That sound of skins on packed snow, early in the morning of what's gonna be a long sufferfest... that's why I'm here, gave me chills. So ready for snow now!
I did shit like this for a long time. You just don’t forget a trip like this. I never repeated the trips where I am got back to the car in the dark on the 2nd or 3rd day.
"I thought my pack was caught on something, then I realized that it's just really heavy." Laughed out loud at this, because I know exactly what it's like.
Having spent the last 5 years touring in NW Montana, specifically the Middle Fork of the Flathead area, I can confirm that it takes a special breed to access so much of the terrain there. Cheers to you all for accomplishing a true bear of an approach and this epic mountain!
@@nonobegone2135 wasatch isn’t that bad compared to montana I lived in utah and now living in whitefish and the access to montana just isn’t easy and developed yet so your ending up doing this shit every damn time lmao
The melancholy music 22:00 was a great addition. That feeling when you're so far into the sufferest that you have literally no idea what is going on anymore and you sorta just end up laughing like "why did we do this again?". Also, as much as this series gets me stoked for winter adventures, watching the clips of you researching the beta just motivates me to get work done, whether it's school work, job stuff or things I need to do around the house. Very excited to continue watching more episodes! Also, still waiting on a video where you talk about your diet and how you all fuel yourself for these long adventures.
And I thought my ridiculous hikes to ridiculous places were hard. Bravo to all of you. This video is the longest ad I ever watched at the end of a video. It appeared at the end of a Ben Gravy surfing video.
I've been looking forward to this video for a while. Stimson is a monster. The first time I got a good look at it I said "I'll never go near that thing." A year later we did this same approach for a summer climb. It was an awesome time. My friend almost lost her shit in that regrowing pine forest on the way out. Glad you got to ski it, thanks for the awesome videos.
I sold my AT gear last year and I was worried, but this didn't make me regret my decision. Even if I wanted to (I don't) I could never find someone to do this with me. Tons of respect for Nick for humbly checking off the gnarliest episode yet.
I am in my 60s which is fine but what is not fine is I don’t have many friends who can or want to go on long hikes, rides or backcountry adventures. So I mostly go alone which is sometimes not smart but it’s all I got. We do what we have to do to feel alive.
As bad as it get's..it's nice after, reminds me of the skiing nights we had in the army at the Lappland Ranger Regiment (Sweden) back in 1984😜...really well done, great film 👊👊
not even a skiier but I appreciate the physicality of these efforts, not to mention the mental game you need to complete them, it is clear how much time and planning goes in to making each episode possible, pure legend.
Yuk, Yuk, Yuk. And I thought bushwacking up H 93N was bad sometimes. Perspective...The no fall zone shot was superb! Yikes! Thanks for producing this epic series. Off to trim some new skins! Can't wait to get out and see more episodes! Stay safe!
Epic Epic project. So grateful Cody. Pinchot creek drainage in your face dude. Bush whack from hell. Many more like it in GNP. There is a good climbers route via Pinchot Mtn traverse via coal creek. Thanks for showing the world our back yard.
At the time of this comment, there's only 1 dislike... shouldn't there be 3? SUFFERFEST. Thanks for sacrificing your mind, body and souls to make this.
That was long and hard . . . But youguys stuck it out . . . 10hrs to get back to the car is BRUTAL . . . . You have my total RESPECT . . . get some REST!
What a nightmare. That river wash with a billion tiny trees must get an occasional monster avalanche or fire...who knows. Props for navigating it and giving us another epic run.
As a Glacier NP local I really enjoyed this video. I'm an old fart who spent several decades climbing and sliding down our nearby peaks. You guys made me feel better about all the bitching and whining I've done about our ridiculous bushwacking approaches. I just found your channel and I'm sure I'll be doing some binge watching. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
With part and parcel of this epic line being an epic bushwhack to reach it, the first run in '97 has probably not been repeated in over two decades, until your run. Two words to describe crazy enough to do this...Nucking Futs!
Finally! The Fifty! There has been moments of slight despair, questions of will it ever return. And here we are, on the steps of the new ski season with the fifty rolling once again. LEEEEETSS GO!
