Classic and Remote B.C. Ski Line Skied for Second Time

Backcountry skier and filmmaker Michael Wirth made the second known ski descent of Comstock Couloir on the remote Mount Dawson in the Selkirk Mountains.

As Wirth said, Comstock Couloir is the least recorded climbed and skied line of all the 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.

“I successfully completed the second recorded ski descent 14 years after Greg Hill completed the first,” said Wirth. “I did it in a continuous solo effort which yielded: 40 km (24.45 miles) 4.14 km (13,590 feet) of elevation gain in 14 hours and 15 minutes.”

This is my journey and battle to climb and ski the Comstock Couloir of Mt. Dawson in a single effort:

Fourteen years ago, this line saw its first descent. Fourteen years went by with no one successfully recording a re-entrance into the…