Big Couloir at Big Sky Resort, Montana - GoPro 

What I loved most about this video is how you guys encouraged each other and truly believed in one another!

I lived in Big Sky the first year of the Tram. The whole reason it was sketchy for you guys is that you’re doing stop shots every turn! Keep the momentum going and flow more and you’ll find your fear is unwarranted. Keeping the flow let’s you control more than trying to stop. That’s a lesson from experience. I did the Big at least 50 times the first season.

Bravo, not many gopro videos can capture steepness, cant imagine what its like in real life!

Finally a video that shows what it's really like! And this looked liked pretty decent snow actually. Anything less and I'd never attempt it. It'd be less scary and potentially enjoyable on a filled up powder day though!

You guys did just fine here. I live just a stones throw away. I did all that stuff almost 30 yrs ago. Sometimes I still go on the steeps. Been skiing most of my life. Now enjoy skiing with my kids and grand kids.Happy new year and welcome to Montana.

People will criticize the way you dropped in. Fuck em. Anyone with the confidence and ability to ski terrain like this deserves respect. IT’s physically demanding and requires a very strong mental to ski yourself out of dangerous terrain like this.

Man that was inches from having a whole different experience that day. Awesome video!

Dude, glad you didn't die on that little slip. That is some seriously high consequence terrain. Well done.

Dude Your Video Is Amazing 🤩 I think the video does it injustice to the real true experience! I bet your legs ache when you got to the bottom. The Incredible Vertical Angle of That Run is amazing and You DO NOT Want To Fall! Congrats

I’m going to big sky this spring break. I’m going to say I did this run vicariously through RU-vid. Thank you

Nice job. Very real video. You’re the kind of guys I’d like to ski with.

Love the positivity imma put this audio on when I hit big sky next week

that looked a little boney, pretty rocked out at the top and played out in the shoot. some sweet pow pow for the end run, nice video

I was at Big Sky a couple weeks ago and from the top of the Powder Six lift, Big Coulier completely towers over you. It looks terrifying. Amazing job to both of you and glad you made it down safely.

Bravo! Well done.

This looks really awesome, need to try this someday. Great video, thank you for posting.

Great job guys - well done! Looked sketch at the top but also like you picked a good time to go (as the sun was off it so it may have firmed up a bit). Happy tracks to you and stay safe!

Good ride man! Looks doable from the top and sketchy as hell when you’re in the couloir. Good job

Good stuff! You boys ripped it!

Nothing til 5:53 looked remotely enjoyable to me 😂 tip of the hat brother!

Sorry, but this does accurately portray how steep Schmitty's is - it's twice as steep as this looks. And this footage is about as good as you can get, too. The exposure is true slide-for-life consequences. You both did a good job getting through. Suggestion: don't go straight down the center where everybody else goes and therefore scrapes any soft snow off. Go way off to the sides (like you did 2:00 - 2:12ish and at 4:54) to grab snow that you can put edge in and control the descent. Just being a ski-length left or right of center can make all the difference. It takes a bit of practice, but it's a lot safer than a 50 degree ice rink! (Also - it seems that the group in front of you is ALWAYS still in the couloir when you arrive at the top!) Great job to both of you!

When skiing steeps like that and you need to jump turn by first planting your pole down the fall line it will unload the tail so that it makes it easier to jump turn. But you took your turns the way that I would have. Good on you guys for conquering your fears!

Was out at Big Sky a couple years back and could only look up at Big in awe. Rode Upper Pinnacles and Three Moons, but Big was and is out of my league. Loved your decent, and thanks for not making it look too easy 😂

Do they really require avalanche beacon/probe/shovel for u to access this peak? I’ll be going next weekend so I am curious!

Great video. I’m a snowboarder and would never dare to do that run. The fact that you had to jump turn on skis shows me everything I need to know. F’n awesome 😎!

