The Gnarliest Run at Arapahoe Basin - (Season 5, Day 89)

It took me 11 years to finally do this run and I am so happy I did! It is by far the coolest run at Arapahoe Basin.
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[@ellstackeradventures]

:)

[@kmarble3286]

Legend has it that he's still in those chutes scraping snow.

[@chloe_the_belgian_warmbloo9523]

Can’t wait until Roman is out doing this with you 😂✨

[@bumpsandriffles1041]

SO HEAVY!!! Glad you are doing more of this stuff. I love watching your park vids and all but this is my kind of riding. Really fun to watch you guys kill these chutes!

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Heck yeah man! Thanks for the feed back! Indefinitely want a healthy mix of both 🙌🏼

[@camdenburke3039]

Well at least we know why that chute is never in. This guy keeps on scraping the entire base off

[@boatg2450]

That Benton backflip in the intro was nuts

[@skillswithwill475]

Planning on doing this this weekend, thanks for the preview, keep up the good work man!

[@climbingcue]

16:15 in the video I am in the green jacket. Benton did a 360 into the parking lot right in front of me. I realize it was you guys when I was driving home and passed you in the car on the way to home. That was way to many core shots for my board, would love to do it when we get a good snow year.

[@paperfoxka]

What the guy with the rental board did before you:

[@humblereminder3129]

These videos are extremely helpful sowing terrain for a beginner and the content is wonderful and educational!

[@fullforcecrossfit3540]

Benton scratching up that free thinker just breaks my heart!!!! But knowing Benton is riding a free thinker is super dope!!!! Keep on keeping on dudes!!!

[@TheFxdstudios]

Dang dude. I hike everywhere normally at breck but that’s just gnarly.

[@erich5670]

Its okay, us skiers shave off plenty of snow too when we get in side slip scenarios.

[@ericgulseth74]

I've never understood that complaint about snowboarding as I've seen just as many skiers sideslip. (Myself included)

[@eberlchl]

@@ericgulseth74 i’m not saying in all situations, but as a skiier I’ll jump turn in narrow shoots if possible. There’s really no thrill in side slipping down a chute. Be aggressive within your comfort level.

[@joelbarker421]

@@eberlchl me too , if i side slip its likely because I shouldn't be where I am haha !@

[@nathanbremer7981]

Totally. I always feel so bad.

[@erich5670]

Just an FYI jump turns also shed a lot of snow from the trail.

[@faitfrags2455]

Going to Breckinridge Thursday so I’m really excited. I’m an intermediate skier.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

You will love it!

[@MrHardcoregamerLP]

I was here today and honestly, I can't wait for next year and hope that the snow will be better. It was still a blast but soooo sketchy. I cant wait for a few pow days

[@owenwojciak2815]

I gotta say, knowing that johnathan will always have a video out makes me happy

[@ThatIsNotMyMama]

6:44 Dude that was SO SICK!

[@adventurercarlo115]

That's pure Gnarly!!

[@FABRCTR]

Yes!! Those drops are sick!!!! I definitely want to hit those one day!!

[@DissAssoc13]

Dude, I KNOW why you waited! I'll ski it vicariously.

[@ThirdEyePerspective1111]

The "Nope" Chute. That's what I'd name it

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Hahaha 🤣

[@robbieevans6536]

Ski the Legend!

[@sk8alldayandnight69]

Any run can be the gnarliest run when you push all the snow off u tool

[@abekornelsen125]

Right?? This is pussy shit. Ill have to start posting videos of real runs. Taking jumps at 40mph. Flying over rock drops

[@sk8alldayandnight69]

@@abekornelsen125 yes dude that would be so gnarly

[@abekornelsen125]

@@sk8alldayandnight69itd be better then watching these guys and sliding all the way down haha carve a little around the rocky areas then fly the rest of the way

[@FisherAdventures_02]

Dude you are legit crazy i want to ride like you one day

[@PosiP]

yes, loving it.

[@brianroffey9187]

Corbets at Jackson hole is usually cited as the steepest inbounds terrain in North America. East wall is through a gate and not technically inbounds tho so it could be steeper

[@breckr1121]

Corbet's is only steep in the drop, after that it's around 35-40 degrees steep.

[@hamiltonnewhart3053]

Corbets not bad after the drop in really

[@lindseydundar5101]

I also heard the Rambo at crested butte is the steepest run in North America

[@patrickmcmahon6482]

@@lindseydundar5101 idk I’ve been to snowbird and the upper cirque is pretty steep honestly great Scott I think is near 50 degrees maybe 55 I’m not too sure I could be wrong. The big couloir at big sky is steep too I’m pretty sure that’s 55 degrees also

[@rollingedges9469]

Mmm idk east wall is just shark's on a black, not even near as steep as corbets run out. Buying a topsheet doesn't make you a pro.

[@treybutler3344]

Bro, that’s not snowboarding.. that’s hiking with a snowboard on lol. Looks hella fun though

[@MichaelMegaX]

Went to A-Basin for the first time last Thursday and this was so fun to watch!

