Kings & Queens Of Corbet’s Couloir 2024 Cancelled
Today, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY announced that one of the biggest skiing competitions of the season will not run this year.
In an Instagram post on January 24, 2024, officials at JHMR wrote: "We’re saddened to announce that Kings & Queens of Corbet’s 2024 is cancelled."
The competition was originally scheduled for Feb. 3-10.
Despite Corbet's Couloir, the location for the event, being just about ready for skiing, and the mountain being open "wall-to-wall", Ski Patrol, Mountain Ops, Event Leadership, and both current and former competitors assessed the conditions in the Couloir, and ultimately decided that "this last storm didn’t deliver what [they] needed" to run the contest.
The Instagram post explaining the cancellation stated that "upon first-hand inspection of the snowpack within the Couloir, the competitors agreed that conditions are not at the level needed to run an elite competition."
"80 inches of snow has blanketed the Resort in the past two weeks. However, Corbet’s Couloir requires specific weather factors to fill in properly and create a competition-worthy environment that supports landing mind-blowing tricks and carrying high speed through it."
Check out the top 5 men's runs from last year's Kings and Queens of Corbet's below.
"However, they all agreed that it is skiable for those with expert abilities. We are working to open Corbet’s to our guests very soon and will update you when it’s ready."
The 2020 Queen of Corbet's, Veronica Belle, explained, 'Corbet’s is skiing great, but conditions are not there to do what we want to do. As athletes, we all want to show off our best skiing, and right now the conditions are not safe enough for us to put on the show we usually do. I’ve trained all year for this and now I have another year to keep training and dreaming about my run.'"
Although some commenters brought up questions asking why Jackson Hole couldn't just move the event or expect less risky tricks from the athletes competing, the general consensus seemed to be that the call to cancel was a good one.
Teton Gravity Research was one of these many supporters, writing, "Good call @jacksonhole choosing to protect the athletes. We can’t wait for many more fun days of riding at the ville"
Warren Miller snowboarder Cooper Branham similarly wrote, "A tough tough decision, we all want K&Q to happen but the integrity of the competition and rider safety are paramount. Thanks JHMR and JHSP for taking all aspects into consideration and making the difficult call. It’s on 2025 🙏🏻"
These kinds of positive attitudes are probably ones we can all adopt this season, as we pray for more snow to open the runs we love best at our home resorts.
Officials at Jackson Hole also remained positive, expressing their anticipation for next year's event. "We look forward to hosting Kings & Queens of Corbet’s next winter and hope you can join us in-person."
We hope so too!
Related: Corbet's Couloir Sans Snow Is Even More Intimidating
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