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Anyone here ever skiied Corbet's in Jackson Hole?

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currentwestman
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How was it?
Sep 23 2007 10:44PM
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powderski14
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not this winter but next me and a buddy are going out and doing it....there's a movie out called "someday...somebody will ski that"...its all about the history of people skiing it....i just bought it it was decent...had good shots of people doing it....better than the shit you can find on youtube
Sep 23 2007 10:47PM
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Nicholas.
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my friends took a pic from the top and i was like pffft thats not bad, and then i saw one of people standing on it frim below, its gnarly man.
Sep 23 2007 10:49PM
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Nicholas.
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its a 25 foot drop into it by the way, and steep as fuck after that. but i guess its not always 25 so who knows...not i.
Sep 23 2007 10:54PM
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*DrewT*
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never done it, looks tough but not ridiculous
Sep 23 2007 11:11PM
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Caveman.
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hell yeah i have that movie to
Sep 23 2007 11:21PM
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fillup
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pics or isnt real
Sep 23 2007 11:32PM
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Microcosm
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I'd do it without the drop! nah but seriously one of these days I'd love to try it.
Sep 23 2007 11:33PM
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eheath
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Word i would also one day like to.
Sep 23 2007 11:42PM
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thefilmerguy
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my dad skiied it, there is a "handicapped" route which is only a mandatory 8 foot drop into it, my dad said it was easier than it looked
Sep 23 2007 11:46PM
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theoz
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whats the point in skiing it with out doing the drop?
Sep 23 2007 11:46PM
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DaysToCome
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when i was like 15 i stood on top and looked over the edge and it was intimidating because not only is it like 20 feet but its steep as shit and if you start rolling you wont stop for a while. ididnt do it that year but that was 2 years ago so im hooping to go back and try it this year
Sep 24 2007 12:19AM
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Caveman.
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Corbet's Couloir is to big mountain what Chad's Gap is to Newschool Skiing
Sep 24 2007 12:28AM
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Microcosm
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true. that's why I want to hit it one of these days, but with the drop.
Sep 24 2007 12:36AM
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powsurfer
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...and AK pwns them both.
Sep 24 2007 12:36AM
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*DrewT*
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haha not really. There's tons of people who can ski corbets compared to people who could hit chads.

But I guess the hype around corbets is similar compared to chads
Sep 24 2007 12:37AM
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Holte
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hahahaha you guys make it out to be the most technical big mountain feature of all time. It's really not that bad. I did it when i was fifteen. It's about a 15 to 25 foot vertical drop (depending on the snow level), and then you have to make two or three quick check turns in a space of about 30 feet. That's it. Super late in the season it's probably pretty sketchy, but if the snow conditions are decent it's seriously not that bad. Go ski it sometime, it's fun.
Sep 24 2007 12:52AM
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KjellEllefson
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my brother and i skied it a couple years ago
mandatory drop isnt bad when they first open it cause there isnt much snow on the cliff
ass long ass youre careful and dont catch and edge you are fine
just be super carefull when dropping off the top
dont try and show off and air it far
best of luck
Sep 24 2007 12:57AM
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4ReeL_
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I did it 2 seasons ago 
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Sep 24 2007 1:19AM
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Skwirl
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Yup
Sep 24 2007 1:21AM
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tjski
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dude ive seen it before, never skied it....looks crazy...mad respect for anyone whos hit it.
Sep 24 2007 1:23AM
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eheath
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It actually is pretty wide but since its got that drop at the top it makes it techy.
Sep 24 2007 1:24AM
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4ReeL_
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yeah but you can "Pussyfoot" your way in you can step down kinda side slide and then its only like 10ft and i dont care what people say 25ft+ is fuckin huge
Sep 24 2007 1:29AM
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Tolz
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gnarly. i've heard about it - always wanted to see if i could do it.

