The FIFTY - Line 2/50 - Mt. Superior, UT - Deep Pow and Avalanches on a Utah Classic
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- En route to Utah, the first setbacks of the season present themselves. With weather, avalanche danger and crowds, the first line of the year is met with difficult decision making, trepidation and the need for patience. As the crews change and time goes by, the reward becomes that much sweeter.
Featured guests include Pep Fujas, Drew Peterson, Joe Johnson, Weston Shirey and Cinematographer for The FIFTY, Bjarne Salen.
This is line 2 completed of The FIFTY, a project following Cody Townsend as he attempts to climb and ski all fifty of the lines and mountains chronicled in the book, "The 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America." The series documents Townsend's journey's, travels, challenges and each line and mountain listed in the book. It's a journey through the most majestic mountains and ski lines in North America along with a unique insight into how skiers make decisions in the backcountry, how they plan, navigate and safely move through the mountains and the people that dedicate their lives to the mountains.
GEAR Used Throughout The FIFTY:
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Salomon Carbon S3 Poles: alnk.to/87VEXX0
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I loved that you showed the "snow-pack-test"! I think that too much skiers don`t know that pro skiers check for avalanche conditions before ripping crazy lines etc. In ski movies we usually don´t see the consideration that goes into skiing these lines. Thanks for spreading avalanche awareness. By the way, nice Vlog/podcast!
Totally agree! Showing a "no go" decision is essential to showing how much consideration goes into the days before you get the great day.
Yeah first time seeing that. Knew to the ski world . Dont know it work though
Couldn't agree more!
@Stanky Piece of Bluecheese true, you have to know to how to integrate various data and observations and then make a good decision. They do a lot more prep and research than just the pit in this series.
thanks for spending time talking about snow safety!
Do you even remember commenting that
@@frogfeet2121 lol wut?
Lol then sitting on the edge of a truck bed going down the highway
I love that you showed digging a pit and holding off until the snowpack settled. Too many ski movies show the glory and not the careful planning, hard work, and safety measures that go into skiing those lines. Looking forward to following The Fifty Project!
"Wait till the snowpack heals"...I love that quote, the snowpack will heal and the mountain isn't going anywhere. Thanks for being safe (and keeping others who ski LCC safe!!)
Was a very smart decision, that was a real sketchy pack they had there.
Having skied this face, I can confirm the hardest part is finding someone willing to pick you up on the canyon road.
How sketchy was the ridge hike?
@@georgelee3155 not that sketchy
We had a miracle yesterday and our driver got picked up by the first vehicle that passed!
What a great start guys! This is really going to be fun to follow. I'm glad you guys are showing all us folks that risk assessment is key to safely making this happen. Also glad to see Bjarne Salen back on the horse.
Yeah, it's been a great start so far and beyond stoked to have Bjarne along for the ride.
First, the skiing was incredible to watch. But second, that climb up superior in the winter after a 40-inch dump is so incredible. Having been up Superior so many times, your video didn't do justice to how incredibly difficult that trek was. I am blown away. Most people who do Superior jump in a whirly bird. You gave the mountain its due respect and scaled it!!! I am in awe!!
Your whole life is basically my bucket list
Awesome ski decend! It would have been nice to see the second snowpack test and what made it more stable.
I really like how this whole series delves into decision making on the mountains. A I geek out on that shit but B it promotes safety and responsibilitiy.
Love the use of music to create tension in all these episodes. It's not just filler music or stoke music. Ex: 4:38
Looked incredible. Great to see the footage of my local mountains! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome that you showed the decision making, snow pack test, and that its ok to walk away. You were definitely given the rewards for waiting!
Look how buried those cars are at 4:36 !! Must be fun to dig out :)
That's the way it's done folks. Waiting for the right window and getting due rewards. Legend!
6 hours of climbing.... 45 seconds of downhill... WORTH IT
Beautiful, for a short film they did a fantastic job with the videography!! Pumped for this whole project, and good choices in there, stay safe on the remaining lines. Cheers, Cody.
