, Great Mt and town

[@williamgilson9310]

Even in Vermont we know who your dad is, inspiring for sure.

[@chrisprosser25]

You ski the East you can shred it anywhere.

[@GavynPendleton]

I plan to ski this but i don't plan to back flip into it

[@twochordcool]

Yeah, that's how I see it - I MAY ski it some day with a regular jump in, if I get to a point where I think I can do it, but I'll never backflip in.

[@savannahcanfield7134]

Gavyn Pendleton the hell

[@themooselord9848]

@@GavynPendleton STOP

[@rds990]

I skied with that dude at 2:38 waaay back in 1972 in Jackson. Hardly anybody knew what Jackson Hole was back then. What's up Benny ??!! 😎 Teton Village looked a lot different then.......so did Benny (and me too !!) .

[@711honved]

Top drawer skiers showing how it's done!

[@Colpire7]

3:37 his left ski almost catches....that could have been bad. Close but pulled it off well!

[@LAURAGAINESZ]

I jumped in in 1981 when I quit my job and went ski bumming. Theo jumped in I slid in and lost my hat but skied the remainder of the run. Not many people were jumping in back then.

[@benjaminlaster3773]

RIP Theo.

[@cvn6555]

Note that at 0:23 the trail signs show Corbet's to the left and East Ridge Traverse to the right. Is there a double-black diamond traverse anywhere else in North America? I took that traverse one time. Crazy. One bad move and you're probably toast. Skied a lot of the chutes at Jackson and that traverse sticks in my mind as one place I will avoid in the future.

[@j.kevinmoran9678]

I'm glad I am as old as I am and hopefully as wise, I have no desire to do Corbett's as I had no desire or the ability to do it more than thirty years ago when I was at Jackson. I was just awed by the size of the area. These guys make it look so easy or doable. Now in my 70's I only wish????????????????

[@twochordcool]

I know what you are saying - I am a 47 year old progressing skier and I wonder if I'll ever have the skills enough, young enough, to even flirt with the thought of doing it! I reckon at a certain age you'd just say forget it, you either got too old to mess around with it or did not get to an ability level young enough to mess around with it - time just ran out on you. And maybe it's for the best, this borders on daredevil type shit!

[@SneakerHeadAustin]

Timothy Dannenhoffer It's never too late. That's what action sports are about, pushing limits.

[@tomtom9509]

Once you're past the lip,it's quite an easy piece for a decent skier, especially in those conditions... Of course the only problem is to get past the lip. My brain knows that jumping it is altogether simpler, but I guess if i'd ever do it, I'll be more like the guy at 1:09 than the guy in green at 4:45

[@VisserJoost]

you can't drop in by jumping.... Have you been there ?.... It's a straight "fall" it's not jumping at all.... You can "ride out" Courbet with one or two "soft" turns... A quick turn in the beginning makes it a lot "sketchier", then you're flirting with rocks/walls.

[@VisserJoost]

I see what you ment now.... with the guy in the beginning at 1:09 ....lol. Well, that makes it a lot more difficult. The key is speed (and just balls...). You have to deal with very high speed, if you master that, this is not really a hard "peak"... (It's a cliff fall....) But now I understand what you mean, haha.... Yeah, that's how a lot of people can "check of" Courbet couloir.... (and then tell everybody how they "ripped" it....)

[@twochordcool]

Yeah, don't know if it's ever easy at any point - but definitely looks like the trickiest part is past you once you are safely 25% of the way down! Looks like if you can land it properly and have your balance on landing you'd be in pretty good shape to ride it out.

[@Quatuux]

Honestly, the green guy's way to do it actually seems easy for a freerider, with his low speed the jump is not as huge as the others.

[@Skw-lincs]

Front flip was nuts! no fear

[@DallasBush2]

its just so narrow! i feel like if you don't land with your tips straight down the mountain you're going right into that nasty wall of rock

[@GarretWeintrob]

You'd be surprised - the path that skiers carve out leads you away from that rock without even trying.

[@Yellocarrot]

Ok, that was sick !

[@ba8e]

Hold my beer...

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Chute 75 at Squaw Valley is similar to Corbett's, (45 degrees, ~15 foot cornice) except you land in a mogul field on 75. Corbett's seems more intimidating because of the rocks instead of trees. Like trees are any softer to hit ;) . Both are very classic steeps.

[@surfr009]

Dat Switch 1 was filthy, mad steez

[@mtlrippr]

The Dream Factory was killer!!!

