I’m sad to see one of the best series on youtube end. Bjarne cinematography is movie production worthy. Cody’s storytelling in these episodes is very heartfelt. I’ve watched every 50 episode at least 5 times. You two are amazing❤️

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much man. 🙏

@Whistler326

4 ай бұрын

Your sentiments echoed by this Cdn ....total addiction ..Bjarne Cody and the many friends on the journey...(OMG)

@tylerholthouse9359

4 ай бұрын

well said!

@l3agel

4 ай бұрын

@@CodyTownsend This series is at least half the reason I took a mountaineering semester. Thank you

@l3agel

4 ай бұрын

The other half was equal parts to COVID cabin fever and learn to climb outdoors.

As a newish (last 3-4 years) backcountry skier I feel pretty confident that this series has saved lives. Modelling proper behavior is more powerful than we may give credit and you and Bjarne's consistent will to turn around and NOT ski the line when it's not appropriate (Mt Superior, Split, many others) is strong antidote to summit fever and the near ubiquitous attitude to "just send it". Thanks for the show of strength and humility.

@michaelyoung3337

4 ай бұрын

This is the best comment. Turning back is always an option and I love that this channel shows that. I have also turned back on Mt. Superior :)

@Whistler326

4 ай бұрын

Strongly agree with your sentiments....Cody trust his intuition as well as being safety minded the entire time he is mountaineering....

@taotracy4431

4 ай бұрын

@@michaelyoung3337 I know they should have turned back before they even started the project

@deannilvalli6579

4 ай бұрын

Very good points.

Cody, Bjarne, it's been a privilege. Yeah the pics have been stunning, but what captured me was your sense of appreciation for and humility in the mountains. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.

I think my favorite part of the whole series has been getting to know Bjarne Salen. The lines, the friends, the epicness, everything else about this project is almost beyond description. And yet, getting to know the guy behind the lens for so much of it, the guy who's been there with Cody the whole time, with his extra dry sense of humor, has been the most rewarding to me. It hasn't just been Cody's project to me, it's been Cody and Bjarne's project. Its only fitting the last shot of this episode is a hug between you two! Thanks so much for everything over the past five years, fellas. It's been an amazing show!!

My gut is that they’re doing full length movies for the last lines! 🤞

@miketomilowitz2043

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, or including the last 4 into one epic film serving as an homage to the whole project, which hopefully wins all sorts of film festival awards. That'd be sweet.

@kpotter78

4 ай бұрын

That would be amazing!

@houstonbuffalo4514

4 ай бұрын

Hope you are correct - 3 episodes for season 5 seems like perhaps the money ran out??? All of us go back and like and share every video, subscribe if you aren’t, eyeballs equal dollars and this sort of stuff needs a lot of eyeballs!!

@jakecohen5739

4 ай бұрын

@@houstonbuffalo4514 I don't think that's it, I think it's more that the last 4 lines are all so serious and so weather dependent that they didn't want the requirement of making episodes to lead them into a sense that they had to keep trying every year. Hopefully, we'll all watch Cody finally get Comstock and St. Elias someday, and maybe he'll manage to ski Robson and University. But I assume he wants to abandon the burden of making it part of the series and just try to ski them if and when he can. Like he said, though, it's not the end of the project, just the end of regular episodes. I think it'll be all the more amazing when we see him crush one of those four lines when it randomly drops in 3, 4, or 5 years!

@joefish6546

4 ай бұрын

​@jakecohen5739 yeah seems like a story they've chosen not to tell. I respect that, maybe a project like this is always destined to end this way. Or maybe there will be a mind blowing comeback in a years time. If so, I'll be waiting to watch. Been great having this project over the years to follow.

What an incredible ride it’s been. You pulled me and probably millions of other people deeper into the mountains and deeper into community with this series. Wopila kola. Hecetu yelo.

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

One of the best things of this entire project was meeting you buddy. Thank you.