The look on Cody's face at 25:12 says it all. While this was certainly the most difficult approach and wack out, I had a smile on my face the entire time. Great to have you The FIFTY back!!!
I was starting to get some Into the Wild vibes there. Thanks for including the full spectrum of the adventure in the final cut and taking us along into those literal dark spaces. Big ups.
Climbed this mountain in the summer time. I can confirm it is a GRIND. That summit ridge was so cool with the exposure on both sides. Awesome video guys.
Seen a lot of type 1 and some type 2 fun on this channel. Never seen you guys flirt so hard with type 3. Massive respect for completing that. Views aside, you took your sufferfest game to completely new levels on this one. Just glad you didn't have to bail at the base and come back for another try.
I've been watching these back to back from the first line. And boy I could feel the struggle oozing out of my phone from this one. You guys are badass. Keep going Cody. This stuff might be crazy, but the motivation it gives us to go out there ourselves and send it is unrivaled. Love the journey you are on. Just pushing us to find our own journey. Yeeewwwwww
I'm holed up in an Eastern European hostel with food poisoning right now. This Stimson adventure looks infinitely more punishing than my current predicament and has improved my mood greatly. Nice work Cody and team. Epic episode.
I'm 65, fmr. seasonal guide on Rainier and....your gut, INTUITION, can save your ass. Get-there-itis can kill it. I've learned to trust my internal voice..."When in Doubt, DON'T". Climbing destroyed my hips...but not my sense of self-preservation. Totally ADMIRE your awesome efforts, Cody- wow!!!
Great return of the FIFTY, i cant recall Cody looking so exhausted since the middle of a descent... although I am pretty sure that Nick says it all at the end: "Tomorrow we will think it's awesome!". Well, I think it was!
Yes, nothing like skiing down a humongous, steep mountain on two inches of powder over frozen crud with a constant threat of avalanche, your legs burning and no warming hut or ski lift in sight
I am tired just watching that and remembering what it's like to feel like that and yet still looking forward to the next trip to go do stuff like that... WTF is wrong with us... I guess it just proves that the call of the mountains is irresistible, we know it will hurt and we know it will suck beyond what most would consider endurable, and yet we keep coming back because that feeling you get when you get to your goal and then again when you get back safe is just something that can't be described. Love it, Stay safe Cody you are an amazing role model. ✌
Man that is crazy I just got nostalgic for your videos and watched your shuksan video just a few hours ago. Low and behold the man himself uploads a new movie for our enjoyment. Thank you Cody for your inspirational filmmaking.
Cody, this straight up inspired me, not to go do ski touring, but to go do some things and get through some of my own shit. "We'll think it's awesome tomorrow, though" is a great mindset.
The Fifty is back and with it the hype for winter and a good touring season. Looked horrendous and I would never even touch that peak, but good on you guys for pushing through. Serious beast mode.
Even the most avid and cheerful outdoorsman will be reduced to swearing off of nature when faced with that type of approach. I can’t believe you all held it together with relatively good humor that whole time.
The boys are back and there's gonna be trouble. I think we have been as eagerly anticipating watching as you have been to get out there and get it done. Normally after watching one of these I would be thinking how much I wish I was there. Not on this one.
Dude - you have so much cred. Best vid I've seen so far. I can feel your aching feet at the end of the hike out. FAWK - get me a hot tub ! Such real touring...
Cody I knew and was hoping that you had footage left over from last season! We have been waiting for more FIFTY!!!!!!!! LET'S GO BABY!!!! KEEP IT COMING!!!
Holy crap. Do you feel like you were given a huge gift, because that's what it feels like to me. Be well everyone, I hope we all have a safe and fun season this year.
We really did. I had some deep moments out there, ones that are hard to show on camera, but ultimately the mountain let us in that day for reasons that are beyond me.
I resisted crocs for a long but when I finally caved and got some, wow I love them. Sport mode makes them so versatile. Thanks for getting another great video to us. I especially love the guests that you take with you on these adventures. I am a skier and my brother is a snow boarder so I like when I see you modeling that skiers and snow boarders can be on the hills together. Too many times videos are are either snow boarders skiers so I like when they are together.
