Hardest marked inbounds run?

Here's Shane McConkey on Sacrifice at Squaw, although it's not an officially marked run.
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And here's McConkey's (formerly Eagles' Nest) at Squaw. The line is usually skied slightly looker's left to right, airing the cliff at the bottom. It's roughly 65 degrees and might just be the steepest thing you'll find in-bounds in North America.
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It involves a backcountry hike out of the glacier but the hike and DOA itself takes are in avalanche terrain. Stick to inbounds runs. There are enough retards out in the backcountry without the proper gear or a clue as it is.
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Oh I am fully aware of some of the shit at alta. I've only been there at least 3 times. I want to go more though. Some of the shit over on supreme look sick. And east castle. Always wanted to hit that up someday. Devils castle, too.
 
this and KT-22 at Squaw was named steepepest by SKI mag i believe??? Not possitive on that though

and the chutes at Mt. rose can be tricky cuz there tight. but in a way there also easy so idk if they would be considered??? Any other Rose skiers help on that one hah?
 
My bad, didn't mean to be mean there, but i've seen so many idiots out there it's frustrating. Ive nearly been hit by an avalanche from someone who was traversing above me while I was skiing. When I confronted him his answer was "I didn't know". Needless to say I'm a bit sour, especially when their endangering my life on top of theirs. It was a bad assumption to think that you were another one of those people. My apologies. I'll PM you directions if you'd like but I'm not posting it on the forum for anyone to read and head over there.
 
Theres a few different ways are you planning to skin or bootpack, also how well do you know the blackcomb backcountry?
 
Just got back from whistler today.

The double blacks I Skiied:

Whistler:

Cockalorum

The Cirque

Horseshoe Chutes

Harmony Cliff-walls (lol - off to the right as you go up the chair)

Blackcomb:

Spanky's Ladder

Blow Hole

Pakalolo

Outer Limits

No doubt there are some drop in's back at spankys ladder that are scary. I did a few 20-40 foot straight chutes at 50+ deg slopes between rock sidewalls where you COULD NOT turn even slightly. Some with rocks in the middle you had to drop from at speed etc etc. Basically if you slip.....splat.

Also, coverage on the Couloir Extreme/Jersey Cream bowl was sketch. Probably the scariest full run on the entire mountain. Incredibly steep and conditions at the top can be horrible. We are talking icy moguls mixed with sharp rocks. You can't air the rocks because you land in moguls....the moguls are incredibly steep and icy and if you slip you are luck to walk away from it.

I saw some guy fall on his first turn coming down through a more difficult entrance on the right side of Couloir Extreme and he rolled half way down the run - probably 600ft - hitting multiple huge rock walls on the way down. I would be amazed if that fool walked away.

You can get into a lot of trouble very quickly up there if you don't know what you are doing and where you are going. I honestly don't think the steepness of a run is what makes it scary. It's the rocks.

Always the rocks.

 
36 degrees!!!!???? Holy fuck.

HAHAHA. must be SKI magazine.

At the top, JH's Alta zero is pretty steep/exposed and can have mandatory air. That run would give anyone a moment of pause, but it's also really short. And from what I've seen at Squaw, while super fun and challenging, all the best lines are in really short zones too.

Who really cares about the most gnar inbounds run anyways? The best skiers find it wherever it lie. you might sweat a bit on the way to and fro, but you can get into many more legitimately steep challenging and vertically impressive lines away from resorts.
 
I dont really understand what you mean by Hard. Fun sounds good, but its not really challanging stuff, just a bit more exilerating than the rest. I am a big mountain skier though, i guess i see things differently/claim.
 
this. at night river run loaded with a shit ton of people can give you a heart attack. i almost shat my pantelones

 
Horseshoe Chute in the "Extreme Backcountry" at Mt Bohemia in the UP of Michigan. It's lift accessible and even though they call it the backcountry it's inbounds.

Harder than anything I've ever skied in the midwest by far. Compares to some of the trickier lines at Squaw and A-Basin which are the only places I've skied out west where I looked for hard runs.
 
Definitely the little. it's not open that often. Some of the a-z's are pretty gnarly too. And the 6th gully which is hardly ever open and they require you to have a ski patrol escort. There is even another run that has been named after a family friend cause he is the only one to ever have skied it and its above the south wall. to the lookers left of the gullies. Some gnar shit!

Big on left, little on right. and that's on a good snow year!
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here is the big

and here is some dude doing the apple core

and then your a-z's

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Every single mountain has an unmarked run (or twenty) that is way gnarlier than than their hardest marked inbounds run.
 
tram face at squaw! in all seriousness there is some pretty steep and rad stuff on the one wall in targhee
 
The dive is definitely really steep, but I have skied steeper on Whistler. The chutes into Sapphire bowl get super steep, and those are even marked on WB's trail map.
 
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