The FIFTY - Line 6/50. - Aemmer Couloir - Skiing the Frozen Canadian Rockies

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Cody Townsend

Cody Townsend

5 жыл бұрын

A last minute decision to go to a place not known for mid-winter steep skiing descents takes the crew to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Yet just getting there is half the battle with sketchy highways, early cold mornings and a 13km walk just to get to the base of the infamously beautiful Aemmer Couloir in Banff National Park. Starring Chris Rubens, Kevin Hjertaas, Bjarne Salen and Cody Townsend
This is line 6 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.
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Пікірлер: 91
@kevinhjertaas407
@kevinhjertaas407 5 жыл бұрын
Great edit boys! Thanks for letting me be a part of it.
@KevAlberta
@KevAlberta 3 жыл бұрын
Hello to Kevin from Kevin ;)
@PhilippKlein
@PhilippKlein 5 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes, another awesome Couloir. The fifties is quickly becoming one of my fav series on YT, it shows the climbing, the skiing and also the emotion behind it! Really super cool!
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 5 жыл бұрын
Why thank you!
@jeffvolimas5819
@jeffvolimas5819 5 жыл бұрын
Super sweet line. Your point about truckers driving too fast for the conditions is the part of my trips that sketch me out, not the climb and ski.
@t-bob4112
@t-bob4112 2 жыл бұрын
I really love the “tour” component… keeping it real but also showing us what’s possible! Great ski fellas!
@TordNilson
@TordNilson 4 жыл бұрын
6:42 makes me feel better. shows that even the pros look like punters every now and again haha! awesome episode - love it!
@NoProDad
@NoProDad 4 жыл бұрын
Best part is going back and watching all these episodes! The best!
@julman4146
@julman4146 5 жыл бұрын
Best part of my Wednesday mornings. This series is going to keep me going during the off season.
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 5 жыл бұрын
Why thank you. Happy to help you keep going.
@vanmanpaul
@vanmanpaul 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I would love if you guys made these videos longer cuz I wanna see more of the trip! Really love this series. The fact you are videotaping up the mountain is so cool
@fernandog.aguirre2791
@fernandog.aguirre2791 5 жыл бұрын
What a way to started this new video!!! Thanks for showing real life situation and remind ALL THOSE IDIOTS driving full gas on snowed roads putting others, entire families at risk!!! Great job. Thank you guys!!!!!!! Cheers from Maui!
@hobmarg
@hobmarg 5 жыл бұрын
Truckers are out of control in Rogers... seems way worse than 10-15 years ago.
@alpinejonny
@alpinejonny 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome man! We were a couple kilometers up the road on the Grand Daddy Couloir that day and had near perfect conditions. We were talking about the Aemmer while driving back and staring at it, and then I open up instagram to see you your post from up there. Looks like you guys had an amazing day too!
@Andrew.Drennan
@Andrew.Drennan 5 жыл бұрын
cody, i hope you keep at it for years to come. you have an energy that you give off that gets me fired up to be in the mountains. keep the stoke alive!
@andrewblair7317
@andrewblair7317 4 жыл бұрын
I just have to say that this series is fantastic Cody. Big fan and currently healing a torn ligament in the knee. This keeps me dreaming.
@ChandlerShepherd
@ChandlerShepherd 4 жыл бұрын
Man what a beautiful place. I'm loving watching these adventures!
@awesomeness1212339
@awesomeness1212339 5 жыл бұрын
I'm scoping that couloir every time I ski Lake, such a glory run!
@Coopdog181
@Coopdog181 5 жыл бұрын
probably my favorite episode yet! the line and snow looked awesome.
@1chuckied10
@1chuckied10 5 жыл бұрын
So awesome guys ! Keep crankin!!
@kirkgulick
@kirkgulick 2 жыл бұрын
The cinematography, the music (more so the ominous driving music ) is rad af. Solid solid stuff.
@zipperboy2008
@zipperboy2008 2 жыл бұрын
I started watching this series a year ago, now I’m going back and watching them in order from the beginning! So amazing Cody.
@fmxman1564
@fmxman1564 5 жыл бұрын
“Living in the moment” that’s what it’s about fellas! This series is awesome and looks so hard to pull off! I’ve never seen video that shows realistically how steep things are for you guys. It shows!!
@mtadams2009
@mtadams2009 5 жыл бұрын
That looked like a perfect run, snow looked beautiful. Thanks for sharing your adventure. Take care be safe
@startpacking
@startpacking 5 жыл бұрын
Great Cody! So good to follow you guys. Tough stuff you'r pulling. Stay alive.
@michae8jackson378
@michae8jackson378 5 жыл бұрын
So cool.....just keeps getting better!