[@simeonminkov6810]

they should be ABSOLUTELY CRAZY to do this

[@derpferguson5400]

nah, as long as you know the line and your ability, this isn't tough. By "not that tough" I mean that I peed myself and had nightmares for a week after I tried it.

[@snowyphil65]

my boss, a former JHMR lift mechanic, loved this segment of the movie, and thinks you're all nuts lol

[@tomduncan2400]

i love the view of big red up there

[@KyleTeichert]

great shoot. epic for sure. Don't mean to be a stickler on american pronunciation, but this run deserves some respect, and couloir should be pronunciated correctly. Just on this video alone, there were 3 different ways people said it, and none felt comfortable saying it. So as a climber, and avid hiker, who dated a french girl. I'm setting the record straight. It's a french word, and is pronounced "cool-wah". Thank you for the great video. I love TGR!

[@darktenka9436]

The amount of balls in this video could support 100 basketball games.

[@majestic-skies]

Mann I would love to snowboard this in my lifetime. Would you guys say a mid level boarder would be able to handle something insane like this though? I just dont want to die lol

[@laughintrollface]

just make sure there is a nice soft layer of powder and send it

[@proverbalizer]

does anything about this run look 'mid" level? lol

[@TommyR1987]

sick video, almost ski time here :D

[@therainbowbus]

That's what I was thinking lol. I was waiting for a shoot to appear but the landing....ouch.

[@ttttttttttc]

would practicing landing on the jumps in park ski areas help with those cliff drops? It's about getting used to the air time and being able to land properly, right?

[@ttttttttttc]

or maybe just practice on a wider cornice

[@peter1234930]

Chen Cheng Definitely. I grew up skiing only park and I think it helped a lot with big drops.

[@VisserJoost]

start with just "falling" straight of little clifs.. clifdrops give you a good "hangtime" feeling... Good question bro!..

[@VisserJoost]

+Jose Pescador and of course the trampoline ...

[@rogerschenewerk167]

Better than a morning cup of coffee with a Jäger chaser.

[@skiingkms2010]

The only thing hard about Corbet's is getting into it after that its a easy green run.

[@scrivdog3421]

green run? BRUH

[@freeskierinsf]

so sick

[@cbloans]

Corbet's is the BOMB

[@johnnyBuz072]

i don't understand .. did that guy who did the BASE jump-esque front flip just land on his back? he totally could have rotated that around quicker. it looked sick but that had to hurt pretty bad right?

[@Flipster72]

Sick!!!!

[@therealakalaska9485]

now this is how you ride

[@swordfish00007]

amazing

[@skijay1997]

Thats awesome

[@Whisky_Four-Three]

just realised....I actuall stopped breathing during the jump section. unreal

[@fawkesyshazam]

It's called a lawn dart. He lands on his back intentionally.

[@24carrot_]

"the most challenging in-bounds run in the United States" S&S: Am I a joke to you?

[@Owen-r2j]

that is not in bounds technically. You sign a waiver if you're going to hit it lol

[@pnwmotocross]

Whoever did that lawn dart front and landed on his back had to hurt

[@KentNickels]

Look in the background at 4:05. There's a guy in the middle of the cliff.

[@jtsburn]

did they died

[@troyswindowwashingkeepingi1258]

I did a double backflip back in 79 at core BIC

[@drewzisasoccerfreak]

Oh ok Troy

[@xsiveone]

The first time I dropped into Corbet's was back in 1985.

[@Tekkenman101]

Why does no one use snowboards for it?

[@Tekkenman101]

you spelled it wrong.

[@mouleteric]

Alan D i know but it makes me cooler

[@xL96A1xEXPOx]

People do snowboard down it, just its much harder. Skiers can shuffle their way down the initial vertical part, whereas snowboarders are forced to cliff drop it.

[@nicolorallo1729]

Teton Gravity Research make SKI films, that's why they didn't invite any snowboarders to hit it.

[@acow2955]

+Nicolo Rallo TGR also films snowboarders. In this video, they just didn't happen to have any snowboarders, I guess.

[@benjaminlaster3773]

TGR, Todd Getting Rounder

[@MrSnowss21]

4:30 that failed front of that like 40 ft cliff how is that not death?

[@harrydebenham8533]

straight into pow

[@ciaranocallaghan5113]

It wasn't a fail. What you need to understand is that when skiing over drops of that magnitude if you land feet first you'll snap both your legs like twigs, you have to land body first. Whether it be on your side or on your back but it's the only way to land if you want to keep all your bones in one piece.

[@melvindoo6955]

Ciaran O'Callaghan that's just plain and simple not true...

[@user-wp9mb5yq5e]

@@ciaranocallaghan5113 lol I don't think you ski....