Amazing snow! Thanks for including some info about your decision making process as well
Great cool fun and safe. You are the best!
Love this. Awesome surprise to see Pep show up. Unbelievable run, lads!
Way cool! So stoked to be following your adventures!
That looked like the most epic skiing ever! Thank you for taking us along for the ride!
You guys need to come out and ride King's Peak. Glad you guys are showing peeps that you don't just head out into the backcountry without doing your homework! Awesome vid!
Thank you for sharing this. I have seen a lot of videos that discuss the avalanche danger and talk about the current stability of the snowpack, but the majority of them fail to comment on the decision making aspect once these conditions are assessed, which I believe is as important. A lot of time I see videos of ECTs but no explanation of the potential risks and dangers relating to the ECT results.
Thanks again.
I watching your stuff in reverse order haha Its awesome to see you doing the tests for snow conditions, I really enjoy that aspect and I think its great to see professionals taking that seriously. And it was great to see you guys call it and play it safe
So Rad! I look forward to following the adventure Cody!
I just enjoy these videos so much! Feels lie I am there. Good film making.
Sick line! Looked like the snow was amazing.
Doesn’t get better than that. Way to go, team.
Hi Cody, great series! I love this episode in particular, as Mt Superior and LCC are my old stomping grounds, mostly in the 80s and 90s. I've spent a couple hundred days snowboarding on the south side of Superior and the west Hellgate cliffs... know those lines well. What a treat to get it in epic and stable conditions, and with great camera work; well done!
Damn, Cody. That was sick! Best of luck with the remaining 48!
Wonderful! Enjoy the ride.
Thanks is for showing the pit. Great video
Well-executed. Both in production and presentation
Thanks Lee, much appreciated.
Steve is a good man!=)
Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve!
Steve is legend!
Very nice. Loved seeing you start out with such a great line. Mt. Superior is truly a gem here in the Wasatch but rarely are conditions all time like you had. Good on ya.
Such an awesome video, and I love your snow safety assessment and commentary.
When i first started ski touring 25 years ago, I had Scarpa Double leathers, kazama couloirs, and of all things, voile snake skins. That dowhill section of the ridgeline past cardiff peak was so difficult on the snake skins that I used to take one off and try to go as far as I could up the ridge with just one skin on. Pretty sure it didn't make things any easier.
Cool stuff! Looking forward to the next one.
fantastic video, looking forward to see the whole Fifty Project!
That looked all time!
This is the best The FIFTY episode! I'm biased since I ski across from Mt Superior about 3x/week. Thanks Cody.
I have no interest in skiing but these videos are bloody amazing. Love from the UK.
Good luck man! Such an inspiration. Keep it safe and rowdy!
Loved the drone footage from on the top and skiing off the top! Dope little video guys.
That traffic was good, it wasn't even stopping.
Very nice work Cody!
Amazing!!! Et vive la France !!!!!
dude i love the Wasatch and the area around snowbird. marry ellen gulch looks amazing
So hyped on this series.. stay gnarly *shaka*
Good, no wait..... GREAT job bra!
Just amazing
Lovely line.
congrats, good start
Nice to see some avy testing...too often in ski videos we just see everybody ripping it up , seemingly without consideration of conditions!
I'd love to see the truck setup (if there even really is one) in one of the episodes!
2:35 - 3:40 Holy shit. I've seen ppl do that test before but I've never seen what it looks like when its a "no". That's scary. Very visceral
traffic backed up well outside the canyon, that was every storm day this season!
SO DOPE!!!!! keep it up
Great skiing and filming.
ooh that pure
this got me hyped dawgy!
( * )( * ) Nicely done. That snow looked so good! The GFC on the rig looks badass too!
Awesome dude.
Way nice!
You NEEEEEED nikon monarch binoculars. Your welcome. =)
Damn my son Steve was a chargers fan 😍
Pep Fujas is a sub? Talk about coming into the early season with a STRONG bench!
thanks for the great vid! but i don't see how it went from "certain death" to totally safe just by waiting a few days. did you dig another pit and what were the results? maybe next time you could show what the pit test looks like when you deem it safe to rip a wide open bowl with obvious wind loading. thanks again
The snow layers can get more "tied" based on the temperature, weather, etc.
