Skiing a TRIPLE BLACK DIAMOND!! (Big Sky Montana!)

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2023
  • It was an awesome couple of days at Big Sky Montana where we quickly put our ikon passes to work claiming bold descents of gnarly terrain such as the Triple Black Diamond rated run Hellroaring which we accessed from the headwaters ridge hike.The next day it was Big Couloir and Snowfields from the Tram and epic first tracks down z chute's powder goodness(not filmed), and following that generally rock drops, good snow and fun trails at every turn. We had beacon shovels and probes and some experience with us for this terrain. remember trail ratings are subjective, and this particular triple black was not as hard as some other on this mountain like z chute or double blacks at other resorts
    I ski faction candide thovex 2.0s and also k2 pettitors, with rossignol boots and salomon bindings. go pro pov with hero 8 black
    stay safe out there and shred on! If you're subscribed thank you!
    #skiing
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  • @adamseidel8901
    @adamseidel8901 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    A good rule of thumb with heady skiing is always be humble, don’t overthink the run, and with a run like this one, don’t frickin push your comfort zone cause you fall on this and you’re gonna get messed up.

  • @brianmartalus6231
    @brianmartalus6231 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I have a strange fear of heights where the hiking scares me but once my skis are on and I make that first turn it's go time! Good stuff!

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah I know what you mean. It's a powerful feeling to click into your skis

    • @pbenoit4
      @pbenoit4 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yep definitely

  • @greglee1465
    @greglee1465 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That peak over the edge got me!

  • @Odhege8262
    @Odhege8262 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    People don’t understand how committing some of the inbounds terrain is there. I lived in bozo for a number of years. Some great skiing there. Glad it’s finally getting the recognition it deserves, mostly because I don’t live there anymore😂
    Edit:love the tallt sticker

  • @tonymountains
    @tonymountains ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That hike looked insane! Run looked great! Nice shreddin!

  • @markclowdus3834
    @markclowdus3834 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sure beats workin'! 👍

  • @Cheap_Flights
    @Cheap_Flights 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I just hit that last week! What a rush

  • @user-vr3cm7ml7d
    @user-vr3cm7ml7d 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That’s a Blue in Colorado 💪🏻

  • @hhsjwjwjuwususuhshwh
    @hhsjwjwjuwususuhshwh ปีที่แล้ว +6

    just went to big sky and amazing. can’t believe you skied lone peak!!!

  • @edwardlobb931
    @edwardlobb931 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A heavy workout and great video!

  • @MakoBlitz
    @MakoBlitz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome stuff mate!! keep it up

  • @DavidRamirez-fe5dd
    @DavidRamirez-fe5dd 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rad!

  • @GeoffTaucer
    @GeoffTaucer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man, Big Sky's gotta be my favorite place to ski; I miss the days when I could afford to go there

  • @Powderhound-cb8pb
    @Powderhound-cb8pb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was at there a week prior to your days on the mountain. Had the best week of my life!! Skied some chutes and the snowfields. Just an epic adventure.

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's awesome I believe it! Truly a spectacular mountain there. Glad you scored!

    • @Powderhound-cb8pb
      @Powderhound-cb8pb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Nicks_Colorado_Channel It was my first trip out west. I have grown up skiing the Northeast. I hired a Tram guide for the day (Brian) was just an awesome guy! I remember we checked in with the patrol in the shack and picked up a couple locals for our group before we dropped into North Summit. The two locals could not believe I was about to ski the snowfields on my first trip to Big Sky and my first trip out west. I skied the shit out of it down into the chutes and out through the trees below. Best run of my life!! After that day I spent the rest of the trip skiing with the kiddos and brining my 8-year-old son down any blacks he could handle. We go lucky and skied right by the local mountain goat!! I am just about bursting at the seams waiting for the snow to start dropping!! Have a great season.

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Powderhound-cb8pb that's awesome to hear! Us east coasters know how to rip! Snowfields off the tram is a proud ascent and an epic first run for your western skiing. If you can ski east coast ice you can ski anything. I'm stoked for the season too let's have a great one this year!!

    • @Powderhound-cb8pb
      @Powderhound-cb8pb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Nicks_Colorado_Channel Right on brother!! Killington opens up tomorrow!!

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Powderhound-cb8pbnice! Shred the 802 good for me! I haven't skied VT in years but it's awesome

  • @carlreese1358
    @carlreese1358 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "This may be the most tragic excuse of a skiing video I have ever wasted my minutes on this earth on. I expected to see any modicum of difficulty and any cliff jump over 2 feet, but I was left with larry the cucumber saying "siiiiiickk" at 7:04 at the most basic trick I've ever seen in my life. I would be shocked if anyone in this pathetic excuse of a video surpassed 5 miles per hour while traversing down a "mountain" on "skis". The hike up to little fattys was more impressive than the skiing itself. Anyway, keep it up can't wait for the next one! :)"
    -My friend Evan

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Lol

    • @hopsterbb2571
      @hopsterbb2571 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Double triple quadruple all looks the same. Three ladies ⛷️ in front of me and my son on Lake Louise Whitehorn Gully D, she fell not even 1/4 the way down, she fell all the way to the bottom…badly bleeding nose…was lucky…anyways…to anyone going down these runs, ski responsibly and don’t fall!