[@alexfelts3104]

I did it!

[@snowNdirtproductions]

nice

[@wenodovideos604]

Can u snowboard here?

[@JamesRea2]

I'd be pissed if I traveled across the country and Corbet's was closed on a primo day.

[@tjromero3195]

RC helicopter...I was wondering why they wouldn't just use a drone, and then realized when this video came out

[@TheCascadeSurf]

let me google that for you

[@wolverineman95]

Whats the song in the beginning?

[@Matthew_berry6]

wow

[@LifeCinematicOnline]

Damn...

[@claymoorhead]

Really dude? Whatever you say.

[@lokezep]

never been to squaw (want to), what's the most challenging IYO?

[@joshua3113]

I was watching Aries Spears comedy last night and he was saying how crazy us white people are. I see it now that he's right.

[@area51r]

people who waste there youth on playing video games will never know what this is like.

[@pfeffelofsky]

you`re so cool. where`s your pro career?

[@JaalsBoi]

I can't watch these things cuz they remind how bad I am in comparison lol!

[@niwar8yearsago31]

3:20

[@wilsonmandudebro]

photographer

[@KTrainz]

9,666 subscriber! yay :I

[@dabertchang85]

Fawkesy Shazem, o rlly it's intentional? Mb...........

[@takeguess]

That is me at 2:22! follow me @bobarker on steemit for behind behind the scenes...

[@doureallythinkitsme]

Actually there are places where you can't snowboard so stops the sarcasm in this video there is only skiers so, let him be

[@wenodovideos604]

Ok lemme her what came up

[@vincent7520]

WTF … Will ya stop talking about how you're great in making movies and show the skiers actually ski down this cliff, slope, ridge, couloir whatever you name it !… Goddam …

[@damian.gamlath]

Weeeeeeeeee!!!

[@victorguettlein4954]

There are easier ways to try committing the unspeakable act...

[@chanctonbury63]

Dont want to knock the skiers, skiing or the scenery, but whats the big deal?? Its a little couloir with a lip at the top. So what?

[@chanctonbury63]

No I got nothing `cept ive been living in the Chamonix valley for the last 10 years. lifes a bitch.

[@chanctonbury63]

Well youd better get a move on then.

[@Furmio]

chanctonbury63 oh look at me i live in chamonix everyone be like me im the best! fuck you

[@johnnyt5465]

French frog. Learn to ski.

[@deemiller943]

I used to be an everyday back country skier. In the U.S....Taos, New Mexico...all double diamond territory. Big Mountain, Whitefish , Montana, huge backcountry cliff sections and thick trees. This drop into the coulier is pretty tough. Not too many people can make it look this easy. Don't think I could....

[@rudimatt4218]

Bet almost everyone that talks are eastcoast transplants who think that Corbets is so rad because they have nothing like that back east. Yawn.

[@oc1bob]

Try Tuckermans Ravine headwall

[@brianrapp2883]

1976 Brian rapp wounderland school 16 yearold longhaired blonde norweigan surf kid skied chest deep holeback bowls christmas snowed six days then bluebird day Craig natvig state beach 15 yearold droped in at ss corbits corrlure made it look easy canyonlocalfilmscom

[@vicinvesta8349]

4:19 Crowd attention seeking idiocy kicked in

[@thisizwade]

Squaw Valley Palisades > Corbet's

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

I'd say chute 75 at Squaw is about the same as Corbett's, except on 75 you land in a mogul field. That's what I experienced anyway

[@troyswindowwashingkeepingi1258]

Looks petty lam

[@trry699]

What is really lame is your Superman trick or treat outfit.

[@VisserJoost]

Wtf dude?.... go do a double backflip into a foam pit!...

[@MrNucleartech]

first yes

[@arielrh500]

Not cool-wah. That would be spelled coulois. The r is pronounced but quietly and rather dragged out, somewhat guttural or rolled.

[@Owndirlimo]

Chad gay

[@brianrapp2883]

1976 christmas vacation pali sades high ski team riders craig natvig Aspen skiinstruter also Colorado buffalos downhill teamrider and surfkid from will Rogers state beach we were 15and chargeing waves and deep powder trenes jaconhole holback bowl six mole runs to tram snowed six days strait light snow chest deep we skied Hart javalins 207sm.powdergirl jenni kaplin skied Hot canyonlpcalfilmscom

[@mayster58]

Тут тільки пиздять. Нема на що дивитись.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

4:30 People: "Woooooooooo!" Me: "Ummm...I think he might be dead, guys." 😕