North America's Steepest Tree Cut Run: Crested Butte Rambo
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- A journey down Crested Butte's expert Rambo run, the steepest tree-defined ski trail in North America. This run is extremely technical and should only be attempted by tenured experts.
Crested Butte is a remote ski resort in southwest Colorado. This video was filmed across in early March 2021; conditions were typical for the time of year.
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You know its steep when you can see the pitch through a gopro, sick line!
I did this years ago on a snowboard. It took me 25 minutes to get down it, my legs were on fire and I could barely breath. My group went back to the condo and it was the last day so I really wanted to do it. I went there and I was the only one there which made it scarier in case something happened. I started down it and within 15 seconds I knew it was a mistake. Worst part was knowing there wasn’t anyone around and that I had no option but to go down it. It was insane. It wasn’t snowboarding, it was survival.
No stopping when you get in the send zone.
As a skier this looks DOABLE, but I can’t imagine how u were able to get down that on a board while in control. Ur a legend for it, hell you’d have my respect just for walking down that monster
jerry
These turns with a snowboard must be insanely difficult.
I've been snowboarding for like 12 years and there's no way I could make it down this on a board while making turns lol only way down for me is to sit or plow the whole way I can't imagine the stress of that
I did this run last March and it was definitely the most challenging I’ve done, mostly due to those trees and rocks. The steepness was insane though in person.
"Guess those boys aren't coming down" LMAO
Thank you for having the presence to look up at the run and gift perspective from the bottom. I see so many great ski videos where they failed to do that. Wonderful perspective, which captures the stiffness, far better than the actual moment of going down.
One of the boys from the beginning of the video. ended up going down it. super fun and wish there was this much snow more often so we could do it more frequently.
i agree. more snow helps runs stay open. great assessment 👌
Yep. On a deep pow day, it is sooo much fun, since you can lean back into the snow, and it doesnt feel as steep, and most of the trees are covered, along with the rocks!
Home turf. We just bootpacked the entire run by sidestepping on skis, twice. Part of the terrain prep CBMR does to keep all of you safe. Enjoy. Those trees will be for sale next christmas!
Thank you for your service.
I just did this. Craziest run I’ve ever skied
Bro insane job. I would never drop into that.
Insanely boring to watch honestly. Dude just hop turned the whole way essentially
@@cam_ca973 Did you expect him to just dive bomb it and kill himself? What world do you live in?
@@cam_ca973 I'm sure you'd send this no problem Cam_CA cause you're the man!
The best part is that due to the go pro it’s not even as steep as it actually is in appearance. Honestly I probably would have had a panic attack if I had to go down that thing. Props to you for braving it.
Exactly. This video probably makes it look like nothing compared to actually standing on top of it. I've never been to Crested Butte(at least not in the winter), and I'm not a good enough skier to even contemplate attempting this(especially because 95% of the time I ride, and I sure as hell am not going down this thing on a snowboard, even though I have a lot more experience on that than skis), but to me, on camera, this doesn't look as bad as some of the steeper double diamonds. But I'm sure it's far, far steeper than anything I've done, or would do. Maybe it's just my phone that makes it look not as steep(and like you said, the GoPro), but you do get glimpses of how steep it truly is.
Sucks about the trees/stumps/rocks though. Imagine falling and tumbling down that thing with jagged tree branches and rocks sticking out at you? No freaking thanks.
Loved this ! “Guess those boys ain’t coming down “ 🤣
Sweeet! Usually it's hard to get a sense of the pitch with video, you totally got it here. I was waiting for you to look back up, and the payoff one liner was choice. Thanks. Definitely want to do this. Can you image that run with 6 to 8 inches of Pow?
"Holy s--t". I've never done this run but I'm pretty sure that's everyone's first impression! It looks super gnarly!
Edit: Congrats on 1000 subs! Awesome milestone for this channel! :)
Thank you Arjun! 😊
I said that just watching it😂
It's steep, but the only challenge I find is avoiding rocks when coverage isn't good (which is much of the time).
It's so much easier to ski steep terrain in CA where it actually snows, and the snow has a texture that sticks to steeps so that a single snowboarder can sideslip the entire seasons snow away in one run.
and trees
Since then I moved to Utah and Honeycomb gate out Solitude dwarfs pretty much anythin outside of Jackson as far as inbounds stuff is concerned.
Looks like a lot of fun, especially with good snow. I would assume you have to hit it early in the morning on a powder day as I am sure it gets tracked out fast. Thanks
Love all the comments criticizing that you aren't making perfect carves down a 55 degree bump and tree covered slope 🤣Great skiing!
