The FIFTY - Line 9/50 - Giant Steps Couloir - A California Monster Line
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Eastern Sierra of California is a mythical mountain range of massive mountains that rise straight out of the desert floor. Scratching the sky, Giant Steps Couloir, is a rarely tamed and hard fought line that takes careful navigation and strong legs to ascend and descend. Starring author of the book, "Backcountry Skiing the Eastern Sierra" Nate Greenberg and Professional Snowboarder Nick Russell.
This is line 9 completed of The FIFTY, a project following Cody Townsend as he attempts to climb and ski all fifty of the lines and mountains chronicled in the book, "The 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America." The series documents Townsend's journey's, travels, challenges and each line and mountain listed in the book. It's a journey through the most majestic mountains and ski lines in North America along with a unique insight into how skiers make decisions in the backcountry, how they plan, navigate and safely move through the mountains and the people that dedicate their lives to the mountains.
GEAR Used Throughout The FIFTY:
Salomon QST 106: alnk.to/6bRkaUX
Salomon MTN Binding: alnk.to/dLdUm1C
Salomon Carbon S3 Poles: alnk.to/87VEXX0
Yeti Rambler 20oz: alnk.to/gzS237q
Swatch BioCeramic: bit.ly/3gQhCzo
Hyperlite Porter 5400: bit.ly/3XJVCHC
Smith Summit Helmet: alnk.to/ehYjxBD
Smith Wildcat: alnk.to/d3ySqO7
Smith Pursuit Glacier Glasses: alnk.to/7M6hfmL
Smith Squad Mag: alnk.to/hDmzW2F
LeBent Cody Pro Sock: alnk.to/cHJmtdU
LeBent Base Layer: alnk.to/58mMi9D
Arcade Capture Belt: alnk.to/4MxozAr
Mammut Carbon Probe 280: alnk.to/cHJmtfT
Mammut Alugator Pro Light: alnk.to/8iQpWSn
Mammut Barryvox S: alnk.to/2uDpzVA
Pomoca Free Pro 2.0: alnk.to/aeUKJS9
Thule Duffle: alnk.to/9IatNqU
Thule Ski Bag: alnk.to/gKMN24C
Hestra Falt Guide Glove:
Hestra Overmitt:
Hestra Merino Touchpoint Liners:
Honey Stinger Energy: bit.ly/3sPpX9g
Strainge Beast Kombucha: bit.ly/3sK6vLj
TinCup Whiskey: bit.ly/3FvbSpb
Can't imagine telemarking a steep couloir with variable snow after a 10k ascent. Nate is a beast!
More tele!!! Another grand adventure day on skis. Thanks for bringing us along.
Best episode yet. Nothing better than California spring backcountry skiing.
Token knuckledragger with best attitude! Great episode once again. Thank you.
16 hours at work and come home to watch my favorite sliders slay something awesome. Wed made!
Gotta get Nick Russel in some more of these! Dude rips!
Oh for sure, always stoked to be in the mountains with Nick.
Easily the series I am most stoked on when there is a new episode. Keep up the good work guys!!
Loving the series Cody. Big fan.
There was something special about this episode. Maybe it's because I'm holed up at home, anxious about the current COVID-19 situation, or maybe because I'm from California and have a soft spot for this part of the Sierra Nevadas, having spent time regularly driving by this area on my way to Mammoth Mountain from San Diego years ago. This stuff warms my soul. I'm watching every episode in order, a few each day. Thank you Cody!
One of my favorite stretches of road in the world.
Sometimes I forget you did one of the most badass lines in the first season lol
Nice to see a freeheeler around!
Another great episode Cody! What a rad adventure!
Yeah boys! Looked like a huge day.
One of the coolest and chillest episodes yet! :)
so sick! eastern sierra is just the coolest place. "euphoria" after a long slog that took you all day and you ski one sweet run - totally!
Love it Cody... you manage to have great content, amazing skiing and some awesome humour. Insane. Can't get enough, hopefully we see some more stuff this winter.
You guys made that look easy...almost.. Whew!!!
Awesome video boys. So nice to see backcountry skiing in Sierra"s
This is the best content on youtube.
Great video. 39 to go.
Man! Gotta be some kind of adrenaline rush. Used to ride bulls. Pretty dangerous, but so is this!
Rite on very cool...nice back ground tunage .
wow what a day
Awesome video!
Great to see a Telemarker out there doing it
Glutenburg for the finale !
great line
That down climb looked intense 😬. I’m out 😜
How'd you guys get the permit to film with a drone in Wilderness?