I think eventually this series will come to be regarded as one of the most important chronicles of skiing that exists. As poor as the conditions may have been for some of the descents, it very well might be the best footage we will ever see of those routes. Can’t wait to watch what you both create next, there’s no better outdoor team on the planet in my estimation.

Thank you, Cody Townsend and Bjarne Salen.

This has been my favorite series of ski-related videos. Period. Full stop. The touring & skiing notwithstanding, it has been the human factor which has been the best part. The preparation, the openness regarding the challanges, the willingness to accept that Nature dictates & man humbly concedes, Cody's goofy humor & Bjorne's dry wit playing off each other, the various characters that have accompanied them all came together to result in an incredible series. But what I most liked was Cody's willingness to make Bjorne an equal.partner on this adventure, even as he was the "face" of the project. His respect for Bjorne is evident. Gentlemen, I hope you will bring us more epic content in the near future. Meanwhile, I guess we'll have to rewaych The Fifty all over again! Peace!

Congrats to you and Bjarne! It was a treat getting to ski 1 of the 50’s with both of you and you will always be my favourite colleague!

@erikseymour1

4 ай бұрын

Double back flip in the house!

My most anticipated video so far, looks like it might be the last episode? Pretty sure he flew out to Mt Saint-Elias last season but maybe wasn't worth putting an ep together for it... Going to miss the series, it brings joy, one of the best on YT. My ideal scenario is Cody and Bjarne make their own fifty best lines they want to ski in North America and go get them. As someone that has never been there, I love seeing the scenery, travelling and cool mountains over there. The first two seasons were great as there was an episode every week or so. It would be cool if they went back to doing more lines per season, Cody is great at telling a story so I wouldn't care if the lines are super easy and not spectacular.

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

First off, thank you for the kind words. So appreciated. While I would love to be producing weekly episodes like we did in year one, I can tell you there is no way I could handle that workload again. It was the single most stressful, difficult and exhausting year of my life. Bjarne and I lived on the road for 5 months straight, were simultaneously publishing, editing and making episodes on top of each other. I almost burned myself out entirely after one year of it...plus now, I have a son added into life. So the focus moving forward will still be adventuring, skiing and making films, but just focused more on quality as opposed to quantity. Thank you.

@AdiFury

4 ай бұрын

So every 2 weeks then👍😂😂

@jldickerson3

4 ай бұрын

@@CodyTownsend - These types of choices are what I've appreciated most about the overall 50 project. The times you and Bjarne agonize over pushing the last 100ft to reach the summit vs turning back to go home safe, and now, choosing to say, "No" because life isn't feeding the KZread Audrey Jr (Little Shop of Horrors). The heart expressed throughout as you grapple with growing into new responsibilities and priorities really resonates with me as an adventurer, and something that's lost on the the vast majority of content consumers. I'm excited that you're stepping back while you're ahead, and choosing a life that keeps you and your family team stoked on the encompassing totality of life's abundance! Look forward to what's next, and thankfully for how much you've given already.

@mcgilling

4 ай бұрын

@@CodyTownsend Thanks for your reply, all the best for your future adventures, and looking forward to more content in the future! Great episode, again!

@SchmidtymeTimbers

4 ай бұрын

​@@jldickerson3 This 100% ! Couldn't say it better so I'll jump on in with your good words here 🤙

I've loved every minute of this series. You and Bjarne could film The Fifty Classic Bunny Slopes of North America and I'd watch it. The fun of the series isn't in the finishing of the Classic Lines project, its in the storytelling of the lines that you got to ski and the stunning visuals that you captured. Thank you for all of it.

Best KZread series EVER. CODY & Bjorne, you are right up there with the best and everything you’ve shared. It’s been a privilege to watch you grow. Love backcountry skiing, love and respect mountains …

So bummed! One of the most genuine and refreshing ski mountaineering adventure shows on KZread. The places you took us and the people we met along the way. Brilliant! Thank you Cody & Bjarne.

Man, to be honest I had more hope for "still making episodes, but abandoning the fifty," than "still skiing the lines, but done making episodes." But I'm happy they're doing what's good for them, so congratulations!