For sure😂 95% of the keyboard Warriors would literally pee their pants attempting this run
Well it is not 55 degrees, maybe if measuring the back if a bump but not consistent pitch. 45 degrees looks more right.
@@Redneckeverythingit is 55 degrees,
I measured myself as I live here
Welcome to CB!
A classic we destroy skis here in CRESTED BUTTE
That's actually not bad coverage. Really fun with great coverage on POW day!
Nice video and skiing.
I grew up skiing at crested butte but never skied rambo as a kid. Now I ski RTS at Willamette Pass which is almost as steep.
Wait what. Something on tiny little Willamette is steeper than hoodoo or I'm on bachelor which can struggle for pitch but Willamette seems tiny
@@ketchcoreyvideos Yes. WP is steeper than both Hoodoo and Bachelor for sure I've skied the steepest stuff at each resort, the face at Hoodoo, Pincales/Cirque at Bachelor, and RTS at WP).
I have witnessed these runs as well, and can attest to Willamet... I miss that place, do they still let you ski for an hour for $8/hr?
@@saascends no more skiing by the hour but they do have aggressive dynamic lift ticket pricing because down in Capital partners is acquiring them and so you can find a daily lift ticket for 19 bucks midweek if you plan it out in advance.
Looks easier off to the sides in the trees. This reminds me of the hidden chutes at Silver Mt. Idaho.
My dad tried tobogganing down a slope like that with a few other people on it years ago and he was in the front and they hit a tree near the bottom and he broke both legs and did some damage to his body and arms. They called that place Suicide Hill. Many years later when I was in my 20's I went up that hill with my friend and his new Toyota Landcruiser... all we could see was sky on the way up... just barely made it when we got to the top... it nearly rolled over backwards down the hill. We never tried it again. I think we lost about 10 years off our lifespan from that.
Runs the family huh
God damn dude
No, he did not. If you toboggan "Rambo" you are dead. A 55° slope with no edge or controls and you're dead.
My buddy would take the woods on the left and i would take the right, we meet at the bottom and get treated to a nice powdery run out because not many others were ripping that area. Did this about five or so times over the course of four days plus a couple runs straight down the cut, which was definitely more gnarly than the woods next to it with the same steepness. I had so much fun on this run but i also live on the ice Coast. I found freddo's cliff to be much, much more scarier than rambo.
Sort of reminds me of some of the crazy south side stuff at Big Sky, like Castro’s or To Hell You Ride. Mix a 50+ degree pitch with the hazards. Looks fun.
I worked at the resort for 16 years and use to take easy out and pass Rambo by on my lunch hour double black diamond run.
Two ski bases died to make this video. Thank you.
😂😂😂
Completely fell down this trail with 4 of the boys. Don’t recommend dropping in on this trail
RTS at Willamette pass OR, is right up there with this
Reminds me of Mount Baldy Southern California Steep and lots of obstacles😮 at the end of the video when he turned around and showed the Run it looks like skiers left right next to the trees had the least amount of obstacles and was semi smooth
Saw that, but you totally couldn't tell from the top.
This is one of those runs you piss and pray going down, turn back, study a line and attempt that line the second time.
@@saascends for sure..
Slow and easy ...don't be afraid to STOP at any time and assess the situation directly in front of you... I personally would go on the cat track at the end of the run FIRST before I even took the run and check everything out then take the chairlift back up the mountain then go down it
If snow sticks it can be skied nice job.
One of the most challenging runs I've done in my life. I did it the next day again and fared only a bit better.
Nice run!! That does look a bit daunting.....
u want some destroyed skis? Mt. Baldy, California. When you arrive, the lift operators do ask if you've "brought your Baldy skis toady, there are a few obstacles".
Mount Baldy the secret Southern California ski area overlooking the ocean skiing while warm🤫
That’s my favorite smoke spot on the right side of the that run…. Off the cat track straight right on the tree line
A covert brushing day in the summer is needed
That run shreds skis and board...
Having done them all, Defiance Ridge at Snowbird, the Spiny Chutes at Alta and the Mushroom chutes at Jackson are all steeper. And I'm not just saying this, I have geology to back me up. Crested Butte is a magma extruded mountain and has been eroding over the millennia by water. Alta, Snowbird and Jackson were all glacial cut mountain. As we all remember in middle school geology, water eroded valley/mountains are V shaped. Glacial eroded mountain and valleys are U shaped making them steep towards their upper reaches.
