Corbet’s Couloir doesn’t need a ton of help looking intimidating. The legendary Jackson Hole run is pretty nerve wracking even on the best of days, when the snow is at peak condition. But add in some heavy snowfall, make it near impossible to see, and the run enters a new realm of scary.
I don’t even know how willing I’d be to drop the run in good conditions, let alone when I fully can’t see the landing. It’s not that surprising that this guy did not stick the landing. Hopefully enough snow had fallen that it was a nice soft crash landing, but that’s not quite what it sounded like.
About Corbet’s Couloir :
No ski resort in North America has a chute so legendary as Corbet’s Couloir in Wyoming—a crucible where skiers go to prove their mettle (or more often, to retreat in fear). The run is named for Barry Corbet, a mountaineer who in 1960 spotted a narrow crease of snow shaped like an upside-down funnel, high up on the mountain now known as Jackson Hole. Said he: “Someday someone will ski that.”
