Most Dangerous Ski Runs in North America

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Uncovering Skiing

Uncovering Skiing

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North America has some of the dangerous ski runs in the world. From the east coast, to the midwest, to the west coast, and even in Canada, here are North America's most dangerous ski runs..

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@arjunski
@arjunski Місяць тому
Thanks for including my footage at 4:15 and at 4:19! The Lake Chutes are definitely some of the most challenging lines I've skied! Good list that definitely highlights some of the more challenging areas in North America! Some other runs worth mentioning: Little Couloir - Big Sky Headwaters - Big Sky Dutch Wallet - Kicking Horse (or literally any other double black at Kicking Horse) Krakatoa - Whistler Blackcomb The Couloir - Whistler Blackcomb Exhilaration - Whistler Blackcomb Surf's Up - Whistler Blackcomb Chimney - Palisades Tahoe Heart Chute - Kirkwood S&S Couloir - Jackson Hole Forbidden Zone - Snowbird Little Chute - Alta Money 1 & 2 - Alyeska High Life - Crested Butte Body Bag - Crested Butte Third Bowl - Crested Butte East Wall & Steep Gullies - Arapahoe Basin Eden - Aspen Highlands Upper 5 - Lake Louise Kiwi Flats - Mammoth Mountain Black Bess & Honeycomb Chutes - Solitude Heart of Darkness - Winter Park Stauffenberg - Taos Wild West: Luxton's - Sunshine Village All of Silverton (if it counts)
@realfricci
@realfricci Місяць тому
I've found more challenging runs at Crested Butte than the ones mentioned here. Runs like Paradise Cliffs/Big Chute area are more technical, as well as the entire Headwall area. I've found Phoenix Chutes and Staircase to be challenging, and Rambo is of course no joke. Check out Teo 2 Bowl the next time you're there (If it's open) and also try Flatiron and Psycho Rocks, both of which are very challenging.
@4Rjxn
@4Rjxn Місяць тому
we have the same name :O
@OfficialSportySkitsPROD
@OfficialSportySkitsPROD Місяць тому
It’s called “Big Colouir” and “Headwaters Bowl” I’ve skied there I’m 12 not those but some double black chutes.
@FinduroVR
@FinduroVR Місяць тому
Whistler Blackcomb has some really gnarly official runs which I'd imagine are near the difficulty of these, Hawaii 5-0, Krakatoa, Crack House, Whistler Couloir, Exhilaration and Elevator to name a few. I've skied for 20+ years and don't even feel close to skilled enough to do some of the stuff I've seen here. Im sure these are all bonkers as well, but it just goes to show gnarly stuff is everywhere if you know where to look
@callumstocker4954
@callumstocker4954 Місяць тому
Theres no fucking shot Rambo is harder than the eagles nest
@christopherwinter1224
@christopherwinter1224 29 днів тому
As someone that lives in CB; Rambo isn't even the hardest run @ CB. Ski to the bottom of Phoenix, and look up Body Bag, Dead Bob's etc. NO THANK YOU.
@killingaurapvp3178
@killingaurapvp3178 28 днів тому
haven’t done rambo so i can’t personally compare
@Gregory.Lukashin
@Gregory.Lukashin 27 днів тому
its not
@callumstocker4954
@callumstocker4954 26 днів тому
@@christopherwinter1224 I agree, I was just at Tahoe and wouldn’t ever think of dropping into the eagles nest haha
@thefrogggy100
@thefrogggy100 Місяць тому
You did forget that next to Corbet’s couloir there is S&S Couloir, which has a required drop of 20+ feet into a straightaway. It has its own waiver you have to sign. You also forgot that climb down runs exist - where you have to climb down into the chute. Pipeline at Snowbird and Dutch Wallet at Kicking Horse are both examples of this. You also forgot the headwaters at Big Sky, which require a lengthy 40 minute hike to get to the end of - the whole duration you are next to a several hundred foot drop that has massive cliffs.
