HOW TO SKI CORBET'S COULOIR: 2023 Hardest Ski Run in North America (4K)
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With the annual event Kings and Queens of Corbet's making this run infamous, countless skiers come to Jackson Hole with one goal: drop corbets.
Special thanks to YY Not Coding for letting me use the very first clip in the video to show y'all how dangerous this run can be.
Here is a link to his epic video: • Corbet's Couloir - Way...
If you have ever been described as a timid skier or have ever been fearful while challenging your skiing ability, this run is most likely not for you.
This was my second ever drop into Corbet’s Couloir. Therefore, I am by no means an expert on the couloir. However, I do have my PSIA Alpine Level 2 Certification so I am at least a half decent skier.
Top Corbet’s Tips:
#1 Don’t wait at the top: ski up-ski down.
#2 Practice Corbet’s simulators: Ski scary stuff, hit big jumps, straight line narrow shoots, practice hop turns on steeps, etc…
#3 Have someone film you (not just a GoPro): Whether you crush it or get crushed by it you’ll want to watch it constantly and share it with everyone you know. Plus a little moral support and positive peer pressure will keep you from chickening out.
Here are a few articles that rank Corbet’s Couloir as one of the hardest ski runs in North America:
blog.liftopia.com/toughest-sk...
www.nasufun.com/post/top-7-mo...
gearjunkie.com/adventure/nort...
“Probably the most well-known double-diamond run in the world, Corbet’s Couloir starts with a mandatory air-in…”
“Most Jackson Hole locals do not even consider Corbet’s Couloir the most difficult challenge at their Wyoming resort. Nonetheless, Corbet’s has cornered the market on mainstream bragging rights.”
0:00 Disclaimer
0:13 Intro
0:33 Getting ready to drop in
1:10 Top of the Couloir
1:40 Nervous Drop
2:09 How To Ski Corbet’s
3:12 Aftermath
4:07 Outro
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They say the easiest part of corbets is dropping in. The hard part is hiking back up to grab all your stuff.
Try snowboarding then
@@alexs825 Dumb, then dumber….
Yup. If you fall, it's going to be a yardsale. It takes forever to crawl back up, and EVERYONE is watching.
Why I set my dins to 150% of the highest recommended or more. Better to break your legs and still potentially self arrest than to slide uncontrollably into a tree or rock. I've gone sideways between trees and had my bindings hold me from going head first down the slope. Ever since I had my skis release unnecessarily and smack me in the face I've been max din life.
@@ChrisG1392 Interesting take hahaha. I think it depends on what you're doing. If I'm skiing something gnarly then yeah max it out. But if I am just doing regular freestyle skiing and know I won't be on crazy steeps, I prefer to pop out than break my legs lol
Remember that Corbet’s has been done on 3-pin bindings, a mono ski, a sit ski, a mountain bike, and a snowmobile. Just to keep it interesting. 😊
Whats next? A pogo stick?
@@jayxnina - “…pogo stick.’ - don’t give them any ideas.
On a sit-ski! That's epic.
@@senorsicon6116 == he didn’t just side slip in, either. Full speed. Off the diving board. Bottomed out the shocks and ripped it.
Imagine doing False Face (Saudan Couloir) on a Mountain Bike, Sit Ski, Monoski?
Did this in the late 80's, along with S&S. S&S is gnarly. Very gnarly. It was a big snow year, and right after a dump.
Congrats!!
It seems to me like the difficulty of the run depends a lot on what the snow conditions are like. On the day you filmed this, it looked to me like there was plenty of snow, but the entry chute looked so narrow that there was nowhere to turn. I can't handle that much speed so I probably would've fallen there. I've seen other days where there's less snow but the chute is wider, if that's possible.
You’re totally right. Snow condition is a game changer for this run. Theres lots of times during every season where the couloir isn’t even open and others when it is open and people refuse to ski it
@@jayxnina this looks like a day I might actually ski it
@@proverbalizer if and when you do-do it with confidence!