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Just stay tuned, there will be more to come.

THIS is why KZread is amazing. We get to see productions that would not ever hit the airwaves. Thanks for taking us on the ride(s), Cody & Team!

Hello everyone Thank you for the impressive film. Congratulations! This is a magnificent high mountain world. I wish you good mountain and ski tours. With alpine greetings Raphael Wellig

A long strange trip. Thanks for bringing us along.

I have watched every single episode. You guys are legends.

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Frederic

I am a snowboarder, and this skiing project has been one of my favorite things over the last few years. Thanks for sharing 🤙

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Ya’ll started this adventure right as I was teaching my 6 y/o how to ski. Together he and I have watched every one of the episodes. And the intervening 5 years skiing at Taos has made him a fair little ripper, for a kid that lives in Oklahoma anyway. On more than one occasion, especially early on, he say thing to the effect of “I feel like Cody” and then put his hands in the air and hoot. Thanks.

Cody and Bjarne, this has been my favorite “tv show” since its inception. Mountains, friends, tough times and good ones, personal growth, it had it all. This is what “reality tv” should be. Thanks for taking us along on the ride.

Thank you Cody and Bjarne for all the Beautiful videos !!! Move to Mammoth in 92, did Bloody twice in 94 and 98. At 65 years old still getting out on my splitboard. Good Luck on the other 4, Safe Travels !!!

Thanks Cody & Bjarne for showing us how to dream big and sharing the lessons you've learned along the way 💙

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

Proud of you, Cody. When we interviewed you at SIA after your line of the year, you were already a badass skier. Now you’re a badass human. Keep reminding us how to stay curious, adventurous, and humble.

Absolute magic. Thanks so much for sharing - it's been a joy following the entire series, and I hope we see more!

"Never call last episode - two more, skip the second"

I'll keep watching everything you do Cody. You're such an inspiration to us all. I'm old, 63, and you help me get out and live my life. Thank you for all you do. I hope you do get the last 4 lines, but even if you don't, whatever you do, safe travels!

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael. That's really amazing to hear. Thank you.

@petercogan3396

4 ай бұрын

@@CodyTownsendmichael - just for the record: i'm 63, but i'm not old in any way.

Bravo! Thanks for taking us along- every one

Right on Cody and Bjarne!

been wondering what was up, with both Cody (and M. Wirth)...$-backing prob!? soooooo awesome to have Cody and Crew come thru for a cryptic "final" episode! I've turned dozens of friends onto this Channel and I'm sure, we'll all stay tuned as long as Cody and Bjarne keeps their ski's tuned, too!

Cheers 🍻 A fine way to end one journey and begin another, whatever it may be.

Thanks Cody and Bjarne for the privilege of bringing us along for the ride, truly enjoyed it over the years. Peace out

The sheer authenticity, intelligence, connection and wonderful vistas of this series is what made "The Fifty" so special for me. Cody and Bjarne, thanks SO much for taking us on a truly unique journey - and I use "journey" in EVERY sense of that word. The lessons we've learnt, the excitement we've shared with your achievements along the way and even a few of the tears I'm sure a few of us have shed at a couple of moments reflecting on friends lost....it's been incredible! I look forward to seeing what's next, but in the meantime, enjoy that family time, enjoy those runs WITHOUT a camera tracking your every move and above all, continue to enjoy life and stay safe! 🙏

Hope to see you sooner then later :) Thank you for giving us a front row seat to your adventure. Cheers!

Did this line last saturday. An absolute beast!

Great final episode, emphasizes what it's really all about. My favorite bit from the various episodes? Bad sandwiches followed by the dual skins on straight line challenge! 😁

Thanks for sharing your adventures! Hope see more in the future from you guys! Great stuff for friends of cross country skiing & adventures. 😎👏👍

As a dad I knew when the kid showed up this show was down for the count. Thanks for the rides and the vibes.