Reminded me when I first tried to ski it. On a 180 degree back jump turn, my skis caught one of those little trees and tumbling I went. Was pissed, skied it the next day ok.
I skied this run in waist deep powder. So much fun!
“Bro you wanna go skiing in a Christmas tree patch on a 75 degree angle?”
“Nah I’m good”
Wow, that’s steep. Probably not my taste for trails but I still enjoy doing blacks. One of my favorite places to ski and make CZcams videos 👍
Looks doable but not with those trees poking out. 😬 kudos for having the stones to send it.
you gotta try some of the chutes at mount rose too, theyre hella steep as well
We did them! czcams.com/video/6SVtqUsguw8/video.html
i skied it 15 yrs ago and fell at the top and a girl asked me "do u know where u r" sure and skied down no problemo. it's really averages 45 degrees some of backside of the bumps may hit 55 degrees.
Video doesn’t even do justice haha you made it look easy 😂
Rambo is so badass, even a GoPro can't fisheye it
Have been skiing 50 degree+ up here in BC at Revy, Banff, etc for the last few weeks, but at least there's coverage in the glades! I like my skis too much to ever drop something as sketch as that.
Dude, did you even go to Third Bowl? Go hike Teocalli and experience Coffee Grounds or Wolf's Lair.
This is steeper than that other trail Body Bag?
That looks rough!!! 55 degrees is outrageous! Some tree clearing would be nice.
Trees are the only things holding the snow lol
Butte fr said here’s this cliff, have fun.
Cmon bro attack that snow and let's see some turns between those little trees! haha. Thanks for posting! You should try Alf's High Rustler at ALTA if you haven't. Cheers!
the moguls make it easier. would love for some to just bomb it when its straight smooth and steep...
People did bomb RTS at Willamette Pass when it hosted the speed skiing championships in 1991.
Someone reached 117MPH on it.
@@blameitonben I’d love to go ride rts when it’s smooth. I live in Oregon. Just haven’t made the trip down there to Willamette pass yet
glad you said tree cut run I live in crested butte and it gets really annoying pointing to a much much steeper run like 500ft away and saying "dude that ones obviously steeper" its just the steepest run that has all the trees cut off of it.
"all the trees cut" lmao
Rocks look like the biggest challenge. There's a lot of runs that start at 48+ degs, but for only say 20-50ft.
Author just walked the slope, if he chose a good line (there's were several in the video and he clearly randomly chose lines) could have skied 2/3 without stopping....of course stamina willing! What a slope!
Crazy how it still looks steep on camera
Looks like Rocky Mountain Wildflower at Silverton. Maybe less steep.
That’s fooookin steep
Going down it I was more worried about the debris rather than the steepness. The leg muscles were definitely burning after that run though 😂. Have an older pair of skis for this you don’t mind getting chewed up.
that is probably the most true thing i have heard in a yt comment
Well, I’m sure Rambo is a lot of fun when it has enough snow because as is not so good😂
it's 900ft like 250m though?
Looks like Mach 1 at Breck.
Three or four hardcore Crested Butte skiers need to descend into that run with chainsaws in the spring there's work to be done
Absolutely someone please step up... they might have to do it Undercover full moon night
Steep steep 👍🏻
Ski Colorado! They have the best snow & the best terrain.
I grew up in CO but CA (Mammoth, Tahoe) kicks it's ass in terms of snowfall and coverage on steep terrain. Stuff that would almost never be open in CO is almost never closed in CA.
One big dump at Mammoth could burry all those trees until May
@@proverbalizer Ski CO & CA, sounds like they both have better snow AND terrain to Utah.
@@SkiBum6062😂😂😂😂iykyk
Best skiing is in Texas... everyone go there.
Wow when it looks like a black through the GoPro, that’s how you know it’s steep
It doesn't seem too bad. How would you compare it with Kill the Banker?
Did you just call a 1 foot bump a mandatory air?
It looked like it would be mandatory air from the line of sight, but ended up being significantly less precipitous than it seemed.
Shortly before stating "Maybe not quite mandatory air."
Looks like they are really slacking on the "tree cut" thing
love
It doesn't truly hit until he turns around and looks back at the wall
"i bet the ski repair shops here make bank"
Ridden it several times on a snowboard.....steep yes but not that big of a deal.....CB has way more committing lines
dude you gotta post a vid of you hitting that on a snowbaord, thats crazy
my toxic trait is thinking i can ski this
WHY?
