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We Went Heli Skiing During the Worst Season Ever

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We planned an insane experts' ski trip to the San Juans in southern Colorado for March 2026, including extreme hike-to terrain and heli-skiing. Even with the conditions being the poorest in recent history, we still had an unbelievable time.

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0:00 Intro
1:15: Night 1 - Arrival at Telluride
1:32 Day 1 - Telluride
3:22 Day 2 - Telluride
7:57 Day 3 - Backcountry + travel to Silverton
10:14 Day 4 - Silverton Heli-Skiing
20:03 Day 5 - Silverton Closing Day
22:10 Final Thoughts

20 Comments

@andrewhicks6712 4 months ago

I love how all the other skiers and you guys are joking around about the poor conditions and just making the best out of a bad season. Conditions can be poor, but with a good mindset you can still have some fun

@logancooper5865 4 months ago

It was a wild ski season, and those last few days Silverton was open this year definitely had some of the most testing conditions I've seen in a long time!

@BeetsByHometownBrew 4 months ago (edited)

When you dirty dawgs gonna review some Scandinavian/Finnish ski resorts? I know the hills aren't huge, but you's can't ignore the overall experience as a ski review outfit. Plus, sauna...

@pawpasmurf80 4 months ago

I call it "Adventure skiing"

@imjustyog 4 months ago

Should’ve def saved this for a better season, coming one for sure

@SpatialMarketsNC 4 months ago (edited)

way to make the most of of it! "if there's dirt, just don't go there" has to be the ski patrol comment of the year.

@jeremyglass4283 4 months ago (edited)

13:15 lmao that’s so silverton coded!

@lucashollaback 4 months ago (edited)

That's awesome, we were the crew ahead of you and I was one that tapped out early too 😂

@jeremyglass4283 4 months ago

7:09 average conditions for an OPEN glade on the East Coast

@Jon_Dang 4 months ago

Congrats on the upcoming 100k subs!

@burninghops4449 4 months ago (edited)

Seeing Telluride like that in March makes me sad. I skied that same hike to bowl just a couple of years ago with it filled in. Those conditions were May-like. What a sad year for skiing.

@primepedaler 4 months ago

As the quality of the conditions go down, so does the level of skier ability.

@windwatcher11 4 months ago

My favorite part of CO. So close to Moab, too.

@justalpha9138 4 months ago

I really hope that this upcoming winter and next spring will have some fun conditions! Before I left for Basic Training for the Army, I rode up in the mountains, and aside from one really awesome day, the rest of the times were... Yeah... We had only HALF the snowfall that is expected/average here in our state (Oregon) this year. It was literally crisis-generating stuff. I sincerely hope that's not gonna happen this year, but ya never know. 😢

@LyriqQ9 4 months ago (edited)

Great Video, Looking forward to the resort review updated video to come out.

@anthonyymm511 4 months ago

wow! looks like the east in a typical december

@dragoonseye76 4 months ago (edited)

That’s an expensive disappointment. I am a CO native and this was the weakest winter I have ever seen.

@scawfpusfsf 4 months ago

next season, visit the PNW again and go to mt baker ski area in washington. My local mountain with record breaking snowfall. Snow quality is a hit or miss at times

@chasefancy3092 4 months ago

I loved Spring Skiing. Throw on a pair of snow pants, a T - Shirt, and you are good to go. You may want to bring a pair of shades. It would be highly advisable to take a bar of dark chocolate (85% minimum cacao) and a bottle of water. Skiing is extremely vigorous which can cause oxidative stress by depleting key antioxidants. Awesome Video! Thanks for sharing ☀

@aharmlesspenguin88 4 months ago

Was this the last few days of march? Such an insane season for us, CO basically switched the second half of March and April, the last couple weeks at Copper and A basin were fun but too bad nothing else made it that far