@nadakidd
@nadakidd Місяць тому
Also half of the shots skier's left of Great Scott are more dangerous than most on this list. Don't get me started with Fantasy Ridge. Kicking Horse is no joke though.
@corneliusblackwood9014
@corneliusblackwood9014 Місяць тому
I don’t think Pipeline is that bad, the headwaters is a bit nerve wracking though.. for sure. I’ve experienced some stuff in the Alps that was far more terrifying than anything in NA or Canada and I’m been literally everywhere, skiing for 30+ years. This list is definitely odd though, seems like he read an article(s) and tossed together a list to try and make profit off views.
@user-vb9fk1ms4g
@user-vb9fk1ms4g 21 день тому
yeah Ive skied the headwater for the last 3 years and at the first time i was 11... It is definitly one of the most gnarly things I have ever done in my short 13 years of existance
@thefrogggy100
@thefrogggy100 21 день тому
@@user-vb9fk1ms4g i was at big sky a couple years ago and i definitely wimped out on even trying them 😭
@Newjerseydevil950003
@Newjerseydevil950003 Місяць тому
Any groomed intermediate trail on a holiday Saturday in the Poconos.
@UncleRicoOSU
@UncleRicoOSU 6 днів тому
Love seeing Lake Chutes. When I’m on a more “family friendly” ski trip to Breckenridge, it’s nice having some extreme terrain available with just a short hike.
@patconsidine4023
@patconsidine4023 17 днів тому
2:11 Typical snowboarder scraping off alllll the snow
@icecoastbum
@icecoastbum 10 днів тому
exactly what went through my head lol
@morninboy
@morninboy 9 годин тому
They ruin many good schutes
@Nathanstone450
@Nathanstone450 Місяць тому
No hate to this creator but I feel that when it comes to the hardest ski runs all the lists don't not care about Bridger Bowl, I know it is a small resort but they have A LOT of runs that I think are worthy of a placement on at least one of these lists. Lemme give you a list of most of them: Saber Slice, 6th Grade, Jaws 1, Cottom's Classic, Good Grief, Elf Stone, Out of Control, End of Control, Jess's Fine Line, Nun's, Trap Door Direct, Tight Squeeze, Kneil's, Dirty 'neils, Cuckoo's, Mad Women's, Brain Damage, Angry Chair, Dry Martini, Lost Shot Notch, Lost Shot Straight line, Two Way Street, Chute 7, X Couloir, Princess Point, Pondwarf's Pucker, Angel's Flight, The Diving Board, The Tree House Drop, Stimulus Package, Spud's Angry Pocket, Lower Never Never Land, The Waltz, Spicy Palapa, The Four Virtues, Mr. Wiggles, Jaws 2, Job 3, Right Side Direct and Sometimes a Good Notion. Most of these have decent media coverage, at least on You Tube. Of course I can't compare any of these to the ones in these lists from experience since I am not crazy enough to do any of these, yet, but still. Then again with these list there really is no exact top 10 hardest ski runs. Besides that decent list.
@WildcatPlayz
@WildcatPlayz 8 днів тому
Vail has a run called Pumphouse if you wanted to look at that or if you can do research on another run at vail that was closed, it was called Narrows.
@TheNcmore
@TheNcmore Місяць тому
Glad to have folks like you skiing these runs so I don't have to :=)
@michaelwarner8006
@michaelwarner8006 Місяць тому
You did not include the Front Four at Stowe, VT!!
@deniseockey6204
@deniseockey6204 Місяць тому
Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn. Good advice!
@SSStxrm
@SSStxrm Місяць тому
this man has gone off with only a coupple of vids keep i up man.
@amirsyoutube9518
@amirsyoutube9518 Місяць тому
I watch these videos even though I will never be good enough to ski these runs.
@nespolo1597
@nespolo1597 Місяць тому
A basin should’ve been mentioned over breck. Overall though some pretty cool runs on this list some I didn’t know about.