Hit this run this February... slid on my ass most the way down 😶
How does it look like in the summer?
Truthfully, it's maintained more like an oddity at a freak show.
wtf no, that's terrifying
How was this posted 2 days ago. There is no snow at all in Crested Butte! There is one man made run.
This was filmed in March 2021.
Imagine if this was icy...
I guess you haven't skied the Rock at Pebble Creek.
The crazy thing is, this camera does not do this trail justice at all. Granted, I've never been on this particular trail, but I've stood over some very steep runs, and they can look almost impossibly steep when you're standing above them. You get glimpses of how steep it is, such as when you see the bottom from about halfway through, or when he turns back and looks up the hill, but as anyone who skis/rides knows, as steep as a trail looks from the bottom, is nothing compared to what it looks like when you're at the top.
Respect to you sir. Sucks about the trees/branches/rocks/stumps, etc. though. When I was about 15, my friends and I drove up to Stratton, VT, and being southern/mid VT, it's not exactly like skiing out west(my cousins, who grew up in CO and had a time share or condo or something in Breckinridge(where my sister lives now) used to joke around about it all the time. I'd always call them spoiled, because we'd be skiing in damn near perfect conditions(at least for around here), and they constantly be complaining about ice. Half the time I didn't even know what the he'll they were talking about. Then I went out west over Christmas break one year, and I understood it(especially because Breckinridge is way up there, like nearly 14,000ft, above the treeline in some cases.))
Early or late in the season here like half the trails aren't open due to lack of snow, and those that are often icy as hell. I was flying along, two of my friends were skiing and the rest of us were boarding, and they go into the glades, linking the main trail, we follow, and on my way out of the glades back towards the "normal" trail there was a bit of a jump. So I built up some speed, and as soon as I'm about to hit the jump I see something sticking out from the left side of the jump/bump, I thought it was a branch or something, and tried to avoid it, but do me going so fast, and there being trees everywhere(trees not really being conducive to snowboarding, especially at my level of experience back then), I ended up riding right over it while putting pressure onto it from trying to stear away from it, and it jacked up my board like I didn't even know was possible(and I had just got it for my birthday at the end of August, having paid half of it myself because I wanted a really good board that was just right for me as we were getting more serious into the park, rails, even the halfpipe at that point.)
Not only did I have a super deep gouge running from right in front of my left toe to about 5 or 6 inches behind my right heal(I ride regular), but right at the end of that line, there was a big, nasty, deep, probably 1.5x1.5 inch "wound" up against the edge/blade. It was like someone took a big bouncy ball, and just tor a piece off. I was sooooo pissed(as I'm sure you can tell, I'm still quite bitter about it. Lol.)
And that's Rambo with a ton of snow. Often there is way more trees, everywhere, and not nearly so much open snow.
Is this actually 55° steep?
No 😊 its like some Swedish resorts claiming close to 50 degrees. They measure it over a few meters, not average gradient over a longer distance. Guests like brag to friends that they did something steep so no incentive for anyone to measure honest.
It is very steep for a marked run though.
@@Redneckeverything I believe the tag is "steepest tree-cut in NA." no idea if it's true. but that's the line most often touted.
Green at my resort 😤
That is actually not true the steepest tree cut run was it big sky ski resort and it’s called war dance before they put the avalanche gates and it was officially the steepest tree run
Mercy
Does it regularly get groomed?
Lol no
ya when fall and slide down it
Lovely groomed slope
If they removed all the srubs the trail would wash away
So the benefit of this run is?
Bragging, evidently. I guess the trees might slow you down if you fall.
Survival
I know it's steep....but it would have been great with insta360 cam...having a profile view with horizon lock would really showcase how steep the run actually is.
i'm quite ignorant about settings, but the few 360-cams I've watched from east coast runs that I'm familiar with make the runs appear steeper than I know them to be. not sure what horizon lock does to that or anything though. like i said, ignorant about cam setup.
That's not a ski run, that's a Christmas tree farm.
One of the easier runs at Crusty Butt.
yeah these guys need a dose of High Life or Moosehead
I wonder how fast someone could get up to if they just straight bombed it.
JEEPERS CREEPERS BATMAN!
1:24 at 2 o'clock is the tree I would have taken through the cheek after catching an edge at 0:44 and cartwheeling for a few second
😂😂😂😂😂
I've been skiing for 50+ years.... .and even I have to ask WHY?