Corbet's Couloir

The pictures alone make me crap my pants!





I feel like MT mentioned some scary thing like this last year... but I don't know if it was Corbet's Couloir

EXTREME!!!!! 

That doesn't look that bad.  The biggest fear factor would be the danger of avalanche or that whole wind lip chunking off. 

Originally posted by )(nfinit)( For those of you who aren't familiar, this is probably one of the most extreme in bounds runs in North America.  It is located at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Corbet%27s_Couloir_jackson_hole.jpg   I have ridden Jackson before, but this run hasn't been open or conditions weren't advisable.  Was wondering if anyone has done this run before.    Nut up or shut up I guess.

Who's got 2 thumbs and crushed good ol Corbet's? THIS GUY!  Theres a few crappy cell phone pics in my profile.  The drop-in is the gnarly part for sure..after u get past that part its steep n sweet!  As far as the ''danger'' from avalanches go... its in-bounds, and easily accessible.  Any schmo can go over to it and peek over the edge... its avy controlled... so let it rip

I gotta say, the drop-in looks like the scariest part. After that it looks more like something that can be handled

Originally posted by )(nfinit)( want to meet up and ride with me there in Jan?

yup!  we can crash at my buddy's place that works at targhee

the people that are dropping in aren't really the type to side slip.....

So in general I looked at pics and most of them are of skiers dropping in... is that more typical than riders?

Wow. It does look pretty extreme. The drop and the slope look pretty crazy. It looks like a lot of avalanche would happen there though.

Yeah, not for me.

Yeah, I'm not sure I actually have the balls for that, specifically the first drop in. That looks insane. 

yah splatting against the rock walls would really do wonders for the rest of your season....

Yeeeaahhhh, how could I have forgotten the actual backflip?  Dammmnnnn . . .   JH was way fun last year, unfortunately we did not hit at a good snow time.  If I had more time to spend I would have gotten a winterful of that coldsmoke that hit a couple weeks before I got there

Remembering this thread for future reference.

Originally posted by not-ewrx EXTREME!!!!!  That doesn't look that bad.  The biggest fear factor would be the danger of avalanche or that whole wind lip chunking off.

Since it's inbound wouldn't the resort dynamite the mountain or check to see if it's okay before they open that part of the resort.

Hey MT

Have you ridden the big couloir at Big Sky to compare?
Corbet's seems to have a tougher drop in... but from the pictures here, the rest seems a little more mellow than BS.

Originally posted by goalieman24 Hey MT Have you ridden the big couloir at Big Sky to compare? Corbet's seems to have a tougher drop in... but from the pictures here, the rest seems a little more mellow than BS.

Originally posted by goalieman24 Hey MT Have you ridden the big couloir at Big Sky to compare? Corbet's seems to have a tougher drop in... but from the pictures here, the rest seems a little more mellow than BS.

Originally posted by MTpow the Big is on my radar for this winter... whenever we're up there I'm never with someone that has a piep but plan on changing this this winter. The whole sign for a time, sign out, sign back in thing is kinda a pain tho. Hopefully when I get the chance I'll have my Go-Pro for everyone to get a first hand look at it... same with Corbet's....

Definitely go for it.
It is a pain having to sign up, especially after some snow when it's a mad dash to get up there in the morning. But you don't have to sign back in after taking the run.
Most of the time the patrollers up there are pretty relaxed about it... and unless you go in there for rental equipment and trip over your own feet, there's no real check for avy gear.

Originally posted by SnowSurfr looks like it would be doable on a pow day! then again most things are easier when you have a nice pillow landing! I guess I'll see when I get there, the pucker factor changes alot when your standing on top looking down

exactly what I was thinking. On a monster pow dump I'd have a crack at it. without the pow, no f'n way!

Snowboarders definitely hit it.

Avalanche danger is not very high on Corbet's, getting your a s s handed to you is...

yah avalanches can happen on slopes with a degree greater than 30 degree.  Your avy zone as far as degrees are concerned is typically 35-50 degrees.  Once you get steeper than that the snow tends to not stack up as much because of the fact that its so steep.  Tons of other factors also go into this, past snow fall(a few layers down), recent weather, slope aspect, etc....  All of this is gone over in your typical avalanche course, which everyone who plans on riding advanced terrain really should look into taking.  Especially if you plan on venturing out of bounds. 

Yes there's a cornice but this area is maintained very carefully.  They aren't bombing these areas when the mountain is open because of the fact that yes...what they are setting off is going to run down into terrain below these avy areas.  That being said theres nothing like hearing the guns or bombs going off in the morning...

For more info I definitely recommend checking out www.Avalanche.org  they have a plethura of info and have groups located all over the world.  Get out there and edjumahcate yerselves!

I'd try it..only if I'm allowed to sport a parachute! lol..screw that! that is just flat out suicide! almost.

Originally posted by kirium81 Was at jacksonhole but it was closed so never got to check it out after watching videos of it for weeks :( MTPow- Lucky you live by such sick resorts. I was lucky enough to go to Big Sky, Jacksonhole and Targhee last year.. Targhee's backside was epic! targhee is SUPER lame, I would advise going to utah instead.

After watching some of the youtube vidoes of this I take my previous comments back. I don't think I would do it

I went to Jackson this summer and I rode the tram up and saw it with no snow and it looked insane.  So steep.  I've never done any cliff drops or chute runs before so maybe I'm just being a baby but I'd have to work up a lot of courage to try that.