Most Dangerous Ski Runs in North America

[@arjunski]

Thanks for including my footage at 4:15 and at 4:19! The Lake Chutes are definitely some of the most challenging lines I've skied! Good list that definitely highlights some of the more challenging areas in North America! Some other runs worth mentioning: Little Couloir - Big Sky Headwaters - Big Sky Dutch Wallet - Kicking Horse (or literally any other double black at Kicking Horse) Krakatoa - Whistler Blackcomb The Couloir - Whistler Blackcomb Exhilaration - Whistler Blackcomb Surf's Up - Whistler Blackcomb Chimney - Palisades Tahoe Heart Chute - Kirkwood S&S Couloir - Jackson Hole Forbidden Zone - Snowbird Little Chute - Alta Money 1 & 2 - Alyeska High Life - Crested Butte Body Bag - Crested Butte Third Bowl - Crested Butte East Wall & Steep Gullies - Arapahoe Basin Eden - Aspen Highlands Upper 5 - Lake Louise Kiwi Flats - Mammoth Mountain Black Bess & Honeycomb Chutes - Solitude Heart of Darkness - Winter Park Stauffenberg - Taos Wild West: Luxton's - Sunshine Village All of Silverton (if it counts)

[@realfricci]

I've found more challenging runs at Crested Butte than the ones mentioned here. Runs like Paradise Cliffs/Big Chute area are more technical, as well as the entire Headwall area. I've found Phoenix Chutes and Staircase to be challenging, and Rambo is of course no joke. Check out Teo 2 Bowl the next time you're there (If it's open) and also try Flatiron and Psycho Rocks, both of which are very challenging.

[@4Rjxn]

we have the same name :O

[@Wanksteez]

Great list

[@ActiveRizzler]

yeah especially kiwi flats

[@Newjerseydevil950003]

Any groomed intermediate trail on a holiday Saturday in the Poconos.

[@FinduroVR]

Whistler Blackcomb has some really gnarly official runs which I'd imagine are near the difficulty of these, Hawaii 5-0, Krakatoa, Crack House, Whistler Couloir, Exhilaration and Elevator to name a few. I've skied for 20+ years and don't even feel close to skilled enough to do some of the stuff I've seen here. Im sure these are all bonkers as well, but it just goes to show gnarly stuff is everywhere if you know where to look

[@callumstocker4954]

Theres no fucking shot Rambo is harder than the eagles nest

[@TrukkD-CBCO]

As someone that lives in CB; Rambo isn't even the hardest run @ CB. Ski to the bottom of Phoenix, and look up Body Bag, Dead Bob's etc. NO THANK YOU.

[@killingaurapvp3178]

haven’t done rambo so i can’t personally compare

[@Gregory.Lukashin]

its not

[@callumstocker4954]

@@TrukkD-CBCO I agree, I was just at Tahoe and wouldn’t ever think of dropping into the eagles nest haha

[@DanaBriganti-Duckworth]

I can say Rambo is not that hard id even say that peel, banana, third bowl, phoenix bowl, and headwall is harder

[@TheNcmore]

Glad to have folks like you skiing these runs so I don't have to :=)

[@thefrogggy100]

You did forget that next to Corbet’s couloir there is S&S Couloir, which has a required drop of 20+ feet into a straightaway. It has its own waiver you have to sign. You also forgot that climb down runs exist - where you have to climb down into the chute. Pipeline at Snowbird and Dutch Wallet at Kicking Horse are both examples of this. You also forgot the headwaters at Big Sky, which require a lengthy 40 minute hike to get to the end of - the whole duration you are next to a several hundred foot drop that has massive cliffs.

[@nadakidd]

Also half of the shots skier's left of Great Scott are more dangerous than most on this list. Don't get me started with Fantasy Ridge. Kicking Horse is no joke though.