@bmpprod
@bmpprod 5 жыл бұрын
Staying home ill today had its benefits... like this video.
@richardboyle2829
@richardboyle2829 5 жыл бұрын
Love these videos
@leetlau
@leetlau 5 жыл бұрын
Aemmer in winter with knee/waist deep pow is Ullr's positive payback for the standard Rogers Pass gongshow of unchained flatland truckers passing each in whiteouts like at 1:06. Nicely done - but now that is expected.
@peterhyperman
@peterhyperman 5 жыл бұрын
Love the format of these videos.
@seanclimb
@seanclimb 5 жыл бұрын
Another awesome episode!! So badass!!!! You guys are going to have great spring conditions on all of the Colorado lines as well as Mt. Tuk in the La Sals, there is so much snow around here.
@PoBros.
@PoBros. 6 ай бұрын
This is sick! Temple is super popular in the summer, but I had never heard of the Aemmer Couloir Unfortunately a Saskatchewan man just passed after being hit by a sluff while cramponing his way up
@saracarbonari5283
@saracarbonari5283 4 жыл бұрын
This might be my favorite episode
@michaelnerby8129
@michaelnerby8129 3 жыл бұрын
Killer line, looks so fun
@mattross2
@mattross2 5 жыл бұрын
i love Theo, hes very cute love the series as well.
@AndyPHamilton
@AndyPHamilton 5 жыл бұрын
You guys are awesome
@cazsmith2358
@cazsmith2358 2 жыл бұрын
I love Banff 💗
@jamiemerkler6825
@jamiemerkler6825 2 жыл бұрын
These early ones are so good
@wiedmer43
@wiedmer43 5 жыл бұрын
What dreams are made of!!
@cypriano8763
@cypriano8763 4 жыл бұрын
thats a super run, nice snow
@k2thah286
@k2thah286 4 жыл бұрын
The shot panning up at 4:15. 🤯
@Kneetopia
@Kneetopia 5 жыл бұрын
You are shredding the shit out of these lines! Loving the short vids
@ThatMountainLife
@ThatMountainLife 5 жыл бұрын
This is rad! Can't wait to ski lines like this with my kiddos.
@rooly0811
@rooly0811 Жыл бұрын
Really get a sense of the steepness on this one.
@CoryMcCallum
@CoryMcCallum 5 жыл бұрын
Great edit boys!
@jasonpair69
@jasonpair69 4 жыл бұрын
Fist Pump Couloir on Fist Pump Peak Awesome climb Gotta Have More Fist Pumps!!!!
@jasonpair69
@jasonpair69 4 жыл бұрын
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@VinceVideo53
@VinceVideo53 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cody. Making the descent look easy as usual. No way to make that climb look easy though.
@RKRomani
@RKRomani 5 жыл бұрын
Can you guys go into more detail about your decision process in avalanche terrain? Not that I'm criticizing your decision, but I would have said that that layer you set off in that mini-pit you dug had "energy." When digging a pit, what are your personal go/no go signs?
@fladarant12
@fladarant12 5 жыл бұрын
yeah would be very interesting!
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 5 жыл бұрын
While I would love to go into detail on every decision, the why behind it and everything, it would start to border on instructional and that's something I'm not qualified or comfortable doing. What may be a good decision for myself and our crew, might not be the right decision for someone else. Documenting the reality of what we do is the goal essentially. For us, we felt like that wind skin didn't have energy even if the shot jumped out to you as having energy, plus we felt it was mitigable unless it got worse, but it got better. Personal go/no go signs are hard to translate because they're often so personal and have so many complex features to them. It's why they don't teach you often in Avalanche Education course what to do when you get X result from a pit...unless they're extreme on either side.
@RKRomani
@RKRomani 5 жыл бұрын
@@CodyTownsend Thanks for the reply, and fair enough. I certainly understand why you wouldn't want to start your own guide school in a youtube comment section... I am obviously missing a lot of context, but from that three second shot of the pit you dug, it looked like there was a storm/wind slab that would have propagated and slid if you were in high angle terrain and hit it on skis. Again, I don't want to armchair avalanche expert this (not that I'm an expert on avalanches or anything else for that matter...) but it seems like we saw the same pit and drew different conclusions. I'm just trying to understand what you saw. I feel like a good bit of the conversation around snow safety nowadays comes down to something along the lines of "well, different people are just comfortable with different amounts of risk" when in my experience, different people seem to have vastly different conceptions of what could happen given their observations of the snowpack rather than vastly different risk tolerances. One person's "pretty bomber snowpack" might be another person's "super sketch conditions," which would lead them to different decisions even if they both really valued coming home at the end of the day (rather than nailing a big line or getting the shot, say). Sorry to go off on all of this, it's just something that I and probably a lot of other skiers are fairly invested in understanding. Stoked on the project and all the videos! Thanks for sharing, and good luck on the rest of the lines.
