The FIFTY - Line 13 & 14/50 - North Maroon & Holy Cross Couloir, CO - Double the Suffer
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- With an impeding storm on the horizon, the push to ski two classic lines in Colorado in back-to-back days presents one of the most exhausting challenges of The Fifty to date. The two classics, the iconic and photographic North Maroon Peak near Aspen, Colorado and the far-flung and aesthetic Holy Cross Couloir near Vail, Colorado are in stellar and stable condition in April of 2019 and create for some of the best skiing conditions possible on big ski mountaineering style lines. Cody Townsend is joined in this special double episode by Aspen locals Pete Gaston, Anton Sponar and Greg Strokes for the two day adventure in the Colorado backcountry.
This is Episode 15 / 16 and line 13 and 14 completed for 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.
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Love it as always. Have you considered putting a timer or clock in the corner of the screen. Not as a race but just get a bit more of an idea on how long you take on the different stages throughout the day. Bless up x
Haven't really, but it's not a bad idea. Thanks.
nice idea Joel !
I do that in a lot of my hiking videos, usually leaving the trailhead then summit and back to the car so people get an idea.
Sick transition at 3:20!!
Yeah, Bjarne and the editor crushed it with that. I was stoked when I saw it!
Cody Townsend keep up the good work. Wednesday is the new Friday! Also, me and a mate are going to go ski the grand in March, wanna tag along?
Cody Townsend (just discovered this series) this edit was awesome. This series or awesome. Also so sick to see pros living in their trucks/vans. Encouraging me to do that too
Respect letting the random homie get first tracks
my bet is i speak for many folks: when the newest Epic hits the web, life stops (and, ironically, begins again with a reminder of what is truly of Value), we press the Full Screen button, and we watch the latest. great stuff.
Having clicked 57 back in May, I love this series as my days of big lines are over but these videos bring back great memories of skiing 14ers and 13ers in the 80s and 90s...thanks Cody and Team! Now imagine skiing some of the these lines with Silveretta bindings, Rossi GS skis and Dachstein AT boots with an emphasis on survival turns versus the impressive skill you boys display!
Glad you like them!
Thanks for having me be a small part of the adventure! I loved seeing this and remembering how stoked you all were by the snow coverage. What a year for snow, and slides. Fly with you anytime...
Frig this series is amazing Cody. I hope when it's all done that you guys put together a feature length film. Such an amazing story.
That hopefully is the plan. We'll see though!
Best ski-mountaineering series in the world, bar none.
Hot damn. Why thank you.
3:20 transition is amazing, probably the best montage work of the Fifty Project))
P.S. This Episode have strong "Days of my Youth Vibes"
That was a sweet transition from the truck to waking up.
This is the best Episode in the series. No bullshit, double feature, full exhaustion, dope angles and the sickest short radius turns @ 16:51
Thanks Cheese! It was definitely a highlight for me too.
Currently binge watching all of this series, totally engrossed! Loved the Hans Zimmer style soundtrack up to the summit in this one!
So cool guys! Actually glad you forgot the sled keys. A much better story!
That ridge on Maroon will get your hands sweaty watching it lol.
Winter is near. Your videos help with the withdrawals. Thank you Cody.
That spread eagle though!
Can't wait til you do the same thing, in Europe!
Just found your channel a week ago and am binging hardcore. Thanks for helping me get through COVID!
🤙🏼🤘🏻
Some years ago I skied Maroon Peak (the taller of the Bells, maybe slightly less difficult and slightly less exposed than North Maroon, briefly visible at 7:20). It was early June, right after the road had opened, and oh, boy, were the tourists thronging Maroon Lake during my hike out perplexed - with the exception of one old-timer who was telling me about how back in the ‘60s and ‘70s he used to ski with Fritz Stammberger, the first person to ski North Maroon.
You know it's steep when your uphill hand is in the snow.
I Agree with Peter Cogan...full screen is a must...even better on my big screen... love the high res...hope to see feature length when and if you get to it...sick lines...love it...Cheers!
hard core love it ...your cinematography is beautiful
love your honesty too
only every skied on piste but winter climbed a plenty .... very inspired to combine this...
yes! what a way to start Wed, a nice strong cup of joe and another episode from The Fifty - THANKs!! Some of the best skiing filming yet, wow. Esp that sequence of Pete (I think?) coming down the Cross Couloir, damn, that was steep. Great job guys doing those 2 back to back, impressive!