Once you achieve the drop the rest is a pleasure.
@@jayxnina I'm going to be there next week - Maybe I'll try it. I've skied up to it 3 or 4 times previously over the years but I've never taken the plunge.
I did this when I was 15.. calling it harder than half the stuff unnamed in Squaw Valley is insane
It’s a guided tour😂
So clean!! The intro was perfect LOL
Bucket list stuff here. I think about this run at least once a week ha
I love that run
I skied it in April of 86'. No goat path, you just jumped in from the side and did a mid-air kick turn... or you did a faceplant into the rocks. Then it opens up but you are aware that everyone on the tram can see you so you have to finish it. I don't care what the snow's like, if you can look into that beast and jump in... you have balls.
When I was there probably 20 years after you there was no goat path either. I don’t remember the jump in being so significant though either.
I am sure it changes pretty drastically by the snow conditions for the year. But, your description is perfect for how I remember it. You just had to jump in and hope for the best.
nicely done!!
Very smooth, great job!
Thank you! Its tough when its icy
🥶so good!
I miss you!!!
I visited Corbet’s last summer on a tram ride, and thought the Canyon run was the gnarliest… thanks for the video!
Have you seen the video of a mountain biker going down it?! Crazy!
As I remember, in the summer when it's snowless I could sit on the cliff-edge and hang my leg down because the face of the couloir is inverted. A definitely high pucker factor even when filled soft powder.
You guys made that look so easy, super smooth drop ins.
It all comes with time and large testicles.
Because it is super easy
As a Tahoe skier I've only 3 words; No fucking Joke! Nice job bros!
Love that place 💙
I might have a foggy memory, but go back long enough, and the "goat path" into Corbett's wasn't really a thing. It was an 8' straight drop from the lip, then try to check your speed before getting hung up on the sides. I never managed to land it clean, but never lost my gear, either. Effective, if not stylish entrances! Was it the emergence of snowboarders that started the development of the "goat path"? In Whistler, my "home" ski area, the shape of the entrances to the chutes has also changed a lot over the last 30 years. Might be snowboarders, or just more people skiing them a different way. Dunno.
Nice dude!!!
Appreciate it!
Nice run!
Thank you sir!
@@jayxnina This looks like skiing would be better than snowboarding ? I’ve done both since 5 years old. Some people still hate snowboarding and I do it because it is more of a challenge.
No helmet on the nervous guy.
Good call bro :)
I can not believe I actually skied Corbet’s. I was 59 skiing with husband and boys. We all did it. Boys were 14 and 12, both racers.
Thats a huge accomplishment! Congratulations!
I skied Corbet's at least 10 times in 1974 when I lived there. The best line is to the wall and then a right turn. The wall scares some (justifiably) but it truly is the best route. Do NOT sideslip in. It only means a ride to the bottom on your face. Go jump Crabtree Rock...lots more air.
Did you ever drop into SNS?
Best video ever .
I don’t know that I would go quite that far hahaha but thank you!
I'm shook
The local crazies (lifties, JHAF, and Sick Rick's buddies) used to put a pony keg in Corbett's cave for free libation to all with the skill (guts were never just enough) to pull off that first turn and successfully make it to temporary safety. Ah the good old days!
Those are still out there for those who know 😉
It's only hard to get in - Skied many runs just as steep or steeper in Tahoe
Bingo. Once you’re in, it’s some of the best snow on the mountain-windblown, unskied, freshies.
@@jayxnina I'm an old ski bum so I appreciate and envy your video - cheers!
I know I’m good enough to do it I’m just not sure if id be able to get myself to.
@@eligruenbacher715 its a big mental battle forsure
Where in tahoe is there anything steeper?
So much gnarly terrain in the Rockies, plenty of of others
Right. Especially when you go into the back country!
this look so ez it just getting in look fun
I skied Corbet's a few days ago and the drop in here is so much easier than when I did it
Yeah its pretty vertical right now, it will slowly get chiseled down.