[@corneliusblackwood9014]

I don’t think Pipeline is that bad, the headwaters is a bit nerve wracking though.. for sure. I’ve experienced some stuff in the Alps that was far more terrifying than anything in NA or Canada and I’m been literally everywhere, skiing for 30+ years. This list is definitely odd though, seems like he read an article(s) and tossed together a list to try and make profit off views.

[@GrantDinger-g3s]

yeah Ive skied the headwater for the last 3 years and at the first time i was 11... It is definitly one of the most gnarly things I have ever done in my short 13 years of existance

[@thefrogggy100]

@@GrantDinger-g3s i was at big sky a couple years ago and i definitely wimped out on even trying them 😭

[@umpa5032]

Yeah this video is dumb as fuck. No mention of S&S and Rambo at #1. Stick to the blues buddy.

[@nespolo1597]

A basin should’ve been mentioned over breck. Overall though some pretty cool runs on this list some I didn’t know about.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Love seeing Lake Chutes. When I’m on a more “family friendly” ski trip to Breckenridge, it’s nice having some extreme terrain available with just a short hike.

[@decicrim7437]

Nice list! i would add kiwi flats from mammoth mountain to this list, short but puckering, 100% no fall run, with a mandatory cliff hop half way down the skinny chute.

[@roe907]

Hey I filmed number 5! Woohoo!

[@cayleereese]

the runs my dad brought me to when i was 11 and said "it's alright you got it"

[@alanboucek]

how hard is it to learn how to pronounce "couloir"?

[@isuckatbedwars2342]

Impossible😂

[@evhbombastic]

If you don't speak French, like most people reading this, it is a lot harder to learn how to pronounce "couloir" than say, an English word like "chute". Newsflash, professor, most people who learn to speak English first, have a very hard time learning to pronounce writen French words. I guess most of them, are not as smrt as you seem to think that you are. I bet you never had any difficulty learning how to pronounce terms/names such as; Rendezvous, Gros Ventre, or Dubois, huh.

[@alanboucek]

@@evhbombastic www.google.com/gasearch?q=couloir%20magazine&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#vhid=pNAObQ1Sb3jJlM&vssid=mosaic

[@antoineouellet4257]

​@@evhbombastic Newsflash, "chute" is, also, a French loanword.

[@johns3106]

AI generated narration often “mispronounces” words that don’t follow normal linguistic rules. Mispronunciations like this are often a dead giveaway that you’re not listening to a real person

[@deniseockey6204]

Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn. Good advice!

[@NoHatJack]

The coffin at Whistler blackcomb?

[@BurnsRubber]

This video is completely wrong. A 30min lift line for a blue run is definitely the hardest.

[@patconsidine4023]

2:11 Typical snowboarder scraping off alllll the snow

[@icecoastbum]

exactly what went through my head lol

[@morninboy]

They ruin many good schutes

[@cosmicstuff44]

Yah, was my first complaint back in the 80's when snow boards first started appearing on the ski slopes. If they actually know how to carve turns they're no problem, but there is a huge number of people riding those boards that just do scrape descents on anything steep, so they should stay off stuff they can't carve, and that goes for skiers as well.

[@MH-sp2ol]

I've been seeing a lot of skiers side slipping these days. The side slipping skiers tend to take longer and clog the chute for a long period of time. They seem to just stand there poking their poles, which forces me to straight line over their ski tips

[@cosmicstuff44]

@@MH-sp2ol bwahahahaaaa!

[@michaelwarner8006]

You did not include the Front Four at Stowe, VT!!