I backpacked around Stimson on the Nyack loop this summer. I couldn’t imagine bushwhacking in that area, it was hard enough with a trail to follow. Now I don’t have to imagine how hard it would be, thanks 😂
I know I've commented on prior vids, and I know what I said, I said some version of you guys are legends.... you guys are f'ing legends, thank you for doing what you do I love it so much
This really comes across - moments of tension and threshold of fear are palpable during the descent, through pixels. What a remarkable document, with great camera work.
WOW that was tough....!! What a start to the new series, giving a new perspective to the very different challenges that you face on each mountain. The moment at 13.36 when you are walking along the peak to get to the line you are doing gave a whole new meaning to no fall zone Can't wait for the next episode
Cody: "This is the worst approach of my life."
NW Montana: "This is the way."
“Tomorrow we’ll think it’s awesome” is so relatable. It is amazing how sometimes situations of absolut misery can bring us so much joy afterwards :D
That sound of skins on packed snow, early in the morning of what's gonna be a long sufferfest... that's why I'm here, gave me chills. So ready for snow now!
was thinking something similar about the sound of crampons and creaking snow on that final bootpack. It just sounded so freaking cold
Favourite episode by far - the most accurate representation of 90% of my touring.
Thanks Tom.
It's reassuring, actually, to know I'm not the only one who spends so much time on tours wondering, "what the hell am I doing?"
I did shit like this for a long time. You just don’t forget a trip like this. I never repeated the trips where I am got back to the car in the dark on the 2nd or 3rd day.
Funny how that works, but we still always return for more.
I did this climb in the summer and it's even worse.
Damn Nick has got to be the right dude to go on this sort of suffer fest with. What a great attitude.
What an epic mission and one hell of a bushwhack ! Stoked to have The FIFTY back.
"I'm only gonna ski what the mountain lets me ski..." brilliantly concise, very packable.
"I thought my pack was caught on something, then I realized that it's just really heavy."
Laughed out loud at this, because I know exactly what it's like.
Having spent the last 5 years touring in NW Montana, specifically the Middle Fork of the Flathead area, I can confirm that it takes a special breed to access so much of the terrain there. Cheers to you all for accomplishing a true bear of an approach and this epic mountain!
Props man. It looks like some sufferable bushwacking. Vt is similar. Colorado is a piece of cake as far as approach.
@@thepessimisticoptimist9375 lol think Colorado is easy think about the wasatch
@@nonobegone2135 wasatch isn’t that bad compared to montana I lived in utah and now living in whitefish and the access to montana just isn’t easy and developed yet so your ending up doing this shit every damn time lmao
Man, I’ve missed this!
Things I care about while watching:
1) your safety
2) showing the risk involved
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37) sick clips
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no) risking your safety for sick clips
Props to Nick for keeping those vibes high all the way to the end!
Here in the PNW, we just call that “goin’ Spring touring.”
The melancholy music 22:00 was a great addition. That feeling when you're so far into the sufferest that you have literally no idea what is going on anymore and you sorta just end up laughing like "why did we do this again?". Also, as much as this series gets me stoked for winter adventures, watching the clips of you researching the beta just motivates me to get work done, whether it's school work, job stuff or things I need to do around the house. Very excited to continue watching more episodes! Also, still waiting on a video where you talk about your diet and how you all fuel yourself for these long adventures.
I'm pretty sure it's a song called Gnossienne. But yeah I agree, definitely added to the mood!
I think it was Adam Hurst on Cello
Erik Satie and existentialist/nihilist/absurdist thoughts during type 2 fun....perfect combo
@@jamesmclean2023 Hello mate, fancy seeing you here!
@@Fitzy258 haha in the depths of TH-cam comments! Hope you're managing to get some tours in!?
And I thought my ridiculous hikes to ridiculous places were hard. Bravo to all of you.
This video is the longest ad I ever watched at the end of a video. It appeared at the end of a Ben Gravy surfing video.
