VIDEO: Cody Townsend + Nick Russell Star in the New Fifty Episode

After a long wait, Cody Townsend is back with a fresh episode of the Fifty. This one is for all those of us who love a good sufferfest – Cody teams up with snowboarder Nick Russell on what looks like the hardest mission yet. The two team up for a stroll up Montana’s Mt. Stimson to kick off the new season. Turns out they might have underestimated the difficulty of even getting to the mountain in the first place.

From Cody:

“In the NW corner of Montana, a ten-thousand foot mountain rises out straight out of the thick forest. Mt. Stimson dominates the skyline like a giant shark tooth turned upside down. The SW Face of Stimson, first skied by Pete Costain and Andy Zimet in 1997, is a five-thousand foot, steep, exposed and sustained face that guards all falls with a three-hundred foot cliff at the bottom. It's a challenging ski line to begin with, but guarding the mountain is a nine miles approach filled with thousands of deadfall trees, thick forests and nearly impenetrable willows. Add in a narrow canyon, a slick cobblestoned creek that must be crossed hundreds of times and no defined trail and you have the single hardest approach for any ski line so far in The FIFTY series.”