@hobmarg
@hobmarg 5 жыл бұрын
@@RKRomani This is a valid comment BUT you are arguing observations from a short video clip without any context of what they were seeing out there all day especially changes as they ascend.
@gabrielmarias972
@gabrielmarias972 5 жыл бұрын
They use Airbag in this Couloir? I dont see any ABS or similar and will be great to know why; i understand is more weight in this long day but..
@windowshots
@windowshots 4 жыл бұрын
I stared at that line for two years as a louise employee. Pretty envious of that achievement.
@HaCh3_
@HaCh3_ 5 жыл бұрын
Nice vid
@kirkhwaltz
@kirkhwaltz 5 жыл бұрын
Theo's the Man!
@spencerreynolds4399
@spencerreynolds4399 5 жыл бұрын
Favorite episode yet! You should see that place in the summer. One of my favourite hikes in Banff National Park ( Paradise Valley😉).
@hobbes8737
@hobbes8737 2 жыл бұрын
You should see that place on LSD haha
@theironmanatee
@theironmanatee 5 жыл бұрын
living in the moment >
@jtdogsmile
@jtdogsmile 4 жыл бұрын
"Living in the moment" You Bet!
@sigga3876
@sigga3876 2 жыл бұрын
Fierce puppy!
@drejec1
@drejec1 5 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@KevAlberta
@KevAlberta 3 жыл бұрын
Mount temple is my favorite mountain :) I don’t ski though. I just get to the summit during the summer months
@lindseymckirdy1830
@lindseymckirdy1830 4 жыл бұрын
looks a bit like Liatach in Scotland Beautiful a real wilderness
@michaelhard9765
@michaelhard9765 3 жыл бұрын
Can you please describe the technique you are using to sample and take a small cross section of snow? What are you looking for? Indicate avalanche risk? Thank you!
@rocksnowandwater
@rocksnowandwater 3 жыл бұрын
That dog tho 😏
@BoyajianDon
@BoyajianDon 3 жыл бұрын
wow. that looked steep.
@joemaxie4468
@joemaxie4468 4 жыл бұрын
another great adventure....watching some 2,3 x....and yes the truck drivers do drive like maniac's...
@CRKananen
@CRKananen 5 жыл бұрын
Yesss! did you feel the magic?
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 5 жыл бұрын
Of course!
@mattmcmillan3573
@mattmcmillan3573 3 жыл бұрын
Cool.. I didn't know you were a racer. Me too.
@nicksharp7972
@nicksharp7972 Жыл бұрын
Theo!
@hbmtrhbmtr4824
@hbmtrhbmtr4824 5 жыл бұрын
👏👍
@ohcrapitsmrG
@ohcrapitsmrG 5 жыл бұрын
You have only 2 more of the 50 left? Will you be able to get the entire thing done this season? Best of luck - they are fun to watch!
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 5 жыл бұрын
Oh hell no, we got 44 after this one to go
@TJ-id6ee
@TJ-id6ee 5 жыл бұрын
Theo
@rollie3383
@rollie3383 4 жыл бұрын
Cody I drive Highway 97 in northern BC to go skiing that highway is dangerous
@howedy
@howedy 5 жыл бұрын
4:20 is like a scene from GoT. The Rockies scare the shit out of me
@scottybeegood
@scottybeegood 5 жыл бұрын
getting there is half the battle
@yeetyeet57
@yeetyeet57 4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a go fast camper?
@CodyTownsend
@CodyTownsend 4 жыл бұрын
Yup. Love it.
@themattenthehat
@themattenthehat 4 жыл бұрын
5:52 +200 points
@SingaporeSkaterSam
@SingaporeSkaterSam 5 жыл бұрын
is the dog left in the SUV alone or is there a base camp safety guy/gal?
@marcbergeron3569
@marcbergeron3569 4 жыл бұрын
I think he stays at the hotel....he would be dead in the truck. I travel with mine, stays at the hotel if for a few hours, local kennel if longer. I’m in self-isolation since I just came back from St Anton. Watching ski videos to make up for it.
@connorbrown318
@connorbrown318 4 жыл бұрын
The truckers are absolute savages on that highway. But I love skiing too much to not drive it.
@lindseymckirdy1830
@lindseymckirdy1830 4 жыл бұрын
that windslab looks a bit hairy....
@paghal11
@paghal11 4 жыл бұрын
0:45 Somebody had to have died in that car. Crushed like a beetle by a careless shithead trucker, who I hope is now languishing in prison for vehicular homicide.
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