...someday
Sep 24 2007 1:29AM
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eheath
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Yeah for sure, i cant imagine dropping into say big skys big couloir with a 25ft drop, that shit is tight and kinda sketchy. But fun.
Sep 24 2007 1:31AM
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tjski
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that would be off the ricter scale..
Sep 24 2007 1:34AM
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smuggs
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ive done s&s lookers left of corbets. its bigger but the snow is better
Sep 24 2007 1:49AM
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djty111
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I have done it a once a few years ago. Corbets can either be like a goat path when it gets skied out from pepole pussy fotting in. Or can be a 10-15 foot mandotory air. When I did it, the top headwall had a goat path and skied out. It would be sick to get it first on a pow day. The lower part of Corbets below the headwall usaly has nice snow since there are large rocks on either side that I think help trap snow.
Sep 24 2007 2:22AM
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Ryanvdonk
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doesn't look that bad, if you stick the drop you're home free. now something like coffin chute at whistler is a lot more scarey, especially if you air into it.
Sep 24 2007 2:24AM
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Caveman.
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I didn't mean they take the same relative skill to do i meant that no matter how much the sport progresses both of these will still be famous. Candide first d spun chads over 7 years ago, Corbets was first skied 40? years ago. I know my dad skied it sometime after Jackson Hole opened. and Corbet's still gets alot of attention. It is sort of like the famous skate spots you always see in movies
Sep 24 2007 2:25AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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yeah right man, Chads is fucking huge, I've sttod on both and I would do Corbets no problem in comparison. I wanna do a back or a 3 into Corbets this year. Claimin it now.
Sep 24 2007 2:32AM
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Caveman.
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hey man read my post above yours
Sep 24 2007 3:24AM
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mammothpunks
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http://www.adventurefilmworks.com/Videos/May10.mov
drop into star chute/kiwi flats at mammoth with sick conditions. not my video but it gives you the sick feeling of a sick straight line.
Sep 24 2007 3:59AM
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mammothpunks
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and when i droped that shit last year it was a 7 foot drop to ice sheet down to the first rock. that will scare the shit out of ya
Sep 24 2007 4:05AM
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mammothpunks
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that was also the big mountain course at gravity game 2001 - with much more snow
Sep 24 2007 4:06AM
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prophet
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haha, what a goon. looks fun
Sep 24 2007 4:33AM
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dorikin
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haha that was awesome. Nice ragdoll. you were hauling ass.
Sep 24 2007 12:49PM
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evtic
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Corbet's is gnar but overrated. You can roll into it too, without a drop, if your an OG pimp.

Ski it for sure though, once you drop in its a landing and a run-out, pretty chill.
Sep 24 2007 1:03PM
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NickMartini
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yeah i have skied corbets a couple times. Pretty fun
Sep 24 2007 1:36PM
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DannyMac
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that thing fills up with snow very nicely

Sep 24 2007 1:48PM
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Kevo
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...so many better, more gnarly, more rewarding lines to hit in and around Jackson Hole than Corbet's.
Sep 24 2007 2:04PM
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Verno
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I wuz up there a couple of years ago after a wicked temperature inversion. It was basically impossible to ski. The patrollers came by to look and said no one had skiied it in 4 days. It looked like a 70-deg landing on boiler plate at 25ft+ below.

The thing that sucks is that there's no way to gauge the snow/ice until you hit it....at Mach 2.

I have never seen a run where I shyed away from....until that day....and never one since. If the locals aren't on it, you shouldn't be either.
Sep 24 2007 2:43PM
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little_ey
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my sister dropped it a few years ago when there was some good snow. it's a sick couloir! can't wait to get up there myself.
Sep 24 2007 3:15PM
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mariob
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ummm i bet that its not half as intense as its worked up to be
Sep 24 2007 10:48PM
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dwalk
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i skiied over to the top of it back when i was like 8 years old...scared the shit out of me
Sep 25 2007 12:32AM
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AlexMartini
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corbets is the shit, you can ski it every run every day you go there, never be scared, always the best snow on the mountain somewhere in there
Sep 25 2007 12:34AM
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FUUUCK
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if i ever go to jackson i will force myself to ski it
Sep 25 2007 1:17AM
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*DrewT*
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I wanna do a 540 into it, but I'm not ballsy enough
Sep 25 2007 1:49AM
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DCepTiKoN402
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Sent a straight air when I dropped it for the first time about 40 ft down down the chute on a pow day... cartwheeled the rest of the way. Does it get any better?
Sep 25 2007 2:22AM
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mrmarks
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SICK pics... as anyone who skis jackson knows, u dont get a lot of blubird days up top.
skied it like 10 years ago, drop was under 20... but when its less filled in in the coulour i've seen it as big as 30+. only scary thing about dropping the meat of it is that it slopes up at the lip, so kinda blind.
Sep 25 2007 7:59AM
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LOVEPOW
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the thing is if you tumble you wont stop for 700+ vertical of 45 degrees that would ruin my day or vacation
Sep 25 2007 11:18AM
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