[@udailey]

Benton! Holy cow!

[@nathanbremer7981]

Ive always loved skiing at a basin. Never thought I’ve doing the east wall though. I think it’s AWSOME that you did it

[@babyzfpv1234]

Honestly the stickers are awesome. I think that any where are you see this evolution sticker is iconic. As somebody who snowboards or even skis. Keep advertising harder and harder.

[@ellstackeradventures]

Dude now that is gnarly

[@avrumileshkowitz4276]

Content keeps getting better 🤙

[@cadensfishingadventures5963]

I can’t wait to see Roman doing this

[@PenguinAdventures631]

your content is sick

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Thank you!

[@JaredCurrent]

My stomach was kinda tingly watching you stay in the fall line ready to take a rock to the knee.

[@momof2dc]

Great view on chute 2 -- 12:15 on is very cool

[@CI3_CI3]

8:10 That was the most graceful backflip on a board I've ever seen. Such beauty :)

[@Londonocw]

Just did this last week. Awesome run!

[@MaddoxStarns]

This is nuts dude, and Johnathan you gotta come out to Bogus Basin next season to ride with Ellstacker Adventures and I!

[@TheArchiveOfWonder]

That's my home mountain too :) Skis season is about done but Bike season will be here soon.

[@snowboardal5562]

So steep, then that camera makes it look even worse 😅 my heart be pumping if I was there Yo Benton! Sick double BF you did bro 💪🏻💪🏻

[@bonefishboards]

Hell of a rock dance

[@connorh12]

This is definitely one of my favorite videos, great job!

[@codykicks3624]

This video was so knarly hooolleeyyyy!!!

[@robertwhite5125]

You might wanna throw on the ole beacon when you do runs like this. Arapahoe basin in particular is notorious for in bound avalanches.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

I was thinking that! Definitely will start

[@jaredbrady5814]

Soo gnarly!

[@MrMasterNorris]

You’re literally nuts. I’ve done double diamonds at vail and park city but this is just another level. This is past what I would consider fun, too much life or death stakes. Totally fun to watch tho

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Hahaha I love this man 😂

[@eissa5989]

a basin is one of the best ski experiences in colorado 🔥

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Right!

[@not-an-emoxp]

4:23 just casually say "someone almost died over there" 😂

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Haha 😂 happen

[@robertwhite5125]

Don’t know if you’ve been but you gotta hit a trip to big sky. Hit headwaters. One of the sketchiest hikes you’ll see in bounds but wayyy more gnarly than the big couloir. (And no waiting in tram line)

[@theholdingcompany]

If you’re looking down hill while on toe edge It’s your cue to go to heel immediately simple as that or you’re performing the energy drain posture named quarking

[@connormack4373]

I’m furious, saw your car in the lot. Would have loved to hike that, jealous.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Awe next time! Shoot #1

[@hollyburnspsychic1523]

Freaking great!

[@kevindevlin7276]

I did the wall this past week for the first time as well!

[@firebulletlow9741]

Dude ur crazy

[@MichaelMcBeeO]

Second Notch at abay isn’t even close to the steepest run in North America. Highlands bowl claims the steepest in bounds run in Colorado. And just outside abay is the locally known “shit for brains” couloir, steeper than highlands bowl. Also abay now has the beavers with a few short chutes much steeper and gnarlier than anything on the wall. Please don’t attempt anything in the beavers area without avy gear, training, and a partner. Props to skiing a crazy line on the wall that has an anchored rope to enter with. It can be quite terrifying in low snow conditions.

[@proverbalizer]

Hell no highlands bowl is not the steepest, it's just long and consistently around. 40 degrees. Very fun, but not even close to the steepest run

[@markosilhard2326]

Yes, let’s turn this into freeride Chanel pls😀😅

[@brianroffey9187]

That terrain was super technical but you rode it really well. Would be cool to see more like this

[@samjimmer744]

Have you ever skied Corbett’s?

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Video is coming out in 3 days! I did it yesterday 😂

[@samjimmer744]

@@JohnathanBuckhouse so sick had teenage friend send it yesterday too lol

[@bikingwithjack4276]

At a pitch of 55 degrees for about 300 yards, Rambo at Crested Butte Mountain Resort in Colorado is generally cited as the steepest cut ski run in North America.

[@michaelpitts4105]

That’s a cut run tho. That doesn’t include the East Wall, SG’s, Corbet’s, Palisades at Squaw, etc

[@brycedadey3927]

There is an east coast trail that is 75 degrees at one point

[@bikingwithjack4276]

@@brycedadey3927 id beter go ride that

[@MrMasterNorris]

Bryce Dadey what trail where? I’m gonna ride it

[@taikishickele6357]

@@brycedadey3927 that's literally just a cliff drop at that point lol

[@Dave-to5it]

Was that really worth it lol literally going down with a rope hitting every rock. Such a snowboarder thing to do. Then say they hit the steepest run ever but slid down the whole thing.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

🤣😂🤣

[@monsterjack2304]

I realize ''you don't realize how sharp and jagged these rocks are'' 🤣😆😆🤣🤣

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Lol

[@monsterjack2304]

@@JohnathanBuckhouse yup

[@grantpark0]

lol i like how he just casully says oof someone just almost died over there

[@lancethomas4566]

Those views😱

[@cookiecracker6266]

I don't see the point of that. Just to come down super slow from edge to edge, where is the fun? I think the danger outweighs the fun 20 to 1.