[@Woah-Snow435]

No hate to this creator but I feel that when it comes to the hardest ski runs all the lists don't not care about Bridger Bowl, I know it is a small resort but they have A LOT of runs that I think are worthy of a placement on at least one of these lists. Lemme give you a list of most of them: Saber Slice, 6th Grade, Jaws 1, Cottom's Classic, Good Grief, Elf Stone, Out of Control, End of Control, Jess's Fine Line, Nun's, Trap Door Direct, Tight Squeeze, Kneil's, Dirty 'neils, Cuckoo's, Mad Women's, Brain Damage, Angry Chair, Dry Martini, Lost Shot Notch, Lost Shot Straight line, Two Way Street, Chute 7, X Couloir, Princess Point, Pondwarf's Pucker, Angel's Flight, The Diving Board, The Tree House Drop, Stimulus Package, Spud's Angry Pocket, Lower Never Never Land, The Waltz, Spicy Palapa, The Four Virtues, Mr. Wiggles, Jaws 2, Job 3, Right Side Direct and Sometimes a Good Notion. Most of these have decent media coverage, at least on You Tube. Of course I can't compare any of these to the ones in these lists from experience since I am not crazy enough to do any of these, yet, but still. Then again with these list there really is no exact top 10 hardest ski runs. Besides that decent list.

[@ryder.m16]

they dont really care about bridger cause it definetly sucks alot and only has slow lifts. everyone should go to bigsky

[@beckettmatz7576]

bro is the only one out here spiting facts

[@SSStxrm]

this man has gone off with only a coupple of vids keep i up man.

[@miketrotter665]

Missed a bunch in Canada

[@mfutch]

the publicity rambo gets is weird, not even the hardest run at CB

[@Woah-Snow435]

fr though Stair Case and Body Bag are much worse and that is just the start.

[@amirsyoutube9518]

I watch these videos even though I will never be good enough to ski these runs.

[@WildcatPlayz]

Vail has a run called Pumphouse if you wanted to look at that or if you can do research on another run at vail that was closed, it was called Narrows.

[@scott783]

what about Body Bag at Crested Butte?

[@briankillian5248]

I was wondering why Mammoth's KT22 didn't make it?

[@dwolfism]

Yes, you should have mentioned Stauffenberg at Taos. Just getting there from the high traverse is pretty hairy. Also, Upper Inferno at Taos has Volkswagen size moguls which then lead to trees with a 40° pitch with significant bumps

[@Viajealduende]

Glad you mentioned it. Stauffenberg I grew up skiing and it may not be the most difficult in the world but it’s equal to some of these on the list, for sure.

[@Cross_eyed_is_him123]

Bro this channel is so underrated I love it

[@Sawyerdoesstuff]

No he just posts the same videos then unlists them and post them again

[@Tman465-r6c]

my dad did delirium one time and told me about itand now i find myself wondering what it will be like when i get on that run

[@AlexandreRochonBelec]

It always depends on the conditions! If there’s snow, I’m good anywhere… if it’s icy fast and hard to control with changing snow, Its way scarier!! Canada is full of gnarly terrain!! 🤘 Can’t wait to get back to the mountains!

[@Boogermonster22]

Steep gullies or North Pole at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado

[@XC-Track-Running]

Kiwi flats at Mammoth, should’ve been on the list

[@philhey8847]

Points deducted for reporting on a ski run in Vermont but showing an image shot in Whistler, Canada.

[@Lucasamazing408]

How could you even find these ski runs

[@pete6705]

I went to Corbet’s, but when I went it was just pure ice and rocks. They had it closed off. One day I was there they unclosed it, but it was still pure ice, I didn’t see a single person go down. I went up to it and looked down, but said no way.

[@brendan6612]

Great Scott took me out last season 😂 Made it down fine but my quad started cramping so bad i had to lay there for a few minutes

[@bradmacdonald7626]

0:50 is a shot from the base of Whistler😊

[@owenMartin-df6bh]

I’ve skied lake chute before it’s pretty sick

[@3DPrintGorillaTag]

I think you should’ve added Indian ridge at copper mountain. Colorado

[@Gstonecards]

How about pipeline couloir at snowbird

[@Vint_ape]

0:51 that blackhomb mountain not vermont

[@edwarddeatley1117]

Great video and well produced. Fun to watch. The problem with Lewis like this as it’s very subjective. A list like this is bound to upset some people. I’ve heard kill the banker is tough. I don’t think the lake shoots at Breckenridge are that difficult.I’d love to try some of them but the risk reward is just too freaky.