I went quite a few years ago, but same impression. 1. I know video captures depth like absolute dog shit. 2. Doesn’t matter, because when I went there, there was no damn “goat path”. The drop in looked less than it is here, but it was a true drop in. No side/sliding into the run. No goat path. You just had to commit to maybe a 3-5ft drop into a double black chute. Hope you didn’t fall, or were moving so fast when you hit the ground that you flew into the cliff walls.
NuhUh, there's like 50 runs at my local mountain that are all like 50 times harder, and also JHoles and stuff!
Dang I wish the drop in looked like this when I hit it!
Right! These were pretty ideal conditions
Great vid and nice work on the phases, super accurate! But, if we're being honest, even though Corbet's gets all the attention, it's definitely not the hardest in North America, there are several that are more stout, AZ Chutes in Big Sky, Air Jordan in Whistler, heck even the East Wall at Araphaoe Basin, just two name a few. This has nothing to do with your actual video but I do think it's interesting and I've always wondered why Corbet's gets so much attention and is often labeled as the hardest run. I'd be curious what other people think but my theory is that this happens because it's hard, but it's still accessible and skiable even for average skiers. It's relatively low risk so you get a lot of wa-hoos and yard sale videos online which ams up the views and popularity. And at one point in time it was probably the hardest named, in-bounds run back in the day so maybe that label just stuck with it? All I know is that I've skied Corbet's several times without issue and yet merely standing next to AZ chutes and nearly shit my pants.
Hahahah I believe it. I bet it does carry that name from back in the day. I haven’t had the opportunity to ski any of those other runs but I’d love to give em a try!
Yeah, dude. A-Z is don't fall or die. And just trying to get your skis on after the traverse to it is f'd up.
Fear factor of the steep entry is what makes corbets tuff.
@@choski76 they say the easiest part of corbets is dropping in. The hard part is hiking back up to grab all your stuff
@@jayxnina haha. Touché
@@jayxnina lol
How come it looks so much easier than the other video I saw. The top part is not vertical anymore
The goat path gets shaped differently throughout the season and evening during the day as a more people ski it in good/bad ways. Storm cycles really impacts the snow condition in the couloir and therefore how you ski it.
Snow is not rock, it changes shape frequently
Matius quast hats gechoked
Did I miss the double back flip entry?
Yeah thats in the “medium” way to ski corbs vid
Interesting way to use the pole strap
theres so many different ways hahah what's your preferred method?
Got your pole straps on wrong tho. Gonna bust a thumb that way when you fall. Instruct that
Try KY Gully at Snowmass. It’s named after me.
Sounds legendary
The Little Couloir at Big Sky is harder than any run at Jackson. Go give it a try.
Seems like snowboarding with a 158cm or shorter would be the easiest way to go?
If you really want a challenge go for S&S couloir right next to Courbet’s.
theres no easy way to ski that one hahahah
Idk if I would label that the hardest run in N America. It does look pretty intense though but after dropping in, it looks pretty mild.
Its true-its only the entrance thats challenging. However, everyone who has skied Corbets would say the videos never do it justice
@@jayxnina oh yeah, video never does anything justice. I'm sure I would have a different tune being there 😆 I do love good challenges. Thanks for the video
Your friend was hilarious, tried to uncommitt after committing
Yeah poor guy hahaha
If you can do this it’s like you have completed skiing. I’m self taught over the years and this is a goal.
Certified expert 🤌🏼
Darwin of someone to do that without a helmet
He would’ve gotten the award for sure if he messed it up.
So the fella whos the most tentative isn't even wearing a helmet! yer that makes a lot of sense..
How to ski corbets 😂
Gaper addition
Literally a line under the top gondola in Verbier 3x the vertical of Corberts Overhyped…😂
Is it an official run though? 🤔
@@jayxnina Hahahahah….they don’t name or have “official” runs in Verbier…They only name the lifts. Its under Monte Fort. its a place for true skiers…how hilariously superficial can Americans get to boast about a line in Jackson Hole you can butt slide into…
Nahhh, that’s the pussy way to do it.
