Elise (12) skis the Big Couloir at Big Sky

She's 12

[@aloebeara]

She does make it look easy. Not much hesitation on her part. Way cool!

[@natskis]

Major props for that!
I don't know if it's the fish eye on the lens, but sitting on top of that Couloir made me feel like I was going to slide back down off the other side of that mountain!

[@altf4216]

the fish eye just makes it more realistic somehow

[@skyscraper5910]

def lots of distortion in the lens

[@christopherorman5769]

Kid had an Alta sticker on her helmet. Of course she could nail that run!

[@sauerkraut6598]

Awesome job, Elise!!! Totally made it look easy! 👍💪

[@Jen-lc5yc]

Excellent job Elise. Excellent encouragement by the coach. My palms were sweating just watching this.

[@aaronh.917]

Wow she goes right in and sends it! I’ve watched a few of these videos now, and I’ve mainly seen grown men standing at the top hesitating for almost a minute. Great job!

[@kirkworthley3221]

I've seen the this couloir from the bottom many times. My hearts pounding watching these guys drop in.

[@janisaus000]

Amazing! I’ve ski’d big sky a lot! Anyone who has the confidence to even attempt this (one of the hardest trails in NA) is an amazing skier! Great Job!!!

[@bobsandler4563]

Amazing. And part of what might be lost in this is the challenge of just getting from the tram to the top of the Big Couloir. I've skied Big Sky twice and had the pleasure of watching people ski this, but I wouldn't get near it. 😱

[@sameetmehta2905]

kids are amazing when you start them young. when i looked up at this run i thought “no way”. but this is inspiring !

[@nymmaful]

Smile on her face at the end is frigging awesome. That's the smile that comes from doing something that seems scary and near impossible. Congrats to her! I bet she's tearing up the mountain at this point!

[@vrt1032]

Fathers very proud moment . Congrats to both of you

[@rmsmith2396]

Cameras never do these trails justice do they.

[@stanleypatrick6498]

I'm proud of her and I don't even know her. Good job, Elise! 😊

[@andersledell8643]

What a beautiful run, conditions look excellent

[@alexanderwademd]

Man my stomach was churning at the top. Looking forward to a visit to Big Sky this winter, so I appreciate you positing this video.

[@mrepix8287]

You must not be a very good skier, then

[@bstrac77]

@@mrepix8287 with the asshole comment. Every video needs ones, so thanks for that.

[@Jen-lc5yc]

@@bstrac77 thank you for that. there is always one asshole in the crowd.

[@Jen-lc5yc]

@@mrepix8287 2 years already. He might be better than you.

[@sarahp13]

Most Gopros make even the triple blacks look easy, but this one still looked appropriately horrifying to pull off.

[@Jen-lc5yc]

You said it correctly. " Horrifying".

[@philipgardiner2003]

So can you imagine what it is like in person!! So beautiful though. I would definitely do it.

[@Mrseriousdude]

I bet Whistler Couloir is still steeper then this.

[@fashan12]

@@Mrseriousdude "Whistler Couloir" is 49 - 40 degrees and the run in this video is 50 to 55 degrees so this is steeper.

[@Mrseriousdude]

idk where you got your stats from but you are wrong lol

[@Ghostrider-71]

This looks incredible. Must try it soon.

[@gregormiller4037]

I notice a bit of breeze in the air, refreshens the cheek bones:)

[@saintrroy]

Terrible sketchy conditions and you took Elise, who seems to be an advanced beginner into the Big Couloir, she’s tremendous, very sure-footed but clearly still a long way from being an expert. So mom, dad you be proud. Think many I know, me included who can likely ski better than Elise at this stage, wouldn’t have made it through that narrow mogulled hard-pack traverse to the drop in ! Awesome video, inspiring, congrats to Elise and her mentor on the GoPro. Great stuff.

[@UncleRicoOSU]

Did you seriously just call her an advanced beginner?? Advanced beginners don’t go within a mile of a run like that 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@michaelkantowski2979]

Awesome, you both really got at it! I hope to run it this year for the first time. Hope conditions allow in early March.

