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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 4 years ago January 17, 2020
WATCH: THE FIFTY - Mt. Shasta
Mt Shasta is a lot of things to a lot of people. For skiers, it's 7,000 vertical feet of perfect corn skiing on a late spring day. For Cody and Bjarne, it represents the end of Year 1 of The FIFTY. Joined up by a bevy of Tahoe friends, the crew sets off on a perfect June morning for the long climb and lengthy ski.
'The FIFTY' is a project to climb and ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book, "The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America". Over the next three years, Cody Townsend will be chronicling the adventures, challenges, and travels as he takes on a collection of the most aesthetic, spectacular, and hardest lines in North America.
Line #1: Messner Couloir
Line #2: Mt. Superior
Line #3: Terminal Cancer
Line #4: Hypodermic Needle
Line #5: Mt. Currie
Line #6: Aemmer Couloir
Line #7: Joffre Peak
Line #8: The Sphinx
Line #9: Spearhead Traverse
Line #10: Giant Steps Couloir
Line #11: Grand Teton
Line #12: Landry Line
Line #13: Middle Teton
Line #14-15: North Maroon & Holy Cross Couloir
Line #16: Mt. Tukuhnikivatz
Line #17: Wilson Peak
Line #18-19: Meteorite Mountain & Pontoon Peak
Line #20: Watson Traverse