This GoPro Footage Shows What It's Like To Double Backflip Into Corbet’s Couloir
The snow settled long ago, but footage from one of skiing’s zaniest competitions—the Kings & Queens of Corbet’s—is still trickling out.
The event, held at Jackson Hole, Wyoming each season, has an absurd setup. It starts with the titular Corbet’s Couloir, a looming headwall above a chute just below the summit of Rendezvous Mountain.
After launching off the cornice, skiers head down the couloir, finishing their runs with a pair of hand-built park jumps in Ten Sleep Bowl. At its core, Kings & Queens is a test of all-around skiing ability, and to top it off, the competition is fully rider-judged by the competition field.
It’s also a highlight factory, as evidenced by a compilation just released by Jackson Hole from this past season. The latest edit focuses on GoPro footage, giving viewers an inside, close-to-the-action look.
If you ever wanted to know how double backflipping into Corbet’s Couloir feels—without having to do it yourself, that is—this would be a good place to start.
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This past season, Alta skiers Tristen Lilly and Piper Kunst earned the coveted titles of King and Queen of Corbet’s Couloir. Kunst also previously won Queen of Corbet’s in 2023, becoming one of the few athletes to win the title more than once. She also became the second woman to ever land a backflip into Corbet’s Couloir, alongside Veronica Paulsen.
Check out the runs that helped them claim the win below.
All told, it was another great outing for one of skiing’s most entertaining competitions. Kings & Queens, among other events, is another laudable stop on what you could call the alternative ski competition circuit.
The Freeride World Tour, the World Cup, and the X Games are all fantastic shows, but Kings & Queens, among others, provide an entertaining foil to these standardized formats and highlight a variety of ski styles.
That is, to us, what’s fantastic about being a fan of skiing in 2026. Looking for a perfect, no-holds-barred big mountain run in no-fall-zone terrain? Throw on the Freeride World Tour. Rather watch an event with wacky rails that could’ve been ripped from the sketchbook of a freestyle-obsessed teenager? Unrailistic highlights are waiting. If ski racing’s more your thing, there’s always the alpine World Cup.
In short, you’ve got options. And more than one place to draw inspiration from for the kind of skiing you might want to do. Or just dream of doing.
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