[@DRMET]

Way to go, Dad. She's got this.

[@fwpii]

Great job, Elise! Took my son, Pierce down it a few months after he turned 11! It was clear that even I’d done it several times a long time ago, that he, like you, was fearless ⛷🚀

[@longshot789]

Wow, that's impressive

[@AlpineRR26]

I did this when I was 12. It’s pretty hard, nice job.

[@brazilianambassadordale8223]

My legs are burning just watching this video. That's so long!!!

[@choski76]

Great job. I like the way you skied that. No scraping your way down. Just turn turn turn. Do you think if you kept doing the BC the fear factor would disappear and you'd actually attack it ? How awesome to do it together!

[@cdawg9149]

She is so close to getting her turn perfected. Once she does she will be an amazing skiier. Do you have a video of the way she skiis today.? 5 years later?

[@kaminarichan5039]

c dawg Kai is the best young skier with out a doubt

[@kpmariner1998]

We were there last week. We just looked up at it 😂

[@cdawg9149]

Id like to know who takes the pisten bully down that road and cuts the path in. I used to groom back in the day and that is some hard core exposure for a machine. I wonder if it is winched / cabled up somehow when the groomer cuts that road in.

[@jojospitz8310]

It has never been groomed and never will be groomed🤣

[@skibusch1]

Awesome. That's some steep shit! Made it look easy!

[@kaib4605]

She's dang good !! I skied Sun Valley with Picaboo Street when she was 14 this Elise Is Not Far Off Yikes !!
Another Schiffrin ?? 🙏

[@Balgore8]

Nice run, the approach looks worse than the hill lol. Kudos for taking your kid with you.

[@susans.s4609]

Amazing, where is this

[@TheBourneBlogger]

The entry looks harder than the couloir!

[@pipeorganfan26]

Start Em Young.

[@S_Mishere]

Yo i live here in kid sky. What side of the mountains are u on?

[@lexlax999]

What’s even more impressive is the conditions don’t look very good

[@skyscraper5910]

LOOK AT THOSE PIZZA TURNS GO!
PIZZA! fries fies fies feis PIZZA!

[@coastersncreations1888]

Nice editing at the end

[@twochordcool]

It's a shame, I think the only thing that would keep me from skiing this is fear. Meaning, I think I'm capable but if I got really scared I wouldn't be skiing it properly...and it might cause me to crash.

[@haverhill9]

Sick Mtn

[@llewodcm20]

3:40 avalanche city

[@micahreese982]

Not too bad

[@Osnosis]

Many technical problems with her skiing; not wise to just say “a looking good”.

[@eipip1ez]

She's skiing as well or better than he is

[@samsno3667]

kind a intermediate skier ... she's picking up her skis for turns... SKI IT... but .. she's only 12.

[@timruth8767]

Classic Montuckey Sketch,......

[@ClaytonMalott]

skied it way better than that "extreme ryan" kid. great job!!

[@3xoticG4m3r]

Why do you have to make a comparison between kids?

[@jumolangma8557]

40%？

[@twochordcool]

50

[@user-xw7zw6mm4e]

Так хорошо ездить с надоевшей уже женой по таким местам, предварительно стащив у нее все средства связи. А вдруг повезет?!

[@bpetersson5024]

a bit overrated on the diamonds... thats equal to a single black rated run at Whistler. Corbet's Couloir at Jackson or Air Jordan or DOA at Whistler are triple blacks.

[@fashan12]

This is 50 - 55 degrees, the steepest run at Whistler is 49 - 40 degrees. Corbet's Couloir is 40 degrees and usually a decently sized cornice at the top. Air Jordan and DOA are about 50 degrees. And not all places use the Triple black / Double black ex ratings, allot of places don't use double blacks and sometimes have Triple blacks even.

[@fionasmom6254]

Hell to the naw!

[@anderslangoks3813]

Really tired of watching videos of kids who can ski way better than me.

[@JamesRea2]

Too much standing around. Just ski the run.