We didn’t and made a mistake on reading wilderness lines…got a talking to from the NFS. It was a total fuck up. Haven’t made that same mistake since
@@CodyTownsend Surprised you left the footage in, given how many people watch (and are influenced by) your videos.
It was after the fact that we found out and we’re contacted.
Kinda disappointed by the lack of Coltrane in the background... :-)
why did they never once address it as mount williamson lol . Anyways sick vid tho love the views.
What glasses does Cody wear?
Smith Wildcats
Serious question here: is it normal to snowboard down something like this with an ice axe waving in the breeze? All I could think of was please don't fall and impale yourself or someone else! It really seemed like a crazy foolish thing to do, but then again I don't know anything!
Very normal. The risk of impaling yourself is far lower than the risk of slipping an edge and thus being able to self-arrest with the ice axe. it's something most snowboarders do but is far harder to do on skis.
@@CodyTownsend Thanks for the reply. That makes sense...and I am sure you're right. But on the face of it ,it just "looks" dangerous, that's why I asked. Really love your channel and I'm working my way through the 50!
what's the name of the peak?
Mt. Williamson
I was a merman dad!
1/2 way up Everest
Do Whitney!!!
Whitney is nothing compared to Mt. Williamson.
I'm sorry what. The guide is tele skiing this
U guys are only missing a monoboarder.
Watch Episode 3...
Cody Townsend Haha. Bravo!
How bored with life do you have to be where you need to telemark down a deadly couloir
How bored with life must you be to comment like this?
Who disliked this?!
Some guy who drives a Cadillac Escalade to Mammoth and thinks he's something.
The pumped boot phylogentically wrestle because goose implicitly part among a incandescent representative. teeny, interesting blouse
I like how they make it through the entire video w/o actually saying "Mt. Williamson"
I thought I was losing my mind. I scrubbed back through the intros for like 10 minutes looking for a mention 🤯
It's a common backcountry game. Don't talk about the objective directly. First person to say it has to downclimb.
"We're almost somewhere. It's the closest we've ever been!" LOL
Amazing!! I would love to see a behind the scenes where you talk about nutrition, gear, hydration, sun protection, boot packing... i.e. the "boring" stuff
yea that would great and fitness/training for these missions.
That stuff is in the works.
@@CodyTownsend this is an amazing and inspiring series. I agree with the above poster (would really love some details on everyone's gear layering for these adventures), but also, i think it would be absolutely informative and great if you guys detailed a bit of your preparation for avalanche conditions and risks on these lines. Checking websites, forecasts, slope aspects, pit digging, etc. As someone who would love to do these things safely, this prep part would give a little insight to how the pros do it (in conjunction with proper training of course) !
Yea -
I would be stoked on that too.
wait wait wait, did the guidebook guy ski that first - very - steep and exposed section in fricking TELEMARK ??
Yeah boy! It would be cool to have more pinheads on these missions
@@TheCaptainA We are out there...Freeheelers are so worn in...We don't shine in the light!
@@mitch3137 yeah, you are right. Well maybe Cody should free his heel for one of these...
I literally said the same thing. What a bad ass
fucking boss!!!
Great stuff. I look forward to these posts each week. Nice to think there are 39 more adventures like this in the works. 👍
Another banger. Nick has stoke/passion that you can feel right through the screen.
its a well known fact that telemarkers havent showered in 3 days
#teleTilYoureSmelly
Ski for real, drop the heel.
I love how you were like "guess what we got a binocular sponsor!" and then didn't even mention their name. some ambassador you are lol!
And yet I have a ton of sponsors. So must be doing something right.
@@CodyTownsend Who is the binocular sponsor?
Didn't name the peak either.
@@RealSkiReview Really? The title... google... it's all there man.
@@delayedinsanity ur dumb
Strangely the best one yet. Loved the music in this one and the mood/feeling. Did you switch the camera? It almost looked 3d
Nice work! The moment I read giant steps, I instantly thought on John Coltrane's Giant Steps.
Loving Nick’s attitude and energy man. Dude’s just lovin life
what a beautiful line in an absolutely amazing wilderness! we truly are blessed to be living amongst the grand range of the Sierra!