Doing these back to back is crazy, amazing push. In other news, it has started snowing in the rockies. Can't wait to see what you guys have in store for this season.
ha ha oh man what a mammoth effort, some serious commitment jump turns off Maroon, there's nothing like the rockies
I live down in the San Juan’s in Colorado and we had a massive year. In May our snowpack was 5500% above average. We had so many huge avys too. One buried a pass in 50ft of snow and filled a tunnel to the roof!
That upslope camera angle at the end of holy cross was $$$.
Hiked mt of the holy cross in summer and remember thinking how cool it would be to ski that couloir. Turns out it's doable! Thanks for the great videos, keep it up!
Doable? Like forty years ago.
@@rudimatt3432 either way still insanely sick
dont know why but the north maroon freaked me out even though it doesnt look as bad as some of the others. holy cross actually looked nice for a mere mortal. im a dr. i know that waking in the night and wanting to puke feeling. gotta love it
“I need to vomit and take a nap ... or maybe nap and take a vomit” bahahahahaha great vid! Looking forward to more!
Bjarne! Great footage man! Combo of skiing, scenery and commentary is really good!
Dude you guys are hardcore!! Much respect! You just skied some of the most gnarly mountains in Colorado!!!!!
I love your series! Having a blast with you not only showing insta-photo-vlogging like others, but the real work behind such an adventure! Watched all the episodes today. Luckily are there a few more lines on the list :D
15:01 you can see the Vail back bowls in the top right
No doubt and I see some tourons in one piece Bogners with fringe flapping in the wind arcing big GS turns...
Yeah Dylan!! (Random guy you met on summit of holy cross) dudes a legend!!
Glorious!
Nice touch with the daffy at the end 👊
So awesome, really loving this series! Especially this time of year, it's perfect fuel to get fired up to ski some damn mountains! I'm not the first one to say it, but I think we need a bonus ep on Bjarne, who is this badass skier/cinematographer and how did you guys link up?
Cool video.
welcome back Cody and crew! Patiently waited all summer for these vids.
Awesome stuff cody. I get the heebie geebies when i look at it in a video. But cant wait for winter to drop and be at the top off a steep line like these. Looking forward to your next one.
Awesome!!
Such a great series. Love it.
Great ski on Holy Cross :) but somehow strange guys .. I was little be afraid of you :)
Love the project, keep it up!
That looks so fun!
Crazy skiing down north Maroon!!!
Yessssss! Haven't watched it yet but I'm pre-commenting because the stoke is too high to contain 😁🤙
7:09 " the peak right there is a mountain goat... he's trying to snake our line" I lost it laughing even though the music is more serious
the climbing about a minute later though is super friggin gnarly
When you asked whether he was rounding up on the inch or down on the inch i just realised that you can't even mathematically correct round inches to a foot...
cheers from Switzerland
btw: we just had a week of avi risk level 1 (low) for the whole country. i can't remember when this was the case at this time of the year last time.
Wait, but did Cody get his nap??? What a cliffhanger!
I remember Greg Strokes from the nineties when I was doing big mountain comps and he worked (maybe still does) for Oakley. He was the athlete rep. I wasn't officially sponsored, but he'd set me up once a year. Cool to see him after all these years.
“Im most excited about bragging to tourists”
*You’re so Vain by Carly Simon begins to play*
Your videos are always bomber. Keep it up. They are awesome... if you need a break from never ending flat aproach, come to switzerland and do some touring here. Its usually pretty much uphill from the parking spot. I think you would like it:)
Great series
We tagged the Cross end of April in about 10-12 fresh. Sweet line, but def a slog. Bring a sled, unless you really want to go to the epic zone!
Yay the 50.
Going to have to check these out this season in CO !!
Wahn-wahn (sad noise)
Wow!
Keep it up
I did the Holy cross with Halo loop in those summer super beautiful... This year I am planning to snowboard it!!
7:22 is a dwarf door for sure
So I'm not the only one who chugs the pedialyte.
I look forward to these like candy. Best part is no crowds! Had a great chat with our Salomon rep recently about you too. Our Lake vids if you ever have time. Love your work Cody!!
I guess winter is back. Finally
Really good vidz,
Thanks
Wenn done!🤘
Hey Cody, I think a good addition to these videos would be maybe a slightly more emphasis on the line itself. Like if you started with an intro with even a google earth view of the line, a drone shot if available. I think that would add a lot to these that otherwise just seem like random pieces of terrain
Alex S wait till Season 2 starting in January...more of that on the way
Great series ... I'd love to be extra camera guy
Sick edit at @3:22
Ha ha ha ha Greg Strokes, nice find
DAMNNNNNN!!!
