All you BIG-TIME chute climbers...

[PowderCrew]

My now wife (then girlfriend) and I went to elko one weekend, and decided for kicks to drive up there.

When I saw this chute i parked the truck and just looked at it for at least 15 minutes.

In the right snow, i really dont think the ascent up the chute is the hard part. Its the entry. Not trying to down play it at all, because it is insane to the max. Once your in the run, as long as you can drive straight, your in the money.

I just don't know how you would even get into it. Heli or crane would be the only was across the river, unless the snow was just right. Even if you could, it would be the first part leading into it that would be the real obstacle.

I know the Thunderstruck guys have spent alot of time riding that area. And they haven't even done it.

This one is definetly way up on the danger level. Theres no way out once your in. not to mention if something did go wrong, that would be one hell of a long slide down in that narrow of a chute. Solid rock. That whole damn place is one big pile of rock.

I would love to see this chute slayed....... Epic wouldn't even describe it. But, at the same time, man its one of those that so many things could go wrong. If someone did atempt it, they need to have a trauma crew and a heli on standby. Maybe even a net like at jackson to catch you at the bottom.

anything is possible.

If we get 4'-5' at this point of the canyon... I found a way to access it, to get across the river. And "ala" some of those THUNDERSTRUCK climbs... the top is a "razors edge"... your gonna have to be FULL ON THE THROTTLE and shut'er down RIGHT NOW at the top with the front hangin over the backside and the rear "hangin over oblivian"! (ditto on the ambulance and/or helo)

 

[PowderCrew]

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[Wheel House Motorsports]

so there was talk of the ones in BC getting done first week of april... and no video yet.. whats goin on/?

 

[BigFish BC]

Better get my passport in order.....

I still think this is the goliath.

they are always scarier looking down from the top that one looks nasty very narrow.

 

[KrazyCanadian]

That chute is in the Rubies in Nevada, never before attempted, and I'd say top 3 nastiest,,, Randy's couloir chute on turtle, and the Another day chute are both quite rediculous also... not to mention the Irmens arm chute...


If you can do it awesome, good luck and God Bless... I hope you can do it...

 

[Jeff C]

If you can do it awesome, good luck and God Bless... I hope you can do it...

Notice here that the keyword is "YOU"

In this case it might be better to be able to brag that you could do it, than in the hospital saying that you should have never tried.........

 

[Ske-Bum]

wow, both the boarders and skiers in those films should stick to there desk jobs!

Agreed, that was aweful skiing. However there aren't a lot of people around who could actually link turns down that without screwing up and bouncing off the walls all the way down. You screw up in there and lose it, it is probably going to leave a mark to say the least.

 

[polaris dude]

The one thing about this chute is once you screw up and the sled starts rolling down, theres no where for the sled to go but over you...which can be a problem

 

[tudizzle]

Guess its been done....any of you local guys get to see it?

 

[zebiraross]

This chute was climbed successfully by 3 members of team impulse yesterday. Doc zoom got it all on film. Congrads to Paul Travis and rhett 2600 vertical ft via GPS.

 

[tudizzle]

team impulse?...they are local then?

 

[xrated]

You know we need pics.

 

[skibumm]

Yep. We pulled it yesterday. All I can say is wicked! Pics from Doc coming. You will have to wait for the Mountain Mod Mania for the full version. Took over 2 hours just to cross the river to get to the base. We flew the chute, pilot could not land near the top so he dropped us off one chute over and we hiked to the top. We shoveled ourselves a flat spot about 3 feet wide as the top was shaped like a tepee with no room to even stop a sled. We tied some climbing rope to a boulder to secure the sleds when the got there. Paul climbed it first and we caught his sled at the top and secured it. Next came Rhett and we repeated the process. Absolutely no way down so we had the chopper long line the sleds off the top back down to safety. I came up last, Paul caught me on top and we choppered my sled down. Hiked back to the other chute and the chopper took us down. Very rough, more off camber than it looked and neverending! We each took about a minute and 30 seconds from bottom to top. About 2400 vertical feet. Awesome. Biggest rush I've ever had!

They call it Terminal Cancer. We are renaming it Chemo cause we cured it Impulse Style!

 

[snengineer]

They call it Terminal Cancer. We are renaming it Chemo cause we cured it Impulse Style!

Nice!

 

[backcountry yardsale]

Congrats can't wait to see the video

 

[PowderCrew]

WOW!!!! SERIOUSLY BUMMED I couldnt see this one! After all the buildup... Congrats guys... CANNOT wait for some PICS and the video... In my mind, CHUTE-climbing LEGENDS have been born!

 

[KrazyCanadian]

This chute was climbed successfully by 3 members of team impulse yesterday. Doc zoom got it all on film. Congrads to Paul Travis and rhett 2600 vertical ft via GPS.

Google earth shows it to be only 1900ft..

 

[skibumm]

Google earth shows it to be only 1900ft..

We calibrated our GPS radios to that spot and did the math from top and bottom. Came out to be around 2400 feet give or take a few depending on where you consider the start. We actually started down very near the creek bottom which sits below the road.

 

[skibumm]

BTW the sleds we used were: Paul's Nypex with race kit standalone running 50/50 and 16 psi; Rhett's Nytro also standalone pump gas running 17 psi; and my apex with standalone and race kit running 50/50 and 15 psi; all Impulse Kits.