Snowboarder had a great time :)
9:37 - Nick Russell is magnificent here. The endorphin high. I could play that back 100 times. It's the meaning of life itself. "...we are trudging along trying to beat the darkness..." Yeh buddy 🤘🏼
My partner and I tried to climb the NE Ridge on Jan 1st, 1990 or so after what had been a dry winter until then. At about 12,500' overnight we got an un-forecast foot of powder over the previously dry rocks and an instant epic ensued. Saw a Bighorn ram at 11,500' looking perfectly comfy. On the descent we ended up in a canyon that narrowed so much we had to wade the stream etc in the dark with sticker bushes etc that only people that have done it on the Eastside can appreciate. Needless to say the beating you guys took at the end and the death march to the car in the dark brought back the "fondest memories" of our hubris. Stay live.
Cody, would love and appreciate an episode on the equipment you use. Maybe produced on a down day or during the off-season? For example, looks like you use shorter skis on some episodes. Also, noticed your crampons have string to connect the front and rear plates. Did they come like that, or is this one of your hacks based on experience? Safety gear would also be good. Love the videos. Keep it up and be safe. Thanks.
Man, I feel like Radical and Gnarly were wasted adjectives describing on early 90's skiing video's. This! is a gnarly ski video... that downclimb... sketchy AF!
Amazing place! That section before you started skiing (@ 7:35) looked like an incredibly steep rock face to climb down with ski boots. Did the camera reflect reality?
Definitely did. Usually the camera doesn't do it justice. It's a spicy little down climb in ski boots.
Free the heel!!
I thought the saying was: "Free your heel, free your mind."
Good to see the deep appreciation for nature on top of the skiing in this one!
Token Snowboarder did well! Loving the project! Best of luck with it Cody
aka The FIFTY - Ep. 11 - Giant Steps Couloir. 2 skiers, a snowboarder and a telemarker (finally) go on an adventure
Yep, I was so stoked to see Nate dropping a knee! #teleTilYoureSmelly
telemarkers arent skiers lmao
The best you can watch. Great work Cody. Do a episod about your gear Salom, Hestra, Thule etc.
Those episodes are coming down the pipeline.
What is the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a snowboarder? Where you connect the dirtbag!!!!
best stuff on youtube right now. This was beautiful, thanks Cody.
This is simply amazing. You guys are killing it at life!
Ah yes! I love the Sierra Nevada
nicks a balla
“Don’t. Fall. There.” Awesome!
Chalky goodness! Keep up the good stuff Cody and Bjarne!
Gotta bring more splitboarders on your adventures. They are always the life of the party.
Yeah, the ones wearing the lampshade.
Could always do with some sweet Tele lines
Edit: actually, would love to see Cody try Tele skis
Aaron Lieberman that would have been interesting in the TC episode...
Ouch, I don't know if anyone wants to see me Tele.
@@CodyTownsend I do!
Obviously, seeing the time that has spanned since my last comment, I've watched this feature umpteen times. The featured location is without a doubt a sacred site. I even have most of the dialogue memorized... "I'm like... so close to vomit!" Cheers, eh!
Glad to see you get around to my neck of the woods and you even brought someone I know. A friend's son who went to school with my daughter skied this in '19.
So good Cody, thanks. We climbed Whitney in summer, as a one-day, and we felt exactly the same.
5:19 you’ve been up there for 4 hours, Cody.
Need more time with Nick Russell. Great commentary.
Just did Baird’s creek approach last month. I paid quite the toll to find the route. You guys were right on about getting the guide!! But now I know, and I hope no one ever precisely maps it.😊
You guys slayed that couloir, what an amazing adventure!
That was one serious ass kicker, thanks fot sharing
Nice to see Nate Greenberg cranking the Tele turns.
Images are insane, always good feelings
This series is epic! Super inspirational
OK, I'll do it. The graphic at the beginning says "Coulior."
You are amazing my dude
big gnar
Let's go
good as always! It's kinda nice to see the pros billy goat and side slip a little. we are used to seeing your just point and shoot, makes you seem a touch more human.
Right on!
New vid... boom 💥. My Work days just became more interesting
millenials....go back to work you lazy bum.
Cody who is your binocular sponsor?
Well this company Maven Optics sent me a pair, they're pretty amazing.
Giant Steps is a monumental and energetic (musical) achievement by John Coltrane. Expected that as soundtrack.
salut, elle est top ta vidéo. J'essaie de me lancer en proposant des vidéos de ski freeride et randonnée, si cela peut t'interesser.
Hahah good question... 9:37
These guys are Strong ---- earn it -- sufferfest
Nice bit of pipe music.
Do you have merch?
Nice one Cody, Nate, Nick, and Bjarne - always thought this was called the Giant's Steps and it looked like a giant walked down the mountain. You're right, few have probably been up there because of the absolute slog, but more than you think I bet and it can be a good multi-day with another nearby 14er!