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America's most terrifying inbounds run becomes a competition arena
An elite freeride showdown at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, where skiers and riders send the world-famous couloir and the crowd roars from the ridge.
Event details
Kings & Queens of Corbet’s transforms Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s most infamous terrain feature into a hybrid freeride freestyle competition that has redefined progression in extreme skiing.
Corbet’s Couloir, named for mountaineer Barry Corbet who spotted the chute in 1960, requires athletes to drop 10 to 20 feet off a cornice into a 50 degree chute barely 10 feet wide, with rock faces on three sides. First skied by patroller Lonnie Ball in 1967, it remained closed to the public until December 1999.
The competition uses a weather window format from February 7 to 14, 2026, running on the day with optimal snow conditions. Approximately 24 hand selected athletes, including Olympic medalists and X Games champions, receive two runs each, judged by their peers in a private screening after competition day.
The $50,000 prize purse awards $5,000 to each category winner in men’s and women’s ski and snowboard, with an additional $5,000 for the overall King and Queen.
Spectators watch from Tensleep Bowl at the couloir’s base, accessible via the Sublette Chair or the East Ridge Traverse from the Aerial Tram. Advanced skiing ability is required. A standard lift ticket provides access, with no special competition tickets needed.
For those who would rather stay warm, free livestreaming begins at 10:00 AM MST on jacksonhole.com. Notable moments include Veronica Paulsen landing the first backflip by a woman into Corbet’s in 2020, and Trevor Kennison, a sit skier who launched into the couloir with help from Travis Rice in what organizers called the most iconic moment in Kings & Queens history.
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