I've been looking forward to this video for a while. Stimson is a monster. The first time I got a good look at it I said "I'll never go near that thing." A year later we did this same approach for a summer climb. It was an awesome time. My friend almost lost her shit in that regrowing pine forest on the way out. Glad you got to ski it, thanks for the awesome videos.
Episodes like this remind me why I love this series. The raw honesty of it is perfect. Thanks for doing this Cody et al! Best skiing series out there.
I am a flathead valley skier and I support this message
I sold my AT gear last year and I was worried, but this didn't make me regret my decision. Even if I wanted to (I don't) I could never find someone to do this with me. Tons of respect for Nick for humbly checking off the gnarliest episode yet.
I sold my Harley but I'm never selling my Backcountry Drop skis and Dynafit boots!
I am in my 60s which is fine but what is not fine is I don’t have many friends who can or want to go on long hikes, rides or backcountry adventures. So I mostly go alone which is sometimes not smart but it’s all I got. We do what we have to do to feel alive.
Best line of all seasons: “This is so stupid already.”
As bad as it get's..it's nice after, reminds me of the skiing nights we had in the army at the Lappland Ranger Regiment (Sweden) back in 1984😜...really well done, great film 👊👊
Nice job. I know the feeling. Bushwhacking with skis/boards is no joke. This is one of my favorite episodes because it’s so genuine.
Great to have The Fifty back. I am tired from just watching. What a trek.
I like how they still thanked the mountain even after all the suffering. Really shows their respect and appreciation for nature
Thank you for noticing that, we truly appreciate what the mountains give us, no matter how much of a challenge they throw forth
Remember fellas, a bad day of bushwhacking is always better than a good day at work!🍺🤟. Keep it up Cody thanks for bringing me with.
This is why I watch this series. Sorry to smile at you’re expense, but SOOO good.
You captured the balance of pain, pleasure and reward.
not even a skiier but I appreciate the physicality of these efforts, not to mention the mental game you need to complete them, it is clear how much time and planning goes in to making each episode possible, pure legend.
That's awesome you notice all that stuff without even being a skier. Cheers to ya.
The violin on the trek back to the car was so perfect!
So glad “The Fifty” is back! The facial hair in this episode was off the scale✌️
Yuk, Yuk, Yuk. And I thought bushwacking up H 93N was bad sometimes. Perspective...The no fall zone shot was superb! Yikes! Thanks for producing this epic series. Off to trim some new skins! Can't wait to get out and see more episodes! Stay safe!
Epic Epic project. So grateful Cody. Pinchot creek drainage in your face dude. Bush whack from hell. Many more like it in GNP. There is a good climbers route via Pinchot Mtn traverse via coal creek. Thanks for showing the world our back yard.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow! I, for one, am now inspired to ski the 49. Glad to have you back sharing your adventures.
“We’ll think it’s awesome tomorrow” -Nick
LOLOLOLOLOLOL love it
Classic!
It's Been A While by Staind is quietly playing in my head. Good to have you guys back.
At the time of this comment, there's only 1 dislike... shouldn't there be 3? SUFFERFEST. Thanks for sacrificing your mind, body and souls to make this.
Thank you so much for giving this old dude a chance to come with you (sorta) on your magnificent adventure.
So good to have The FIFTY back!! Hands down my favourite series on TH-cam, incredible work as usual guys! Can't wait for more
That was long and hard . . . But youguys stuck it out . . . 10hrs to get back to the car is BRUTAL . . . . You have my total RESPECT . . . get some REST!
What a nightmare. That river wash with a billion tiny trees must get an occasional monster avalanche or fire...who knows. Props for navigating it and giving us another epic run.
Amazing adventure and video. Type 2 Fun (Maybe 2.5) for sure, but I'm sure you'll enjoy talking about it around the campfire when you're 90.
As a Glacier NP local I really enjoyed this video. I'm an old fart who spent several decades climbing and sliding down our nearby peaks. You guys made me feel better about all the bitching and whining I've done about our ridiculous bushwacking approaches.
