THIS IS AN OLD VIDEO!!! It’s also pretty bad. Here’s a link to a better video of this run by me: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7x2a7ekmsCufI0.htmlsi=ewcjGAMb_sAYvaYd

I remember skiing this run as a kid. Probably 25 years ago now. It used to be very doable and I remember it to be very hard, but fun. Seems now like it's super overgrown and has had no maintenance in a while.

Great for rental skis

I laughed so hard I was crying. “Uh, my back is sore…Cliff conquered” Absolutely classic!

Worst thing about cameras it doesn't really show how vertical the run is. But I'm going to assume it's very steep.

Awesome commentary! Great job sticking with it!

I skied that 20 years ago. It looks exactly like I remember it. 😆

I like the running commentary about how awful this run is.

I have done that run many many times. Makes me excited for the upcoming season!

That's not skiing, that's surviving

Mount Sutton in Quebec has a trail kinda like this. Triple black called the Boo Boo. It's lots of fun!

I wouldn't necessarily call that CONQUERED... looks like the Black hole won. Nice work though, you made it!

Awesome footage! Always wondered about smugglers, seems like a cool vibe ⛷️

This is how I felt on my first blue ☠

I, as a snowboarder, didn’t have much trouble with the cliff, but my friend on skis however… he ended up sliding backwards on his back and doing a backflip into a bush 😭 😭 😭

Lost in the woods. Happens to me too.

Bro skied out of his ability level

Is that trail just a badge of honor because I don’t know why anyone would purposely run their skiis over rock? I avoid rocks because I treat my equipment well. I don’t ski a trail that is a rock unless I would be given a free set of skis at the bottom.

got to ski smugglers notch right after the first real storm and everything was open and the trees were deeeeeep!

Great run hacked really bad here.

Hope those were your rock skis!

ive been skiing for half my life and i shit my pants watching this

i love skiing and i go every spring break but stuff like this just does not seem fun

This is some sick content Pink Suit! Subbed on my end. Which runs to recommend I do at Smuggs next week?

For everyone saying it doesn't look steep and he can't ski/ is skiing way above his ability: The upper half of this run is absolutely insane and the angle doesn't do it justice. It is very much just survival skiing- with better coverage you can get some jump turns in at the beginning, but for the coverage he had that day, sidestepping is the smart option one slip and you tumble down like 100 feet ricocheting off rocks and trees.

bro went over every single rock possible

Wow. I'm glad you posted this video. I honestly don't think I would enjoy this trail. Or rather this lack of a trail.

Never go in there alone!

This follows the question -“hey, can I borrow your skis?” Video shows two eastern skiing realities at once; rating inflation and “rice” (rocks and ice together). I’ve skied Smuggs many times, no double blacks there let alone triple…some really bad runs though. Can be a really fun place to ski with the family.

Are you sure you're meant to do this on skis rather than snow shoes? Bcus that is just straight forest. If I were told that this is supposed to be a skiing run, I'd feel cheated. 😆

Bushwhacking down an almost cliff!

It needs a lot more snow to be rideable

January skiing at Squaw is awful always icy!!!

Seems like you created a “brown patch” in the Back Hole.

This is why I snowboard.

I'm gonna be stuck in those trees if I try this.

I just got done watching a bunch of videos of people skiing out west. Then watched this. What is up with all the bare spots?

Just went on it today

My my those unprotected ski pillars are a hazard

That’s some great skiing there, looks very joyfull

Looks more like an ice-hole that’s a black hole.