[@achillendimond2124]

Putting Great Scott on this list when Pipeline is right there is wild to me. There are some seasons Pipeline doesn’t open at all. Great Scott is steep, and the top is super rocky, but it’s like a sledding hill compared to Pipeline. My dad has been skiing LCC since the 70s and the first time he dared ski Pipeline was last season. That man has skied Chamonix and La Grave multiple times and spent weeks working himself up to do Pipeline. I’ll ski laps on GS like it’s nothing and have since I was 13 but my dad straight up refused to take me to do pipeline because of how sketchy the approach is.

[@comaproshredders]

Thank you

[@CamenWomack-jl6ml]

Ive been to crested butte and I loved it

[@JohnGM96]

polar star couloir or grand teton? If you'd like, maybe take a look on the 50 by Cody townsend.

[@andrewyoung8764]

this is a video on marked ski runs champ

[@PaperScalez]

On the ridge to a ski run at the mountain I go to I sometimes think “oh yeah I could totally die right now haha”

[@SilverDeer57]

how did Big Couloir from Big Sky not make this? It's consistently over 50 degree pitches, and you need authorization and avalanche training to ride the tram up to it.

[@Mt406-savebs]

Gaper

[@kkennedy1693]

20° of glare ice > 50° powder. Conditions define danger ratings.

[@marcusp9288]

did you reupload this?

[@UncoveringSkiing]

Yes, old version got deleted by KZbin

[@philsanderson7024]

Hard to believe that the Big Couloir at Big Sky didn't make the list.

[@ludmilayakubov4011]

Where’s Travis rice in Alaska?

[@mcsqueegee81]

Quite a random list, missing some for sure. Tough a bit to nail it but this doesnt. Are these vids peiced together, of other people skiing? Would be better if you were skiing each

[@WAfortunes]

Channels like the vail resorts of North America just without the price tag

[@skimtbmax]

Kiwi flats at Mammoth and S&S couloir at Jackson Hole would be honorable mentions. Both of them are only skiable at perfect conditions though. So not sure if they really belong on this list

[@stevenkardas]

At my ski area the most dangerous part is not taking a header in the parking lot !

[@audas]

The comments in this thread are more informative than the video. Which is still great.

[@KeepShreddin]

This has gotta be out of order. There is no way Rambo is harder than corbets lmao

[@killingaurapvp3178]

Rambo looks so much scarier than whatever #2 is. There are so many trees sticking out that can take you out on Rambo.

[@phraenque6657]

i think it's less about how difficult the run is and more about how dangerous it is- falling on rambo means you are bouncing off trees and rocks all the way down, at corbet's you've at least got some open snow to work with if you make a mistake

[@shappooppi]

Corbet’s is way easier than Rambo or s&s. Corbet’s just has name recognition so people think it’s hard. There’s also not a lot of consequence from taking a crash on corbet’s. You take a 50 foot wipeout and call it a day. Also, I can only speak from experience but this is a terrible list. The hardest run at Breckenridge is probably 6 senses. Mandatory air into a mandatory straight line . They’re just saying that it’s Lake Chutes because Crazy Ivan 2 is steep af. Rambo isn’t the hardest run at crested butte. It’s fucking scary and the top is usually all rocks but it’s not harder than body bag. The problem with these lists is people haven’t actually skied these runs, so they’re just going on word of mouth. And lots of trail maps won’t give you specifics, so if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you’re not skiing it.