I just found your channel and I'm sure I'll be doing some binge watching. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
The thought of skiing was painfull, this is the first video I tried watching in a long time. I really miss it... Thanks man for the content
With part and parcel of this epic line being an epic bushwhack to reach it, the first run in '97 has probably not been repeated in over two decades, until your run.
Two words to describe crazy enough to do this...Nucking Futs!
I'm so happy that The FIFTY is back. This is the best ski content online.
“Tomorrow we’ll think it’s awesome”
Such a great line. Great vid boys, always inspiring.
This is hands down one of the best video series on TH-cam
That slog looked like elk hunting a blow down area....but like 10x worse. Brutal. You guys crushed it. Stoked for more videos from you this season!
well, WELL beyond wor(l)ds. kudo's kiddos! hella epic. thank all of you for bringing us along. head bowed from southwest Colorado...
Finally! The Fifty! There has been moments of slight despair, questions of will it ever return. And here we are, on the steps of the new ski season with the fifty rolling once again. LEEEEETSS GO!
The look on Cody's face at 25:12 says it all. While this was certainly the most difficult approach and wack out, I had a smile on my face the entire time. Great to have you The FIFTY back!!!
Looks like the winner of that trip was fun. Now just don't make us wait another year for the next episode. Cheers!
Whoa! This is a great adventure and a great record of that adventure. Some very funny lines, too.
Mt. Stimson the Revenant! Definitely type III fun. Good job boys!
I was starting to get some Into the Wild vibes there. Thanks for including the full spectrum of the adventure in the final cut and taking us along into those literal dark spaces. Big ups.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Climbed this mountain in the summer time. I can confirm it is a GRIND. That summit ridge was so cool with the exposure on both sides. Awesome video guys.
i thought of you boys watching this
Damn. Great episode. It's crazy how quickly you forget the suffering after a trip like this. This captures it well.
gnarly bushwhacking the common element of many great adventures. Glad you are back! Thanks!
Love seeing my hometown mountains being featured. Love the videos!
Glad you like them!
That was awesome. First time I've ever watched a ski video that made me NOT want to go skiing. Nice work fellas.
approach was almost comical, thanks for taking us along again! 🍻
Seen a lot of type 1 and some type 2 fun on this channel. Never seen you guys flirt so hard with type 3. Massive respect for completing that. Views aside, you took your sufferfest game to completely new levels on this one. Just glad you didn't have to bail at the base and come back for another try.
I'm very glad we didn't have to either!
Don’t know why this came in my feed but absolutely incredible.
I've been watching these back to back from the first line. And boy I could feel the struggle oozing out of my phone from this one. You guys are badass. Keep going Cody. This stuff might be crazy, but the motivation it gives us to go out there ourselves and send it is unrivaled. Love the journey you are on. Just pushing us to find our own journey. Yeeewwwwww
Thank you Enrique
😭 welcome back Cody
I'm holed up in an Eastern European hostel with food poisoning right now. This Stimson adventure looks infinitely more punishing than my current predicament and has improved my mood greatly. Nice work Cody and team. Epic episode.
So so so much respect for you guys. Your ability to suffer and persevere is just out of this world. Incredible. Thank you.
Why thank you Jim.
I'm 65, fmr. seasonal guide on Rainier and....your gut, INTUITION, can save your ass. Get-there-itis can kill it. I've learned to trust my internal voice..."When in Doubt, DON'T". Climbing destroyed my hips...but not my sense of self-preservation. Totally ADMIRE your awesome efforts, Cody- wow!!!
Finally starting the new season! And it immediately reminds me of why I love and hate touring.
The definition of Type II fun right there. SO pleased to see the project back!
Great return of the FIFTY, i cant recall Cody looking so exhausted since the middle of a descent... although I am pretty sure that Nick says it all at the end: "Tomorrow we will think it's awesome!".
Well, I think it was!
Loved the Eric Sattie music !!! Gnossienne. Quite unexpected but such a nice harmony... Congrats
Brutal Juice! But great work and an incredible face, well done, again!
It was just as glamourous as I always imagined. Fun to watch, though.