Good work. I saw a few videos of awful falls.... I was going to ski it until I heard a 45 min wait(I had 2 hours of family free skiing so I was not about to spend it waiting to ski). I skied the Otter Slide "triple black", but it wasnt half as hard as what you skied. It was one of the best runs of my life. Big Sky is an amazing place. One knock would be the sneaky rocks you hit on the double black terrain even with good snowfall due to the wind.... Especially under the Challenger chair.

Just came up on my feed love it bro

I think I saw you the other day when I was at big sky! Nice run!

Yeahhh buddy!! I hope to get to Big Sky. Your line was epic!!!

People will criticize.....they are always better. Definitely a high consequence area....you guys manned up and made the descent....and should be proud. Most of the ones ragging prolly have never really ridden terrain like this. You know if you have.....it can gnarly REAL quick.

You guys are gnarly!)

My buddy works at the top here and I yet have not rode big sky yet haha amazing video!

Conditions weren’t the best, the rocks dropping in weren’t there when I skied and you coul😊d ski up the side😊walls but at least the cliff at the top third was covered by snow or you’d have a 15-20’ foot drop. Still you did good as it’s a 50 degree slope or more depending on how much snow has filled it in.

I consider myself a fairly accomplished snowboarder (I know, not a skier, judge me all you want but it's close enough to the same thing). I routinely ride double blacks, and rarely feel like a trail is beyond my skill level. That being said, just WATCHING this video made me feel uneasy. That trail looks SUPER sketch. Full credit to both of you for completing that run without a wipeout, I do not believe I could have gotten through that unscathed.

i like this video, because it reminds me of my past, when i started to ski down steep slopes back in 2018, even i have not skied for almost 4 years now, i feel you are using your left pole lots of better than right at the slope.

Big Sky Extreme !! Very Cool Brings Into Play These Guys Are Good ! Don't see this @ My Old Digs Heavenly SLT But Squaw You Will 👌

Snow looked really good.

wut gopro do u use

Nasty conditions I don’t blame you for taking your time

A classic skiing moment: “dude, we so got this!” Followed seconds later by “almost died right there, this is cray..”

Me: "Why's he being so cautious?" *looks uphill* Me: "ohmagaw"

"Life flashed before my eyes" No doubt! 😅

Thought you needed an avalanche beacon, probe and a shovel to get into the Big Couloir. As I don't think I saw either of you with them. Good skiing though, glad you had a great time

Nice job dude, especially in the less than ideal conditions.

Well done! It was a lot more bony than I'd expect; may I ask what month you made this drop?

Man I miss skiing so much, moved away from my ski town for university and this video makes me wanna go back😩

Looks so fun

I bet your quads were screaming like crazy! Nice job.

Gj guys!

Well done boys for getting down without the aid of a blood wagon. Did lots of Chutes in Squaw , Whistler and JH. Never saw powder in any of them...just styrofoam. And were all tracked out.... Only in Chamonix and La Grave did I ever get couloirs with Powder, and you then wish you were back on the styrofoam again.!!

Yeah this video is sick and the footage looks amazing!! Would you mind letting me which gopro model was used and the general settings?

A unsolicited suggestion…put more flex into the front of your boots, roll your hips towards the slope and position your body so it’s perpendicular to the slope angle…you’ll stick to the mountain like a magnet When you want to turn…as you cut across the slope…step your up hill out and at an angle, weight it and it’ll carry you through the acceleration phase quickly…but keep pressure on the front of your boots otherwise you’ll end up in the back seat…again😜

Going here tomorrow. Hope there’s a bit more snow looks rocky lol. Good job making it down.

Plant those poles a little ways out in front of you, keep your shoulders across the hill (fall line), turn around your pole plants. Use the troughs of the bumps to help check speed. Side slipping turns it into an icey mess, not to mention exposing rocks. Practice keeping within a narrow path on a different steep slope and then go attack these! Keep it up, you'll be eating these up.

This one’s about to go viral

Wildcats never let you down!