[@gheat1]

eagles nest is way harder than rambo

[@killingaurapvp3178]

i've only skied one of the two but rambo is definitely harder

[@arjunski]

@@killingaurapvp3178 uhhhhhh, idk about that one. Rambo's a tree cut run with a few obstacles and reaches a max pitch of 45ish degrees. Eagles Nest is a sheer rock face that requires insane billy-goating and a huge exit drop and it reaches pitches upwards of 60 degrees. It's not even a comparison, they're not even in the same league. Plus Rambo isn't even close to the hardest run at CBMR

[@killingaurapvp3178]

​@@arjunski Yeah I was trolling. This video is wildly inaccurate. Can't really personally compare the two tho cus I haven't skied Rambo.

[@brianstaudt8246]

😂you know how to make me feel better when I don’t even have my glasses

[@itzscop3]

Gautheir A-Basin , Any of the steep gullies at A-Basin, also Janitors Closet at ... you guessed it... abasin.

[@surftolearn9864]

What about Taos NM

[@TheUnMarkableB]

What about The Big Coulier in Big Sky

[@ilyadon]

The Big Couloir at Big Sky should be on this list.

[@ChefLukeMurray]

I have seen this video before 🤔🤔🤔(reupload?)

[@UncoveringSkiing]

Yeah the old version got taken down unfortunately. I changed it up a bit

[@ChefLukeMurray]

Ok thanks! Was it for Copyright reasons?

[@stefanpecher-d9t]

I as a level 4 skier saw the first 2 as doable, but oh boy #8 and below seemed completely insane

[@richardpare3538]

You forgot many of the runs at Tuckerman Ravine in New Hampshire.

[@georgemcelroy3058]

Until you've hiked up and skied Tuckerman's Ravine, I think you haven't done it all!

[@dundeedolphin]

That snowboarder sliding sideways, down the entire length of the couloir, is boiling my piss.

[@jonhjonhathon5142]

2%???

[@MrMywildside]

I was surprised not to see Big Couloir at Big Sky on here. As for in bounds runs at Snowbird, forget Great Scott. That run is cake if the snow is good. Pipeline is the one that somebody said should have been mentioned. I watched a video of it the other day. It’s open only a few days each season. I would never dare try it given that the hike to it alone looks sketchy, and the climb down in over the rocks has to be done flawlessly, otherwise falling means a closed casket funeral.

[@foyorama]

Alyeska: New Years and Money chutes are steeper than Christmas .... Both of them don't even open most of the time, after skiing in Alyeska over 30 years I have seen ¨Money¨ open only 5 times

[@JackarooVR]

Why’d you quit and go to geography 😢

[@BUS_TeaCupz]

Bro said it’s difficult because of the variable weather, in Vermont (shows a clip of Whistler)

[@skibidirizzsigmaas]

You’re missing the heathen at sunlight mountain resort! It’s 52 degrees

[@Ilovebananas3562]

Also big sky’s big couloir is harder than cornets.

[@coloradoskiing101]

As someone who has skied Rambo myself, I can conclude it is not really challenging enough to be at number one. Instead, I believe that Third Bowl can be one of the hardest runs in North America if you know where to look. I wouldn't put this at number one, but it would probably be on my list.

[@andresamson8859]

So many facts are wrong, you might mix up degres with %. Because most of these run are no way near 45 degrees. Corbets at 50degres… wtf . Clearly you never step foot on 50degree slope to say that… snow will barely stick to it! Alaska is renowned for having the steepest mountains slope , and this is because of the abnormal climate that make the snow stick to the face.

[@jojoski2]

yes reality is far lower, look at "skibum net do-it-up/comparing-steepness-of-ski-trails/" numbers few over 40° "The guys days : Ski areas are notorious for making claims. They exaggerate almost as much as skiers. In fact, the ski area spokesman’s propensity to enhance and embellish the treachery of a steep trail is second only to those of us who ski them."

[@hopsterbb2571]

Yea, 40-42 is around the max, much steeper and it’s rocks. Don’t fall on double blacks folks…there’s no safe out once it happens!