Gaping the 20-25 ft skier right entry let you land high enough where people aren’t able to get too, but be ready to dump some speed afterward, because it GOES!
Then you have the King of Corbets style entry, but conditions really needs to be ON.
"Doesnt look that bad"
Looks very easy :D ...don't get why the first stop in the only difficult corner is nesesary?
Its a bit of a blind turn and depending on the conditions (icy/hard packed on this day) its nice to check your speed
@@jayxnina I can understand that the first run is a bit scary :-)
It isn't even the hardest run in Jackson Hole. That honor belongs to S and S Couloir which is right next to Corbet's Couloir.
I'll just watch from the bottom. haha :-)
Kings and Queens is a great time to do just that!
hardest run in North America - pure click bait. hardest run gapers have simple access to? possibly true.
S&S must be the hardest resort run
I wanted to watch the Skiing rather than read the text.
@@co-op343I think Mcconkeys at palisades is the hardest
Fingers at Squaw bro
@@Nightlight7squaw it’s called squaw
No way it’s harder than Rambo run
Wheres that?
@@jayxnina Crested Butte. Rambo is super pitchy, but there's nothing else going on. The unnamed, patrol approval only shots at Big Sky have my pick for hardest inbounds in North America.
@@SkiDaBird
I believe it. The patrollers are narly
@@SkiDaBird I've only heard of Big Chute and Little Chute there
definitely not the hardest run in North America, s&s couloir is right next to it and has a nasty drop in. still is a sick run
snow looks like crud
The entry is rarely good because it gets so scraped but once youre in its great
I don’t think this is anywhere near the most difficult run in North America. Tuckermans ravine in New Hampshire is longer and steeper and way more difficult and there’s probably a many other skate runs that are a lot harder than this.
Have you hit them both?
@@jayxnina Maybe hardest run at a resort. But this is not the hardest run in NA. Not even in the top 100.
@@artyparty_av top 100 in bounds runs? What would your top 10 be?
The click bait worked because it got me to tell you that the S and S Couloir is what's the real deal right next door to it on your skiers right
I think it depends how you define it.
Corbets is “in bounds” and patrolled whereas S&S is not despite being right next to it.
@@jayxnina that's not true .. in fact ski patrol makes you sign a waiver for S and S.
Also, pretty sure one can make an argument for Mcconkeys Eagles Nest on the top of KT 22 OR Chimney off of the Palisades at Squaw Valley being more challenging than Corbett ! And anything at Kicking Horse!
@@zacharygippe7873 right! I think that puts it in a whole another category but your point is valid
The only time this run doesn’t look like total dog shit is when they close it for a month for Kings and Queens. Don’t get the appeal.
Totally agree. And even here the snow looks like shit
omg. no helmet.
all wrong not a single track on the far side, you ski down the initial jump to the far side to slow you then easy out, or just go right off top and its a 20 to 25 foot drop with nice slightly steep landing to ski right out of, if your slowing yourself at any point, besides the cushion far side, your not doing it right and shouldnt be there, the slope takes you right to that rock so thats why its dangerous
Corbetts gets shaped differently all the time throughout the season depending on storm cycles and how people are skiing it beforehand.
Going off the top is definitely the right way to ski it, however, this is the “easy” way for people who aren’t as confident
Lot’s = lot is = ?
Hardest run? You do know S & S is right next to it right?
this no where close to the hardest run in north America, let alone the hardest marked run take a look at whistler's couloir or anything at big sky, if we are just talking about marked. If not i am sure Jackson hole has some harder unmarked terrain such as S&S.
Yeah we are just talking about marked. I’ve heard big couloir is decent. What do you think at Whistler? I’m hoping to ski at both places next year and would love to compare!