@mfutch78
@mfutch78 Місяць тому
the publicity rambo gets is weird, not even the hardest run at CB
@Nathanstone450
@Nathanstone450 Місяць тому
fr though Stair Case and Body Bag are much worse and that is just the start.
@decicrim7437
@decicrim7437 Місяць тому
Nice list! i would add kiwi flats from mammoth mountain to this list, short but puckering, 100% no fall run, with a mandatory cliff hop half way down the skinny chute.
@alanboucek
@alanboucek Місяць тому
how hard is it to learn how to pronounce "couloir"?
@isuckatbedwars2342
@isuckatbedwars2342 Місяць тому
Impossible😂
@evhbombastic
@evhbombastic Місяць тому
If you don't speak French, like most people reading this, it is a lot harder to learn how to pronounce "couloir" than say, an English word like "chute". Newsflash, professor, most people who learn to speak English first, have a very hard time learning to pronounce writen French words. I guess most of them, are not as smrt as you seem to think that you are. I bet you never had any difficulty learning how to pronounce terms/names such as; Rendezvous, Gros Ventre, or Dubois, huh.
@alanboucek
@alanboucek Місяць тому
@@evhbombastic www.google.com/gasearch?q=couloir%20magazine&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#vhid=pNAObQ1Sb3jJlM&vssid=mosaic
@antoineouellet4257
@antoineouellet4257 Місяць тому
​@@evhbombastic Newsflash, "chute" is, also, a French loanword.
@johns3106
@johns3106 Місяць тому
AI generated narration often “mispronounces” words that don’t follow normal linguistic rules. Mispronunciations like this are often a dead giveaway that you’re not listening to a real person
@crossey324
@crossey324 Місяць тому
Bro this channel is so underrated I love it
@Sawyerdoesstuff
@Sawyerdoesstuff Місяць тому
No he just posts the same videos then unlists them and post them again
@edwarddeatley1117
@edwarddeatley1117 7 днів тому
Great video and well produced. Fun to watch. The problem with Lewis like this as it’s very subjective. A list like this is bound to upset some people. I’ve heard kill the banker is tough. I don’t think the lake shoots at Breckenridge are that difficult.I’d love to try some of them but the risk reward is just too freaky.
@pete6705
@pete6705 Місяць тому
I went to Corbet’s, but when I went it was just pure ice and rocks. They had it closed off. One day I was there they unclosed it, but it was still pure ice, I didn’t see a single person go down. I went up to it and looked down, but said no way.
@roe907
@roe907 Місяць тому
Hey I filmed number 5! Woohoo!
@andresamson8859
@andresamson8859 Місяць тому
So many facts are wrong, you might mix up degres with %. Because most of these run are no way near 45 degrees. Corbets at 50degres… wtf . Clearly you never step foot on 50degree slope to say that… snow will barely stick to it! Alaska is renowned for having the steepest mountains slope , and this is because of the abnormal climate that make the snow stick to the face.
@jojoski2
@jojoski2 Місяць тому
yes reality is far lower, look at "skibum net do-it-up/comparing-steepness-of-ski-trails/" numbers few over 40° "The guys days : Ski areas are notorious for making claims. They exaggerate almost as much as skiers. In fact, the ski area spokesman’s propensity to enhance and embellish the treachery of a steep trail is second only to those of us who ski them."
@comaproshredders
@comaproshredders 17 годин тому
Thank you
@mcsqueegee81
@mcsqueegee81 Місяць тому
Quite a random list, missing some for sure. Tough a bit to nail it but this doesnt. Are these vids peiced together, of other people skiing? Would be better if you were skiing each
@ObviousPseudonym
@ObviousPseudonym Місяць тому
Watching the snowboarder side slipping all the snow off of Brain Damage made my blood boil. If you don’t have the skill to ski/ride it properly, stay off it.
@marcusp9288
@marcusp9288 Місяць тому
did you reupload this?