I guess by 1/2 way down (6:30 on the vid) you're feeling comfortable w/ the conditions, but I fear some safety protocol goes out the window when you're trying to get the shot.. (skiing two at a time).
Was wondering if anybody else would catch that detail, 2 on slope at same time. ( cant help it I'm an old patrolman)
are you telling me that traffic in the cottonwoods affects the pros too! wow
Love the video, the story, and the music. On that, could you add in the comments or the credits the tunes you use in your films? Thanks so much!
Wish more people would practice safety like this. Maybe less people would've died this season 2020-2021! Sugary snow under 100 inches is no bueno!!!!
And..my son Steve (professional Chef) gives them a ride at the end...Whoop.
Out frickin-standing! But i think, "More balls than brains"! :-)
They had brains. After all, they checked the snow quality.
What topper is on your Tacoma? It's great to see behind the scenes of digging pits and what it takes to stay safe
Who makes your sunglasses in the first scene, Cody? You're my hero
Utah 🔥🔥
stop taking yourself so seriously and just enjoy the snow Cody. skiing is supposed to be fun, what's with the "goals" nonsense? JK love watching yo stuff, keep it coming.
Rad video!! Anybody know what poles Cody is using??
Awesome video. Did you find a bino sponsor? Maven makes awesome bino's and they're based in Wyoming. I do not work for Maven.
2nd song sound like Johny Yukon to anyone??
when you test your block of snow, the coloumn should only be as wide as your bone saw, but seeing what happened to the block I am glad you did not ski
onecutmedia.com actually, what you’re referring to is just a CT, which is a fully acceptable yet older form of snow pit test. What I was doing is called an ECT or Extended Column Test which studies have shown to give less false-stable results than a CT and they give far better recognition of propagation potential. You should do some reading on updated Avalanche education, it’s always evolving and improving
Great explanation on the ECT it is a great tool in the tool box! I think it is also important to note that a snowpack test is just one piece in the overall assessment of the avalanche hazard. You dont make a go or no go decision based on that one data point but after a collection of information that helps understand the complete situation. The more complex and consequential the objective the more data collection.
@@avybites Indeed Kurt, you are spot on. The pit is just one of the many data points I use to analyze and make decisions off of.
@@CodyTownsend I think its super cool that you caught this comment on your vid and took the time to correct it. I was going to do the whole plebians arguing in the comments section, but you have already set the record straight. Nice work!
@@CodyTownsend When I was young, in the 70s I was into rock climbing and my training came from the AMC, which was good. I read a book by Royal Robbins who I highly respected. In his book he said to the effect that if you have any concerns simply don't climb, the Mt will always be there. That one statement always stuck with me and has certainly over the years kept me safe. Nice to see you play it safe, I think people need to see the prep you pros take, its much appreciated. My friends and I are in our 60s now and still hitting it with no end in sight. Take care, that run looked perfect.
holy schnikies ! lol
Now head up for another lap
If Pep is your sub, then your doing alright lol.
If pep is just a replacement... Damn
Drew Beatersen
So Cody, did you get a binocular sponsor???
No special Thanks to Steve?
For that extended column test, it was like a ect 25 ish right? Isnt that fairly safe?
No it was about 15. I may have been tapping a bit hard but regardless, with the full propagation and the way it jumped out, it was not a day to ski a big exposed line. As I said, medium probability of a very large deep avalanche.
@@CodyTownsend Thanks for reply
The only hard thing about watching this project unfold is doing my best to avoid scrolling through the comments where the armchair experts are wielding their opinions. Fuck. It's gonna be thick.
no special thanks to steve?
Somehow he reminds me of Tom Petty. Is it just me?
That is worse than NYC traffic!
Avy safety is great but please, don't sleep and drive! hahaha wtf ;)
I have an unhealthy level of jealousy brewing up here.....
if you didn't foresee the traffic you must not ski utah much
I think people need to spend less time in the comments
Ahh that cringey intro