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[VIDEO] Is Pipeline Couloir at Snowbird Utah’s Most Dangerous Run? Only 100 People a Year Ski This Line

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Peak Rankings discusses the Pipeline Couloir at Snowbird, Utah, considered one of Utah’s most dangerous ski runs. Known for its steepness and challenging access, the narrators share their experience attempting to ski this exclusive trail, detailing their preparations, the difficult hike to reach the entrance, and the perilous rock scramble they faced before finally descending the run. Despite the risks […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 4, 2024
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Trip Report: Snowbird, UT | “Pipeline Couloir”

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Report from June 5, 2024 Yesterday was my last ski day of the Northern Hemisphere winter. Ski day #190. Ski day #463 of the past 546 days. I’ve been skiing 6 days per week for 17 months straight (78 weeks). I’m exhausted… 11,489′ American Fork Twin Peak, UT “Pipeline Couloir” Details Summit (actually a notch):  11,300′ Car:  7,900′ Vertical From Car:  […]

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Miles Clark | June 6, 2024
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Trip Report: Snowbird, UT – “Pipeline Couloir” on July 21, 2023

Report from July 21, 2023 “Pipeline Couloir” at Snowbird, UT yesterday was a buck-wild adventure ski! Maybe the best adventure skiing I’ve ever had anywhere… Rockfalls, waterfalls, evil melted-out black bomb holes, second-thought-inducing steeps, convoluted/corrugated snow, violent pitch changes, unholy spine-chokes, a large rocky waterfall mid-chute, and more rocks-embedded-in-snow than you can shake a stick at. I actually removed about […]

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Miles Clark | July 24, 2023
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Snowbird, UT, Report: The Taunting “Pipeline Couloir”

Report from Monday, May 23, 2022 High noon and hot, the corn window had just closed.  I was skiing heavy but exciting slush in Snowbird’s taunting Pipeline Couloir—a line everyone sees but almost nobody skis.  The top section was steep and got my blood pumping. My legs were already screaming a hundred feet down it.  Pipeline Couloir – Snowbird, UT […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | May 23, 2022
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