@UncoveringSkiing
@UncoveringSkiing Місяць тому
Yes, old version got deleted by UKposts
@JohnGM96
@JohnGM96 Місяць тому
polar star couloir or grand teton? If you'd like, maybe take a look on the 50 by Cody townsend.
@andrewyoung8764
@andrewyoung8764 28 днів тому
this is a video on marked ski runs champ
@skyegamer367
@skyegamer367 Місяць тому
eagles nest is way harder than rambo
@killingaurapvp3178
@killingaurapvp3178 Місяць тому
i've only skied one of the two but rambo is definitely harder
@arjunski
@arjunski Місяць тому
@@killingaurapvp3178 uhhhhhh, idk about that one. Rambo's a tree cut run with a few obstacles and reaches a max pitch of 45ish degrees. Eagles Nest is a sheer rock face that requires insane billy-goating and a huge exit drop and it reaches pitches upwards of 60 degrees. It's not even a comparison, they're not even in the same league. Plus Rambo isn't even close to the hardest run at CBMR
@killingaurapvp3178
@killingaurapvp3178 Місяць тому
​@@arjunski Yeah I was trolling. This video is wildly inaccurate. Can't really personally compare the two tho cus I haven't skied Rambo but the last clip of Eagles in this video is me (basically falling down it).
@highimphilip
@highimphilip Місяць тому
#2 looks the hardest. Jackson Hole #2.
@miketrotter665
@miketrotter665 6 днів тому
Missed a bunch in Canada
@XC-Track-Running
@XC-Track-Running Місяць тому
Kiwi flats at Mammoth, should’ve been on the list
@jodidaily4715
@jodidaily4715 Місяць тому
You forgot about Big Skys hells half acre
@PlatGorillaTag
@PlatGorillaTag Місяць тому
I think you should’ve added Indian ridge at copper mountain. Colorado
@WAfortunes
@WAfortunes Місяць тому
Channels like the vail resorts of North America just without the price tag
@matthewcardinal8892
@matthewcardinal8892 Місяць тому
I have ski the dive at sunshine 4 times
@KeepShreddin
@KeepShreddin Місяць тому
This has gotta be out of order. There is no way Rambo is harder than corbets lmao
@killingaurapvp3178
@killingaurapvp3178 Місяць тому
Rambo looks so much scarier than whatever #2 is. There are so many trees sticking out that can take you out on Rambo.
@phraenque6657
@phraenque6657 Місяць тому
i think it's less about how difficult the run is and more about how dangerous it is- falling on rambo means you are bouncing off trees and rocks all the way down, at corbet's you've at least got some open snow to work with if you make a mistake
@shappooppi
@shappooppi Місяць тому
Corbet’s is way easier than Rambo or s&s. Corbet’s just has name recognition so people think it’s hard. There’s also not a lot of consequence from taking a crash on corbet’s. You take a 50 foot wipeout and call it a day. Also, I can only speak from experience but this is a terrible list. The hardest run at Breckenridge is probably 6 senses. Mandatory air into a mandatory straight line . They’re just saying that it’s Lake Chutes because Crazy Ivan 2 is steep af. Rambo isn’t the hardest run at crested butte. It’s fucking scary and the top is usually all rocks but it’s not harder than body bag. The problem with these lists is people haven’t actually skied these runs, so they’re just going on word of mouth. And lots of trail maps won’t give you specifics, so if you don’t know what you’re looking for, you’re not skiing it.
@matthewbennettutah
@matthewbennettutah 16 днів тому
This is a very interesting list but you are missing some great runs. If you are going to include hike-to runs, I would rank Pipeline at Snowbird over Great Scott. Even Elevator Shaft at Snowbird is more difficult than Great Scott and you can ski right to it. I would also include Main Chute at Alta or the more difficult run to the left called Little Chute. Then there is High Rustler at Alta but I'm not sure it should be on this list unless you include the jump over the rocks at the top instead of the cheater side entry that 99% of skiers use to get in. Finally there are many code-brown-inducing runs at Kicking Horse and at least one of them should be on this list. Unfortunately Kicking Horse doesn't get as much publicity as some of the other resorts on this list and so it is easy to overlook them. Do yourself a favor and make the trip. It is the real deal.