How did Bjarne capture 16:50-17:00??? Such a sweet shot! and the stability??? How?
More like the most photographed peak in...North America ;)
Shades of fritz stammberger in the early 70s.
It seems so hard to capture how steep these runs actually are...
Bjarne: Knocking off the same objectives while hauling up the camera kit. Dashing ahead to catch the ascent. Waiting behind to catch the descent. Flying drones. Interviewing the sponsored athletes. Indefatigable. Sage. All of the guts, very little glory - but some... I love this project but I'm not sure it's the same without Bjarne. He's the Andy Richter to Cody's Conan.
I don’t think somebody you meet on the top of the mountain is just some “random guy”😂
Man I was really hoping to see footage of you guys going out of the valley that the couloir puts you into. My friend and I did it on July 4th and it was a nightmare walking through that portion to get back to the main trail. It was melted out a lot so we had to find our way through boulder fields the size of small house. Then we had to find our way in the dark through steep trees that had random cliffs. I was wondering if it is easier to get through that with a solid snowpack.
Ah yeah, we decided to skip that part since we were pretty long on the episode as it was. But yeah, it's a grueling climb back out of there. But it's definitely a lot lot lot easier climbing back up through those cliff bands with ample snow. We were able to skin back up pretty much the whole way.
Whats the Name of the Song at 9:00 ?
What song is it 10:34?
Great series Cody, forgot which episode it is but you mention the pole mount for GoPro, was that the helmet sticky mount? Or did you fasten it another way?
👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing footage and editing! What music did you guys use for this?
Had to say it. Who pulls there key 🔑 out of there sled ?
Does anyone know what the fiddle music is that is playing during the holy cross couloir descent, and who is playing?
hope you got a nap after
Sort of, first I ate, then left my phone in a restaurant and didn't realize till an hour of driving later, turned around and then drove back to Aspen. Then a nap!
Cody Townsend Ugggnhhhh.
When was this done?
Yo Cody, how do you get all your nutrition to be able to do things like this? What's cooking/eating like for stuff like this?
Damn 7:19
Um you could have just disconnected the ignition switch. Polaris uses normally open wiring. Haven't had a key for my sled in years. But suffering is part of the fun right? Otherwise great job...
uphill both ways. check.
As always great stuff, what is the tent setup you have on your truck?
Joe Ulman it’s a GFC...Go Fast Engineering Camper
Great video. Also interested what song was used at 8:30 and on.
Wait, so no sleds on the road in?
I was wrong .. this is Liatach
The Maroon Bells do appear similar to Liathach, but bigger by a factor of about 4.
paghal11 you are right it’s higher ....but then in North America everything is bigger. ....including most peoples heads..... it’s elevation is actually only about double liatach as liatach starts at sea level rather than 2000 m but then our mountains are considerably older than yours so are receding ...yours will wilt too😂
PS it’s all just in jest so enjoy your mountains as much as I enjoy mine 👍🏻
@@lindseymckirdy1830 PS. I'm from Glasgow. Living in the Western US. As you probably should have figured out. 99.99% of actual Americans haven't the foggiest idea where or what Liathach is, much less how to pronounce it. Love the Highlands and the Rockies. Geography has no ego.
paghal11 should have guessed😂
Does anyone know the ski poles Cody is using?
He talked gear earlier in the series. If I recall, he said they are not available.
@@timothymitchell7250 yeah, I watched that episode! it was good but he did skip over the poles and the tweaks he's doing to his boots and even the comment feed talks about the poles, doesn't seem like there's an answer. They seem really close to the Black Crows poles
Coffee (and likewise coffee withdrawals) often make me feel like puking, never from just being tired tho. Maybe that's why you knocked it over...ever get the feeling you are trying to tell yourself something?
I actually puke when drinking tea and sheesh, I sure hope my body wasn’t rejecting my favorite beverage on the world.
Do you always 'roughen up' the hairs on your skins prior to climbing to increase uphill traction? or is there another reason? Also, what tool were you using to do so, looked almost like a credit card? Thanks!
Not actually roughing them up, was applying skin wax to combat the dreaded 'glop' that happens often in spring time.
Is Mt. Sneffels on the list?
You should check out the book.