You're doing what most people do on that run, you're "getting down it", you're not skiing it. It's just not a very good run in my opinion, and unless you know it well and get to it when it's fresh, it's a complete waste of time. You did fine. I used to work at Smugg's; taught Snowboarding from the 90s into the 2000s. When people would ask us if we thought they were ready to ride "out back" (beyond the area boundary), we'd take them down TBH. Very few displayed the necessary skills to get the nod. Very few. But I remember this kid from Toronto who I was giving private lessons to, Sara. She was 12 or 13. I nick-named her smooth because she just fucking had it! I took her down TBH for the obligatory test and she cruised it. Like charged into those woods and never stopped. She Dolphin'd it top to bottom. We ripped past ski patrol in there too, they were wide eye'd at Smooth, pig tails flying behind her, maching through there like a friggin' pro. Seriously, I've ridden with a lot of talented people and I still think she's the most talented natural rider I've even had the pleasure to work with. Anyhow, if you think this is difficult...don't leave the resort boundary. It's steeper, tighter, and has actual drops. And no one comes to rescue you if you fuck it up. Stay safe!

I skied this many times but laughed when it opened as a glade on the trail map bc I’d never seen such little effort put into a trail map glade from a resort… it’s like they just put a trail sign up, clapped their hands together, and declared “new trail”… total cost $20

How does ski patrol check this at end of day?

Second half of it looks fun. First half just looked like lame sidestepping through dense woods

The run under the lift and the upper black hole doesn't look like it's fun to ski at all. Plus it looks like a rocky edge wrecker. There were some soft turns to be had in the lower black hole though.

idk how this man is staying calm. On my first green, I pretty much shot strait down the slope, ski patrol had to get me because I fell and pulled a muscle.

Where was the cliff

You are patrols worst nightmare

bro your skis though

Average tree line at copper

How is that even a named run? Maybe it is an east coast thing? I'm confused... with so many dense trees and no real route, it seems that this is just a steep overgrown tree run. Am I wrong? Kudo's to That Pink Suit Guy for navigating that. It didn't look fun. (edit: i looked at the Smugglers Notch trail map and Black Hole appears to be a chute which is not what this video looked like)

Wow it’s a glade.

Looks like a good way to get lost.

what’s the pitch on the trail?

I am only 8 years old and I skied a double black diamond back in 2022

Good Lord what is happening here

That black hole is a weasler,real tight

ah the black hole

don't know why you went into trees at bottom ??? and the top was a rock garden... jeez louize...

Dumb trail but thank for posting

Doesn't look like any fun. I guess I'm spoiled with steep open bowls and chutes in the West.

I think you might be lost…

Is this skiing? He's crawling down the slope.

Idk if I would call this a double black lol there’s just no snow lool if there was snow that would be a black maybe 🫥

I feel sorry for ya'll ice coast skiers. I assume that passes for a powder day?

Dude, this looks miserable. A steep forest…

Feel sorry for you peeps. We are skiing on a 15ft base and you guys are skiing on 6inches covering rocks and grass.

Bru that doesn’t even look like a trail

This looks harder than corbets

madonna mountain is a destination for glade skiers! This dude isn't very good, but if he were to look forward, wow!

They should have named it brown hole. Hahaha

Buddy was struggling the entire run, his line could have been so much better

Just gave me another reason to never visit the east coast.

Free Fall should be the triple.

much easier if snowboard for this😂

No such thing as a triple black diamond, that's a double black....maybe

not the only triple black in the east, le massif has le charlevoix which the top is considered a triple.

OMG. Note to the Notch - you can't just put a sign up and call it a trail. This can't be skied, and shouldn't be tried.

steepest run in the east: nah im joking it looks miserable but its not steep

This is a marked run? This can't be right, looks like you got lost in the woods.. :)

Bro this is like a double black but could kill u

How is this fun 🤔

This is actually considered a run ?? Looks more annoying and exhausting than challenging.

Ya, no thanks

Looks like your climbing not sking

This didn't look like a good time at all 🤣

That kinda looks like it sucks

That did not look fun.

doesnt look fun honestly, just for bragging rights it seems like lol. pretty sure anyone could do this if they went slow and steady

Probably easier on a snowboard

Why bother with a rock riddled run like this? You like working with P-tex or something?

Looks icey and bad.

This just doesn’t look fun at all lol, this is literally just survival

Lame

this is a blue square at jay.....

Weak… triple black? Nah

Good on you but this shit just does not look enjoyable at all

This doesnt look fun at all.

Well this looked like a waste of time. Shesh not even remotely fun.