The commentary is much appreciated and accurately reflects how actually sketchy this run is 😂

headed there in early march, praying for lots of snow and a guide that will rip the hell out of this with me!!!

That was amazing.

I expected a standard set of turns down the couloir. At 2:00 I thought we were in for a looong awkward fall video lol. Subtitle nailed it.

As a steep Midwest ice skier. I got this, steep hills, no traction. Sounds like timberline 🤣

Lots of comments here, great work getting down. To echo a couple others, try to get more decisive while stomping each turn and then hoping/jumping into next one, stomp, repeat. Your turns are a bit slow and drawn out, that causes you to gain more speed than you probably want throughout the long turn, and this leads to less control (and greater chance of catching something like you did on that one that spun you). Quick, short, stompy turns will help a lot.

nice run.. camera doesn't do it justice Insane feeling standing at top looking down Looks softer than when I skied it lol

what mount did you use for this gopro? Sick video!

Wow 😮

Good video, you guys did well

Damn that’s awesome… not snow like that at sunshine village rn

Haven't skied in 30yrs. Can't get over how short skis are these days. Back then you couldn't ski half the mountain if your skis were shorter than 185.

Great rides 😝 may grande cahones!

D Been there, done that, going back soon, best lift served chute in the US!

I'm just here for the gaper comments on how you should ski.......lol. nice job

For someone who’s skied since they were 3 years old and has ski raced for 6 years and skies double blacks easily. I feel like I could ski this fairly confidently. I know everyone says it’s steeper than what it looks in the video but I don’t want to go in over my head. Can I do this?

Nice job. Looked very solid - with that one exception ;-)

"the jump turn master"

Been there done that friggin sick !

Nice Moments 👍

The one day I got to ski the big couloir. The visibility was absolute shit. Couldn’t see more then 10 feet In front of you. But got to lap it a few times since nobody else was stupid enough to ski it. Would love to ski it on a bluebird day.

well done !!! 👍

I skied for the first time last week. Had a blast, but I know my limits, and I plan on sticking to them. Not too keen on the whole snapping ankles and breaking bones. More interested in having a good time and a good hard drink afterwards 😂

Epic.

Nice job! Where do you get the beacon? Your own, or rented at Big Sky?

What is the length on those skates? 135?

love the moments

Apropos the negative comments, it was a reach, but skiing things that are a reach but within your capabilities is how you get better. That plus lessons, even into level 8, plus getting as many days on the hill as you can is how you get better. The ability to assess the salient risks (where you're likeliest to get into trouble) and the consequences of a fall in the varying risk areas are skills themselves that are as crucial as technical skills, and are also learned by experience and instruction. Did they own this drop? No, but it was not survival skiing either. And when they got to the outrun, they were better skiers than they were at the top. And remember... the best skier or rider on the hill is the one who's having the most fun.

Snow looks great. Exposure looks intense. Always steeper than the gorpro looks. Must be a consistent 40-50 degrees for most of the face?

That is insane

Well done you and we all have to start somewhere. I'd be well pleased if I did that. Seems like a lot of commentators must have never struggled on a run or had any fear whatsoever. I can't work out how they got to the level they are at. They must just be 100% natural skiers that never made a mistake, are always in control and just float like angels.

Great conditions for the top honestly. More often then not the top is much slicker then that.

great action looks sketch af!! id def like to fly my drone over there

It's more enjoyable when there's SNOW on that run, rather than rocks

Snow conditions weren't the best. Good job!

gnar!

looks super duper fun. find some powder!!!!

too much stopping lol really fun though & a good experience

No harder than Phillipe's at Mammoth, but just 5x as long lol. Looks fun

What boots you using?

Dude you had a sick entrance though you got down around the knuckle pinch above the cheese grater man I can’t wait to get my cooler footage up for a second there I thought it was Justin netter making this vide.

the self assurance

Well you both survived and didn't fall. I can't say that looked like any fun at all.

Nice descent .. You want sharp edges .. But not too sharp haha