  • @eddivver3444
    @eddivver3444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    what's next a quadruple black diamond a quintuple black diamond? 😂

  • @Somebody_Person
    @Somebody_Person ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude I’m going here in a week and I’ve skied over here, not the triples but the doubles on the other side.

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice! You're gonna have a blast, they're having a great season at big sky!

  • @hapmayer5063
    @hapmayer5063 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    headwaters nd lone peak some of the best in bounds skkng I've ever skied

  • @paratrooperz1
    @paratrooperz1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    those dont appear to be powder skis... they look to thin and you can tell they are dippint toes into the real deal because they dont have the hop turn down yet

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed I've started skiing the k2 pettitors for a pow ski and it's been a game changer

    • @LocksmithScott
      @LocksmithScott ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I lived there on and off in the early 90’s and powder skis were thin, straight 203-207 GS skis. I switched pretty quickly to a 163 Craig Kelly board and mountaineering boots and that allowed for more direct, big turns down the south face. Can’t wait to go back, a few of my Lenin and Marx runs still stand out as some of the few things in my life too great for words. Whatever level folks are at, it’s all about having fun. Thanks for sharing!

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LocksmithScott that's awesome 😎

    • @paratrooperz1
      @paratrooperz1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      who am i to talk tho because i refuse to take risk of being buried alive with snow hahaha but if i did take those risk i would want the skis that get the most bite in snow and if it all started to avalanche i need skis that can float so well i can outrun it with a prayer

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paratrooperz1 heck yeah

  • @dasavagebunny2118
    @dasavagebunny2118 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this lowkey looks kinda easy i dunno if i can say anything tho but still super amazing keep it up

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks g! I feel ya I'm not sure anything on this trail really warranted the triple black rating, but it was dope for sure. We sampled some of the crazier lines at big sky too some of those are gnar gnar

    • @cccEngineer
      @cccEngineer ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's how I felt. Like if this was east coast then I'd say yeah this is a triple black. But with all that powder it's barely a black.

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cccEngineer I feel ya the craziest part of this run was just ridge hiking over to it

    • @jkill0993
      @jkill0993 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cccEngineerits triple black bc its essentially a double black with high risk of death if you fall

  • @iRapplexD
    @iRapplexD ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Will reach that level one day

  • @garrettgold
    @garrettgold 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The rocks from afar away looks like orangish/brown but when your up close they are grey

  • @wanderer5200
    @wanderer5200 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video deserves more upvotes.

  • @tjwhipple7919
    @tjwhipple7919 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What music is playing?

    • @Nicks_Colorado_Channel
      @Nicks_Colorado_Channel  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it's "mood groove" but I'm not sure, it was built into my free HP video editor but I can't use that program anymore with windows 11

  • @aq7705
    @aq7705 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    didn;t straight-line down the couloir...lightweight

  • @gorillatagghosts4681
    @gorillatagghosts4681 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Late comment but, I’ve been seeing a lot of people saying “this doesn’t look like a triple black” but here’s the thing; they rate it a triple black because if you fall you have a good risk of serious injury or death…. (I think lol)

    • @tod5098
      @tod5098 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      no such rating exists. Big Sky invented it as a marketing scheme.

    • @tedlaver
      @tedlaver 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Triples are a thing, lots of mountains have them, they just don’t mark them on the trail maps. Whistler and Blackcomb for instance, have six and twelve (named) triples respectively, none of which are listed on the map but are absolutely there.

    • @strubs16
      @strubs16 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well looks more like one of my double blacks in the Rockies- It’s still hard nevertheless and the camera makes it look less steep

    • @drebk
      @drebk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@strubs16 It's so strange that some cameras make a slope look way leds steep.
      And other angles make soft slopes look near verticle

    • @strubs16
      @strubs16 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@drebk fr

  • @jeremyhill2243
    @jeremyhill2243 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These guys are definitely not experts.

  • @rebeccaculver1008
    @rebeccaculver1008 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The music in the background ruins this entire video.

    • @Alienated80
      @Alienated80 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You mean you don't like porn music? 😅

    • @rebeccaculver1008
      @rebeccaculver1008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Alienated80 hahaha no! Wanna hear the snow crunch and the fresh air zing.

  • @DavidandMegan
    @DavidandMegan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Buddy that was the slowest skiing I’ve ever seen - my mom skiis faster

    • @jacobcoolman8691
      @jacobcoolman8691 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s a triple black diamond

  • @richardcunningham1648
    @richardcunningham1648 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More children aggrandizing themselves as if anybody cares

  • @davidtoyzan3622
    @davidtoyzan3622 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    No such thing as a triple black. Just a weak ski area trying to get props and cred. Weak.