@@jayxnina yea so there are 2 couloirs inbound at whistler that are marked, one is the famous couloir extreme (not hard at all), and the couloir on whistler that is only open so rarely within the season. It is also usually extremely sketchy and super exposed. And there are some good triple blacks all over the mountain, most of them not marked though so you could use like fatmaps to find them but just be careful when trying to get there it can be pretty dangerous
@@arrrrrrarararar5151 sounds about right. Kinda have to be a local to know about all the good spots
@@jayxnina the best spots are usually spanky's ladder sapphire bowl, the sunbowl cliffs, harmony horseshoes for practice, and the glacier wall on whistler for experts on a nice day unfortunately this year the glacier is like fully back country bc of the entrance, so unless ur willing to get ur skins on the ice cave really aint possible lol or anything in that area but then again the snow is different everywhere so go where the snow is good and the terrain is fun
@@arrrrrrarararar5151 thanks for all the good info--will definitely have to check it out!
Hardest Ski Run in North America ?
Not that day 😑
Not even close. The Big Couloir in Big Sky makes CC look like a single black. Really. There is no easy way in most of the time, it’s much steeper 52 degrees plus), it’s much longer (1 mile), and it has a gnarly rock outcropping halfway down. Oh, and you need a pack/peeps/shovel/pole/SKI PATROL SIGN-OFF (you can’t just ski up to it and slide to a single jump turn and the run is done). Jackson is so pretending with CC 😂
the s & s colouir is harder than anything at big sky
That snow is "good?" It's noisy, hard crust.
its just the drop in. Once you're in the Couloir its incredible.
That snow is crap…why bother?
The snow is always bad on the drop in but once youre in the couloir, it is always some of the best snow on the entire mountain. This is because its protected-north facing and barely ski’d.
Just the drop in is tricky, the rest is not hard dude
Facts 🤌🏼
Corbett's is not even close to being the hardest ski run in North America.
Wear a helmet.
It was his first run of the day too-I couldn’t believe he wanted to do it
It’s not the hardest run by any measure.
People who ski in resort 😴😴😴
Avy gear is spendy!
doesnt count if you side step in.
Maybe make us a video of you going off the nose? 😎
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@@gilesaugustine829 well done sir 👏🏼
yard sale
wuss entries arent post worthy
Its meant to help people learn to ski the run well 💪🏼
Click bait garbage, its one of the easiest true double diamonds
Even more skier aggrandizing bullshit
Definitely not the hardest ski run in north america.
What would you say is?
@@jayxnina Kicking Horse has so much stuff harder, such as Dutch Wallet.
@@SkiingBiologyGod where is that at?
@@jayxnina BC, Canada
@@SkiingBiologyGod yeah they’ve got some gnarly stuff out there. Is in in resort? Or out of bounds?
This looks like the shittiest ski run anywhere LOL. but I prefer 'steep and deep'...
I think most people ski it for the achievement more than anything.
Lame
dont be so hard on yourself
Super lame skiing. Stay on the bunny slope.
You missed at least 3 more opportunities to flex on your status as “patrol”
Im actually not patrol just a ski schooler 🤓
didnt know you can ski like 6/10 and call yourself an instructor these days
Well similar to the proportion of skier on the mountain theres instructors of all different levels. Nina had only ski’d two days before she became and instructor and coached the little little guys before working her way up.
This is definitely not the hardest ski run in North America...
What would you say is?
@@jayxnina There's 100% way harder skiing routes then this, like I'd rather do this then Hawaii 5-O at whistler blackcomb. Especially if H5O is extremely exposed.
@@2EnterNext is it in bounds?
Jackson has SnS right next to corbets which is WAY harder, you just need to get cleared by ski patrol to do it. Is it like that?
@@jayxnina Yep it's inbounds and extremely sketchy and can be dangerous usually it has deadly exposure in it aswell, 50+ Degrees.. Usually to us we consider stuff like Hawaii 5-O as Triple Blacks.
@@2EnterNext or the coffin, pencil chute, surfs up, exhil, excitation, air jordan, and most of the stuff in spankys ladder