[@MichaelKantor1]

Is McConkeys actually a run? I guess so, but very rarely is it skiable and when it is, you don't actually make turns on it. Not without being extremely willing to blow out an edge or worse. So many other lines at Palisades that should be on this list, but it wouldn't leave much room for the other mountains to be included. IMHO. :)

[@sandwitchvr]

Yoo!! I am from Vermont and have heard of the first place but I didn’t know it was so dangerous😅😅

[@zhezhang3055]

The video just mentioned a few well-known runs, but definitely not the most dangerous ones. For example, body bag at crested butte (which is more difficult than rambo), little couloir/A-Z chutes at big sky, once is enough/heart chute at kirkwood.

[@pemonks]

This. Once is Enough gets done quite a bit, but there are entire seasons the Heart Chute doesn't get done at all, and it's not because of a lack of snow (Kirkwood is typically one of the top 2 or 3 resorts for snowfall in California most seasons - the long term average is around 350").

[@Wyatt-to4np]

idk if you count s and s but I'd say that should be on here

[@GwendolynWeiland]

I think "the palasades" at sugar bowl in tahoe CA should be there tbh. I tried it. never doing it again

[@Ilovebananas3562]

You forgot about Big Skys hells half acre

[@Likebikes54321]

I live Colorado in breckinridge

[@TTT95FFF]

2:10 tf is he doing 😂😂

[@highimphilip]

#2 looks the hardest. Jackson Hole #2.

[@zeanonimogameplay6305]

you missed s&s colouir in jackson hole is just on side coberts and requires a turn in the air so you not hit a rock wall

[@benjach5409]

S&S Couloir???

[@SomeOne-jz7cn]

2:13 this is exactly why snowboarders suck. This dude just ruined the snow for everyone else.

[@animallover3328]

6:51 that one kid at elementary school

[@Exspr]

I would do every single one of these if my friend said two words. No balls

[@GrantDinger-g3s]

hey buddy u forgot the entire headwaters ski area at Big Sky, where it is a 40 minute hike along a cliff where you only have about 1 1/2 widths of your foot to step ... and once you actually get to the trail there is almost never anywhere to go. On top of all this, once you actually get to ski the trail, you have to have a complete knowledge of the area because a wrong path on any of the chutes could take you to some mandatory air that could potentially be dangerous It is one of the scariest things I have ever done in my 13 years of existence I legitimately almost died 3 time in the past 3 years that I have skied them

[@Itsyourboyyet225]

Bro you missed (Church) at sugarbush VT

[@bradmacdonald7626]

The fact that you made a video about the most dangerous runs in North America, yet don’t know the correct pronunciation of the word couloir, is astonishing.

[@cimirie01]

I literally thought the same thing. For me it called into question whether he actually knows what he’s talking about. The list seems decent though.

[@2AMSteezy]

Shut up

[@deweybotarchive]

he may have a speak impediment

[@deweybotarchive]

i have one and i can’t pronounce couloir

[@markarnold7411]

You are complaining about a computer generated (Artificial Intelligence) voice.

[@Lilbro63]

Dude I’m 13 and like in Alaska and I’ve skied Christmas chute😂

[@ObviousPseudonym]

Watching the snowboarder side slipping all the snow off of Brain Damage made my blood boil. If you don’t have the skill to ski/ride it properly, stay off it.

[@peakmatt]

90 percent of the people who do runs like these are just doing survival skiing then enjoying a beer afterwards with their stories. So just enjoy it.

[@mrsentencename7334]

How are you supposed to get better if you’re not allowed to ski a run badly?

[@samuellewis6386]

You missed sms coiloir as #1

[@JimmyColliderPLAYS-kj4pn]

7th heven?

[@EthanG-f8p]

I’ve already done lake chutes at 12 years old and I can say that it doesn’t even belong on the top 20

[@Theguybehind_you]

You: When people hear hard ski runs they things a steep pitch or moguls Me: No I just think about corbets couloir