To anyone whos hit Corbett's Couloir

it was 2 chyll man i did like a quad cork in but thats because it was my 1st time hittin it gonna try a sextuple d spin next time
 
I did two marijuanas and wore my full tilts with my hero Tom Wolis but still broke my ankles then ski patrol blew it up as soon as mount hood erupted
 
Whats it like?

The chute is traditionally covered in snow and yields a (steep)? drop into some more snow (usually)

Where is it?

Near a (mountain)?

Would ya drop it again?

Ya said he was going to take a break for a while but would likely be back at it next season.

Hope this helps!
 
It's pretty cool to say you did it, it's not like a mind blowing experience though.

Basically a blind drop into a chute.

Sometimes you can slide right in and skip the drop. One of those things where you can make it as gnarly or as "tame" as you like, conditions dependent.

Tends to get blown out pretty quickly, try to get there early.

Take the tram up, head left, follow the rope line and the crowd.

A dog did it this season so don't be a pussy.
 
12996321:DINKLEBERG said:
Whats it like?

The chute is traditionally covered in snow and yields a (steep)? drop into some more snow (usually)

Where is it?

Near a (mountain)?

Would ya drop it again?

Ya said he was going to take a break for a while but would likely be back at it next season.

Hope this helps!
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12996371:Dr.Dealgood said:
It's pretty cool to say you did it, it's not like a mind blowing experience though.

Basically a blind drop into a chute.

Sometimes you can slide right in and skip the drop. One of those things where you can make it as gnarly or as "tame" as you like, conditions dependent.

Tends to get blown out pretty quickly, try to get there early.

Take the tram up, head left, follow the rope line and the crowd.

A dog did it this season so don't be a pussy.
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great post, especially last line

corbet's is sick and all but it's one of my gaper alarms-- when someone starts going on about how it's "the toughest run in america!!!" or some shit i can immediately write them off as "not nearly as good as me"
 
I skied it this year. On the way out there I was super gung-ho about skiing it, I couldn't wait. When I finally got up to the top the first day and looked over the edge, I just about shit my pants. It was in early January so it was about as big a drop as it gets in Corbett's, with no chance of a slide in. That first time I was checking it out I was thinking "No way, too big, not gonna do it. I came all the way out here to ski Corbett's and I'm gonna chicken out." Next day me and my buddy go check it out again and we were the first ones there after it opened, and it had snowed a good amount the night before. He sacked up and dropped it almost right away, which gave me some confidence, I guess. I went in after him and pretty much as soon as I passed the point of no return it seemed a lot easier than it looked from the top. Bitch mode turned off and ski mode turned on, and I stomped it. The snow inside the chute was fresh and deep and those turns felt like the best of the day.

In retrospect it definitely isn't that difficult of a run, but the psychological aspect of not being able to see the landing makes it pretty scary. Haters will tell you its nothing and that its a gaper alarm and there's harder stuff at (insert other big mountain). Fuck that shit. For an east coaster like me that was definitely one of the gnarliest inbounds runs I've ever seen, plus it has a lot of pedigree throughout skiing's history, and I'm really proud for having done it.
 
Skier's left entrance is usually incredibly firm. If you do what everyone else does, which I unfortunately did, you drop about 6 feet onto a bullet proof ledge, then you drop about another 6 to 7 feet onto a goat trail (also bulletproof) that takes you into a right hand turn that curves around under the cliff. It is really fast and if you don't scrub speed, you will hit the cliff wall on the opposite side of the Couloir. I saw stars when I landed on the goat trail.

The better option is to land on the first ledge and drop straight off of it, hugging the wall on the left. This way you land on the far side of the goat trail and it will be a lot softer.

If you take it in the middle, you have to hit it with speed so you clear the goat trail. I remember it being like at least twenty feet if you dropped off the cliff, but if you just drop off of it, you will land on the goat trail and you will get crushed. Because of how steep it is, count on having to get 30 to 40 feet gross if you want to hit it in the middle.

Once you get in, the turns are pretty epic. It gets very little sun, and it was like Etch a Sketch snow. The snow slides with you and it wipes out your tracks. The entrance scared the piss out of me, but skiing the couloir was awesome.
 
It changes all the time. Sometimes and air, sometimes a chute, sometimes a big tunnel into a turn and you can be as hot doggin as you want!
 
Cheers for the feedback peeps! (Not too sure why i got so much hate for posting this..)

I was hoping it was in france as I currently reside in the UK, but hopefully next year I'll get a chance to hit some Sweet West coast pow and Corbettes is on my to do list!

Saw the vid of a dog dropping in, brave lil fella! and the way people get in on the right side seems sketchy.. Id prefer the left as its sort of relatable to dropping into a pipe..

When I get down there I'll be sure to film it and bring the vid to NS and this thread :D Thanks peeps, Much love!
 
It changes all the time so you don't really know what to expect but you can watch some youtube videos for an idea. When I hit it, I thought going straight off the cliff would have been nearly impossible because it was huge (30+ ft) and there was a big traverse cutting across the landing zone.

I took it like most people do which is off to the skier's left. There's a little chute that's just too-small to side slip. So basically you drop in straight down for 10-20 ft and make a big sweeping turn to the right. Since so many people did this, there was a giant traverse path cutting across so it was easy to follow that. There was no concern about hitting the skier's right-side cliff but maybe on some days for some people it is?

I've skied at a lot of the big mountains in North America and for a 'named run' it was probably the most difficult I've seen. That being said there are of course in-bounds lines at plenty of resorts that are much harder.
 
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