[@rata4428]

Your at my mountain! Might be easier if you were riding something bigger than a 145!

[@BoyajianDon]

Once on a May powder day, I was able to point it from the top, without any down climb. Was one of the more memorable resort runs in my life.

[@boredomgirlasmr6327]

INSANE

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Right lol

[@Jon_Crawford]

Awesome video. Too steep for me but I’d love to see those views in person.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

You can in the summer! Hike up and hike down

[@Jon_Crawford]

That’s very true but I like them snow ❄️ white views.

[@nafnaf0]

5:28 way to heel slide down that entire face

[@PenguinAdventures631]

you help me figure out where i should go

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Stoked to help!

[@COMountainManAdventures]

Were you guys up there on monday?? I think i watched you guys going down the East wall!!!

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

I think this was Sunday 🤔

[@Olivia-qf8ff]

Awesome vid sad I couldn't say on the live stream long

[@MidwestMTBAdventures]

Hope I can go snowboarding enough to the point where im like...I dunno man yall just wanna take the day off. I look at my weekends like damn wonder if we can get two places in one weekend! :)

[@drewren1231]

Hopefully we get a powder day this year for these runs

[@balcersaurus]

Its way better feb/march. Go back when theres snow for it.

[@joelbarker421]

40+ years skiing in Alaska has spoiled me , there's nearly no snow on that mountain !!!

[@proverbalizer]

They call them the rocky mountains for a reason, lol

[@bunnyman6321]

You have a Kool last name! Does it have any meaning and what country is it derived from?

[@KberlyJson]

This has to be one of the most terrifying things on this earth.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

🤣😂

[@kellenmck]

The go pro effect going hard

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Right

[@Tuuktalus]

Looks like first notch

[@kylewesterhold9357]

is the red jacket a DC jacket?

[@user-rr8dn5yl7d]

Sick terrain y'all. Love technical runs like these. A little feedback on the 360 cam; I know a lot of people love it so I may be in the minority, but I find the video much less watchable because it distorts that beautiful terrain so bad.

[@twisted8221]

How does benton like the freethinker? I just picked up the deep thinker. Haven't rode it yet looking forward to trying it out.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

He loves it

[@twisted8221]

@@JohnathanBuckhouse I checked out big snow at the American dream mall two weeks ago after watching your video. Thank you for the review definitely helped. Ended up getting the multiples hope to maybe catch you there someday. I'm older and just learning to snowboard. Your videos have been a great help

[@cooperpeabody7002]

Hi

[@OKayD3N]

Dude I’m high af I was so confused with who was filmling u

[@jamesyoungblood8691]

What editing program do you use

[@ericgulseth74]

I skied A-Basin in the early 90s. Some of the best memories right there.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

That’s awesome!

[@nickmarksmusic]

Is it bad that I, a big mountain skier, was looking at that and going “I could ski that”

[@welcometobobs]

Isn't corbits at Jackson Hole the steepest in North America?

[@proverbalizer]

No even close, just has a steep drop in. And S and S couloir right next to it is waaaay crazier

[@chentony5620]

Where is the triple black sign?

[@CraigFleming-bn8ey]

Why don’t you leave some snow for others?

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

😂

[@vollenv8289]

I was there yesterday I didn’t see you tho 😔

[@holdencane6963]

Gotta hike palmyra at telluride

[@dylanzihmer6740]

Why aren’t you with outdoor master for goggles anymore?

[@dan.r9220]

They are trash and he's been endlessly ridiculed for it.

[@andrewbouvier1104]

At least he apologized for scraping all the snow off the trail... Though at the same time you should just ski

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

LOL

[@KevinBauman]

I love the East Wall, and have skied it many times. 2nd Notch is fun, but it's definitely not the steepest run in North America. I believe Gauthier is the steepest run at A-Basin, but it's still not the steepest in North America.

[@JohnathanBuckhouse]

Yeah it’s at crested butte

[@proverbalizer]

Kiwi Flat at Mammoth is up there. And Once is Enough at Kirkwood. If you call those runs lol.

[@thomasanderson9296]

I was like...that's not too bad just really skinny. Then at 7:13...oh crap, that is pretty steep AND really skinny.

[@matthewduman7687]

I was at abasin Monday

[@matthewduman7687]

Windy asf

[@phillippoggi8080]

A Bay was all time the last couple weeks!!! I was there, guys!!!