That’s what they do

Take a good hard look at how the patrollers enters the chute. They do two things that no one else is doing that makes it so much easier.

Because it is relatively easy lol…people make it look much worse than it is, many jump when they really shouldn’t etc.

The hold their poles half mast so they can lower their center of gravity. Also use the wall itself to their advantage.

@@thomasbennett9155 is that common on steep drops to hold poled mid way?

This isn't an event, it's just a busy day with regular people on a run open to the public. There is a professional event closed to the public done once a year on corbet's, this is definitely not that.

Yeah, that's what you call: a bad plan. Marks for balls, but not for brains.

Must have been injured - very lucky if he got away without a nasty one.

It looked like he had it together in the air but then he broke out of his tuck and extended his legs, as if he thought he was about to land when in fact he had another 5 - 10 feet to go....It didn't look like the hard pack caused his fall. It clearly exacerbated it though...

you can't just drop into corbet's and tell your friends you did it. you gotta send it, like that dude. go big or go home, that's what i always say.

@@Gary-np7hl yiles! 😬

It seems unreliable at best if you are no pro. The slide in my look uncool but you can control the drop in with a fall

from my experience skis fall off easier than you think, you could fall hard enough and just like that they fall off, happened to me before.

@@lering6658 @lering Agree with you, but partially - Yes, ski will fall off from binder but not just due to jump / land. I think person on this video when landing, he falls back, then binder opens - this is intended to do so. I still think it was not adjusted on Advance setting, as from jump & land it should not came off that "easy"... ⛷️✌️

Gotta crank up the din

For sure a pair of binders with at least din 13 it helps, but here the problem seems his posture wile landing; his hands goes back and he put his weight on the tails of the skies. If the guy were on high din setting he probably would have broken something on his knees.

I would potentially argue that his skis not releasing is fine there because he immediately gets up. The din theoretically should be set to the highest number where the force needed to have the skis come off is the the just below the force needed to break bones/tendons/ligaments. The fact that he immediately got up indicates that he likely didn’t break/tear anything so his bindings are set correctly. This is the reason why conditioning isn’t important when youre and advanced/expert skier. The nature of certain runs and chutes requires a higher din setting so you need to be strong enough to handle that.

Too steep to get a decent pole plant. Almost every one of these example enters incorrectly. They lean back (fear) which guarantees they can’t make the proper turns below or handle the very fast increase in speed. I don’t do that goat path entrance; better to go straight in (more or less) with anticipation of hitting a high speed. Didn’t do it this year, but usually do it once or twice per season.

Yeah I was thinking the same..but I think it would be tough to pull the move you’re talking about there, needs to be one smooth turn in back to the right before you slam into the rocks

I like the point method, but only if it was soft.

@@jameshinton429 ofc conditions are king

That’s what I’m saying. It would need to be soft, and you’d have to be super accurate.

Yes, well not me, but other people lol

Yeah, the lens distortion makes it look like a blue run!

Well....if that little kid can do it !!! I know I sure the hell......can't.

Looked at this every day, backing away from the sheer drop, for 100 days straight, before finally going in. The first turn is everything!

25+ ft drop.

yes.

You can still say you did it.

i feel like it's way steeper than videos can make it look

Well. You go down the toe side I guess? 😅

be easier for goofy footers

None at all, from behind the speculative safety of your keyboard.

Its a right of passage, like Tuckerman's ravine on the East. Although it's a lot cooler if they drop in Kings and Queens style.

Its not as much risk as it seems.

@@j0ndav1s *Tuckerman

What, they all just sat down on their ass and sideslipped the whole thing, lpl

Mmmm. I think it just presents a different approach as your feet are tied to the same plane. You can't lean as easily into the entrance for stability like you can on skis. I would bet the entrance on a board is still similar to those @1:08. Come in more straight on and hammer down on a jump turn to get your edges engaged on the break to the right.

Because its an official run and in-bounds in the ski area. Its hard but not impossible for alot of people. Its dangerous but not too dangerous. Its fun for people who want to push themselves a little.