@maxlen234
@maxlen234 Місяць тому
Kiwi flats at Mammoth and S&S couloir at Jackson Hole would be honorable mentions. Both of them are only skiable at perfect conditions though. So not sure if they really belong on this list
@carterverbrugge3619
@carterverbrugge3619 Місяць тому
Steep gullies or North Pole at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado
@OfficialSportySkitsPROD
@OfficialSportySkitsPROD Місяць тому
Add most runs in Big Sky I’ve skied there I’m 12 not all but they’ve got a lot of hard ones.
@ChefLukeMurray
@ChefLukeMurray Місяць тому
I have seen this video before 🤔🤔🤔(reupload?)
@UncoveringSkiing
@UncoveringSkiing Місяць тому
Yeah the old version got taken down unfortunately. I changed it up a bit
@ChefLukeMurray
@ChefLukeMurray Місяць тому
Ok thanks! Was it for Copyright reasons?
@BUS_TeaCupz
@BUS_TeaCupz 28 днів тому
Bro said it’s difficult because of the variable weather, in Vermont (shows a clip of Whistler)
@user-hu1bu1im3l
@user-hu1bu1im3l Місяць тому
I as a level 4 skier saw the first 2 as doable, but oh boy #8 and below seemed completely insane
@surftolearn9864
@surftolearn9864 29 днів тому
What about Taos NM
@Mayaheartsskiing
@Mayaheartsskiing 22 дні тому
You’re missing the heathen at sunlight mountain resort! It’s 52 degrees
@jonhjonhathon5142
@jonhjonhathon5142 5 днів тому
2%???
@Itsyourboyyet225
@Itsyourboyyet225 Місяць тому
Bro you missed (Church) at sugarbush VT
@zeanonimogameplay6305
@zeanonimogameplay6305 Місяць тому
you missed s&s colouir in jackson hole is just on side coberts and requires a turn in the air so you not hit a rock wall
@colee18
@colee18 Місяць тому
The streif ⛷️🎿🚠🚡
@benjach5409
@benjach5409 Місяць тому
S&S Couloir???
@bradmacdonald7626
@bradmacdonald7626 Місяць тому
0:50 is a shot from the base of Whistler😊
@tundra3700
@tundra3700 15 днів тому
Sorry but you might wanna do some more research I’ve skied corners and most of the other runs on this list and ther are way steeper and more challenging runs.
@JimmyColliderPLAYS-kj4pn
@JimmyColliderPLAYS-kj4pn Місяць тому
7th heven?
@user-ue1jm9hu3e
@user-ue1jm9hu3e Місяць тому
How about Goat at Stowe
@Exspr
@Exspr Місяць тому
I would do every single one of these if my friend said two words. No balls
@thomasharrison1818
@thomasharrison1818 28 днів тому
You: When people hear hard ski runs they things a steep pitch or moguls Me: No I just think about corbets couloir
@randyalbright7212
@randyalbright7212 Місяць тому
Hair jump - Mammoth
@user-yi9ip2xz7l
@user-yi9ip2xz7l Місяць тому
Dude I’m 13 and like in Alaska and I’ve skied Christmas chute😂
@michaelkazatski7784
@michaelkazatski7784 Місяць тому
i live in vermont
@halvo265
@halvo265 Місяць тому
It's COOL-WAHR!
@JonathanDistad0
@JonathanDistad0 27 днів тому
Big collar big sky
@randyalbright7212
@randyalbright7212 Місяць тому
Oh no not a pole!
