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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

Loved this ! “Guess those boys ain’t coming down “ 🤣

I just did this. Craziest run I’ve ever skied

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.

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?

Welcome to CB!

Bro insane job. I would never drop into that.

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

That's actually not bad coverage. Really fun with great coverage on POW day!

"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! :)

Nice video and skiing.

Looks easier off to the sides in the trees. This reminds me of the hidden chutes at Silver Mt. Idaho.

Love all the comments criticizing that you aren't making perfect carves down a 55 degree bump and tree covered slope 🤣Great skiing!

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.

It's steep, but the only challenge I find is avoiding rocks when coverage isn't good (which is much of the time).

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.

I skied this run in waist deep powder. So much fun!

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.

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.

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

A classic we destroy skis here in CRESTED BUTTE

That’s my favorite smoke spot on the right side of the that run…. Off the cat track straight right on the tree line

Two ski bases died to make this video. Thank you.

That run shreds skis and board...

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.

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 KZfaq videos 👍

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.

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.

Crazy how it still looks steep on camera

That looks rough!!! 55 degrees is outrageous! Some tree clearing would be nice.

Video doesn’t even do justice haha you made it look easy 😂

Completely fell down this trail with 4 of the boys. Don’t recommend dropping in on this trail

If snow sticks it can be skied nice job.

How does it look like in the summer?

you gotta try some of the chutes at mount rose too, theyre hella steep as well

That’s fooookin steep

love

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".

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!

Butte fr said here’s this cliff, have fun.

Rambo is so badass, even a GoPro can't fisheye it

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.

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!

It doesn't seem too bad. How would you compare it with Kill the Banker?

If people in the west want to get a rough idea of what people mean by “ski the east”. This trail is a pretty good approximate. Mad River Glen has quite few areas like this, but narrower, though most likely not as steep.

“Bro you wanna go skiing in a Christmas tree patch on a 75 degree angle?” “Nah I’m good”

Ski Colorado! They have the best snow & the best terrain.

Steep steep 👍🏻

Dude, did you even go to Third Bowl? Go hike Teocalli and experience Coffee Grounds or Wolf's Lair.

A covert brushing day in the summer is needed

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.

Mercy

Looks doable but not with those trees poking out. 😬 kudos for having the stones to send it.

Looks like Mach 1 at Breck.

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.

This is steeper than that other trail Body Bag?

Looks like Rocky Mountain Wildflower at Silverton. Maybe less steep.

Wow when it looks like a black through the GoPro, that’s how you know it’s steep

Will you ever come to review some east coast resort? Or at least some big name like Killington or Stowe?

it's 900ft like 250m though?

It doesn't truly hit until he turns around and looks back at the wall

I was just there

Is this you skiing it?

Hit this run this February... slid on my ass most the way down 😶

I guess you haven't skied the Rock at Pebble Creek.

Lovely groomed slope

Did you just call a 1 foot bump a mandatory air?

Well, I’m sure Rambo is a lot of fun when it has enough snow because as is not so good😂

the moguls make it easier. would love for some to just bomb it when its straight smooth and steep...

And that's Rambo with a ton of snow. Often there is way more trees, everywhere, and not nearly so much open snow.

Getting to the bottom isn’t the same as skiing but I’m sure i would do the same

Imagine if this was icy...

You think I can do it? I’m 12 and I have skied at big Sky for 3 straight years and can do exit chute (a double black) snake pit (double black) and rice bowl.

Three or four hardcore Crested Butte skiers need to descend into that run with chainsaws in the spring there's work to be done

Is this actually 55° steep?

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 wonder how fast someone could get up to if they just straight bombed it.

wtf no, that's terrifying

Green at my resort 😤

How was this posted 2 days ago. There is no snow at all in Crested Butte! There is one man made run.

Ridden it several times on a snowboard.....steep yes but not that big of a deal.....CB has way more committing lines

Does it regularly get groomed?

Im going to be doing this tomorrow, any tips?

JEEPERS CREEPERS BATMAN!

Truthfully, it's maintained more like an oddity at a freak show.

I love crested butte, by far my favorite mountain. But by god… just looking at Rambo from the bottom is too much…

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.)

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

One of the easier runs at Crusty Butt.

"i bet the ski repair shops here make bank"

WHY?

Heinous conditions