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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 5 years ago December 2, 2019
WATCH: The FIFTY - Peak Obsession
Cody Townsend has set out on an audacious goal to climb and ski all 50 lines chronicled in the book, "The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America". Peak Obsession is a stand-alone film premiered at film festivals around the world and dives into the depths of the mindset behind the project told through the story of two of the more challenging lines in the book, Meteorite Mountain and Pontoon Peak near Valdez, Alaska.
Joined by legendary snowboarder Jeremy Jones, along with cameraman Bjarne Salen, they set out on an adventure rife with challenge, exhaustion and a bevy of lessons to learn along the adventure.
'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: Pontoon Peak
Line #10: Spearhead Traverse
Line #11: Giant Steps Couloir
Line #12: Grand Teton
Line #13: Landry Line
Line #14: Middle Teton
Line #15-16: North Maroon & Holy Cross Couloir
Line #17: Mt. Tukuhnikivatz
Line #18: Wilson Peak