@Skier52
@Skier52 20 днів тому
The steep gullies at abasin
@jeafnotjeff6850
@jeafnotjeff6850 Місяць тому
No slope can be more than 45 degrees
@RyanandtheRagdolls
@RyanandtheRagdolls Місяць тому
Me when sns coulier
@misterfunnybones
@misterfunnybones Місяць тому
20° of glare ice is ♦♦♦ compared to 55° of powder.
@BurnsRubber
@BurnsRubber Місяць тому
This video is completely wrong. A 30min lift line for a blue run is definitely the hardest.
@pumpkin-eh5ui
@pumpkin-eh5ui Місяць тому
Called truth dare consiquensis
@davidsmith6669
@davidsmith6669 Місяць тому
No way Rambo is harder than Telluride or Corbet lol
@coloradocamera
@coloradocamera 7 днів тому
Rambo isn't nearly the hardest run. Rambo is my warmup run you forgot to mention the Highlife Run, Body Bag, Dead End, Slot Rocks I can name 20 runs at CB that are harder than Rambo
@user-vb9fk1ms4g
@user-vb9fk1ms4g 21 день тому
hey buddy u forgot the entire headwaters ski area at Big Sky, where it is a 40 minute hike along a cliff where you only have about 1 1/2 widths of your foot to step ... and once you actually get to the trail there is almost never anywhere to go. On top of all this, once you actually get to ski the trail, you have to have a complete knowledge of the area because a wrong path on any of the chutes could take you to some mandatory air that could potentially be dangerous It is one of the scariest things I have ever done in my 13 years of existence I legitimately almost died 3 time in the past 3 years that I have skied them
@pumpkin-eh5ui
@pumpkin-eh5ui Місяць тому
Kicking horse there’s three trails look them up
@bradmacdonald7626
@bradmacdonald7626 Місяць тому
The fact that you made a video about the most dangerous runs in North America, yet don’t know the correct pronunciation of the word couloir, is astonishing.
@cimirie01
@cimirie01 Місяць тому
I literally thought the same thing. For me it called into question whether he actually knows what he’s talking about. The list seems decent though.
@2AMSteezy
@2AMSteezy 21 день тому
Shut up
@gboates
@gboates Місяць тому
these aren't really "runs"...
@mysticninjaofficial
@mysticninjaofficial Місяць тому
you guys in america really make everything be a slope...
@Matt-vo1ge
@Matt-vo1ge Місяць тому
Tele it or go home.
@mrepix8287
@mrepix8287 Місяць тому
Squaw changed its name to “Palisades Tahoe”, btw.
@tj_1260
@tj_1260 Місяць тому
Jjh
@gloryholetoanotherdimension
@gloryholetoanotherdimension Місяць тому
You (or the AI voice your using) really should learn to pronounce couloir
@andrewmitchell5807
@andrewmitchell5807 Місяць тому
Why are you saying inbound runs are the hardest in America??? This is a terrible list put some real lines on it
@secretPENGUIN69
@secretPENGUIN69 Місяць тому
because 99.99% of people stay inbounds, & have not gone back country skiing. only locals do that
@SmilingAirplane-fr8px
@SmilingAirplane-fr8px Місяць тому
I feel like the wall at kirkwood should be up there at 5 or 6
@NotSlicer
@NotSlicer 16 днів тому
Are you @uncovering_yt?
@alaskabarb8089
@alaskabarb8089 Місяць тому
“At the bottom of Delerium Dive, there’s a massive section of ‘mostly untouched’ trees…” The other trees have been clobbered many, many times.⛷️🎿🩼🩼
@mcsqueegee81
@mcsqueegee81 Місяць тому
Quite a random list, missing some for sure. Tough a bit to nail it but this doesnt. Are these vids peiced together, of other people skiing? Would be better if you were skiing each
@mcsqueegee81
@mcsqueegee81 Місяць тому
Quite a random list, missing some for sure. Tough a bit to nail it but this doesnt. Are these vids peiced together, of other people skiing? Would be better if you were skiing each
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