I prefer this kind of thoughtful, careful skiing. Real ski alpinism.
Yes, nothing like skiing down a humongous, steep mountain on two inches of powder over frozen crud with a constant threat of avalanche, your legs burning and no warming hut or ski lift in sight
Dudes. I keep watching this. SO EPIC.
I am tired just watching that and remembering what it's like to feel like that and yet still looking forward to the next trip to go do stuff like that... WTF is wrong with us... I guess it just proves that the call of the mountains is irresistible, we know it will hurt and we know it will suck beyond what most would consider endurable, and yet we keep coming back because that feeling you get when you get to your goal and then again when you get back safe is just something that can't be described. Love it, Stay safe Cody you are an amazing role model. ✌
Man that is crazy I just got nostalgic for your videos and watched your shuksan video just a few hours ago. Low and behold the man himself uploads a new movie for our enjoyment. Thank you Cody for your inspirational filmmaking.
Cody, this straight up inspired me, not to go do ski touring, but to go do some things and get through some of my own shit. "We'll think it's awesome tomorrow, though" is a great mindset.
That is a great mindset to get thru the shit
The Fifty is back and with it the hype for winter and a good touring season. Looked horrendous and I would never even touch that peak, but good on you guys for pushing through. Serious beast mode.
Even the most avid and cheerful outdoorsman will be reduced to swearing off of nature when faced with that type of approach. I can’t believe you all held it together with relatively good humor that whole time.
Spot on
The boys are back and there's gonna be trouble. I think we have been as eagerly anticipating watching as you have been to get out there and get it done. Normally after watching one of these I would be thinking how much I wish I was there. Not on this one.
Dude - you have so much cred. Best vid I've seen so far. I can feel your aching feet at the end of the hike out. FAWK - get me a hot tub ! Such real touring...
Cody I knew and was hoping that you had footage left over from last season! We have been waiting for more FIFTY!!!!!!!! LET'S GO BABY!!!! KEEP IT COMING!!!
It's in these true sufferfest lines that you experience the full range of human emotion
That's probably why they end up being so enjoyable.
#3 days of misery for an hour of bliss. Hardcore Cody!
Holy crap. Do you feel like you were given a huge gift, because that's what it feels like to me. Be well everyone, I hope we all have a safe and fun season this year.
We really did. I had some deep moments out there, ones that are hard to show on camera, but ultimately the mountain let us in that day for reasons that are beyond me.
I resisted crocs for a long but when I finally caved and got some, wow I love them. Sport mode makes them so versatile. Thanks for getting another great video to us. I especially love the guests that you take with you on these adventures. I am a skier and my brother is a snow boarder so I like when I see you modeling that skiers and snow boarders can be on the hills together. Too many times videos are are either snow boarders skiers so I like when they are together.
Stoked to have the fifty back!
I don't know why, but you guys suffering makes me smile.
Thanks for being out there again!
I backpacked around Stimson on the Nyack loop this summer. I couldn’t imagine bushwhacking in that area, it was hard enough with a trail to follow. Now I don’t have to imagine how hard it would be, thanks 😂
good to see a new episode- saw the first trace of snow atop the Sierra today
What’s not to like, burr as.. stream crossings, glop on the skins, pine forest thicker than… oh, and an epic ski line, bravo.
Soooo good. Love when Nick tags along!
Great to see the return of the FIFTY and what a way to return!
I know I've commented on prior vids, and I know what I said, I said some version of you guys are legends.... you guys are f'ing legends, thank you for doing what you do I love it so much
I’m soooo happy the 50 project is back! My favorite series on TH-cam!
This really comes across - moments of tension and threshold of fear are palpable during the descent, through pixels. What a remarkable document, with great camera work.
That was epic to say the least. Gotta love Montana.
Glad you're staying with this journey. Good times.
WOW that was tough....!! What a start to the new series, giving a new perspective to the very different challenges that you face on each mountain. The moment at 13.36 when you are walking along the peak to get to the line you are doing gave a whole new meaning to no fall zone
Can't wait for the next episode
Glad you enjoyed it!