Love the Peak skis, I love mine and great to see more and more of them out there

So sad this is over, can't wait for what is coming next. I love you both. ❤

Thanks Cody, Bjarne & your teams for many hours of great content and congrats on achieving so many difficult descents. I'm sure for you guys, doing that specific list of 50 peaks was (and is) a an important goal, but for a viewer like me I could care less about the list. What made it special and different from all the other ski p*rn out there was the people in the episodes and watching them react to varying conditions, environments, and challenges. The planning, approach, camping, (biking), was just as interesting to watch as the descents, regardless of outcome. Just started re-watching the episodes now that the ski season is winding down in CA, and looking forward to seeing more from your channel, whatever it may be. Thanks again!

I so look forward to more of your adventures, be it 'The 50' or something else. Thanks for all the great stoke!

Thank you Cody and Bjarne and friends. We will all miss these amazing videos. I’ve watched them all. They continue to inspire and motivate me. I wish you all the best.

OMG so many Tahoe legends, my heart is so happy!

Sad this is the last one, but what a ride. Thanks Cody / Bjarne. Its been one hell of a ride (watching). kia kaha.

Such a great series. One of the few I follow on YT.

Your first touring experience 20 years ago is so similar to my first touring experience a few years prior to yours. The fun, passion, inexperience, and bravado of youth,... and the stupidity, ignorance, and sheer luck. Being amongst it hooked me, and I've been learning ever since. Dropped out of touring because of a few hard losses; I wasn't involved, but lost several good friends in several incidences. Days when I was "Mr. Safety" and decided it wasn't my day to go out for a walk, and both the relief and the guilt were crushing. Eventually got back into touring, after a while. To paraphrase conversations I've had with MikeD, skiing is not worth dying for. And I'm still here doing it, and a mix of touring and resort is something I'm going to do, to continue to do, for as long as I possibly can. Thank you Cody and Bjarne. It's been a trip.

So stinkin kewl....i love my ebike. What a beautiful video.

Thanks guys for brightening our worlds with this series! I hope there is a final edit (in the years to come) of the last four lines combined….feature length film perhaps?! 🙏

Thank you Thank you so great so cool yet at the same time the best of humanity.

Thanks guys, loved every episode, job well done. Looking forward to your next adventures, be SAFE.

Sick to see Josh out with you! I have been loving his channel, he's been putting out some fucking awesome content recently!!!

Hoping that you and Bjarne find another project soon. KZread won't be the same without you!

Thanks Cody. I'm just barely into my backcountry journey, but it's inspiring to see you grow, and to experience adventure in a whole new way, and learn new things (like caring for blisters).

Awesome series loved living vicariously through others and seeing some amazing lines and skiing from my desk in the UK.

They say that you should never meet your heroes but I like to think of Cody and Bjarne as homies I haven't met yet. Since leaving the mountains a few years ago, this channel has kept me feeling involved and I will always cherish that. Thanks guys ❤

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

I like that. Thanks

Sad it is ending but happy to be able to experience a small part of it through the amazing videos with unmatched storytelling and cinematography. Wish you both the best and am excited for what the next chapter brings you guys.

Legends of the game. Great job on a great project guys

Thank you. This has been a joy and inspiration. I will never be at your level but the reasons and comradeship of your adventures ring so true. I hope and wish to have some of my own adventures soon.

great job Cody. very well done.

Cody, you're a legend. Thanks for years of epic storytelling! I hope you do finish all 50 lines. Cheers, brother, and buenas noches!

You represent the Soul of skiing…

I may have shed a tiny tear with this series ending. Its been amazing to come along on your adventures, and inspiring for my own adventures.

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

You and me both. I got a little choked up watching the end for the first time. Thank you Jon.

very sad to see this series end, but glad to have experienced it. Looking forward to whatever ends up happening in the future.

Gutted. Enjoyed every minute and my absolute favourite series on yt. Thank you! #legends

Congrats on what you've done so far, for the growth of the channel, and thanks for the great entertainment! I came in somewhere in the first 5, and watching you and Bjarne's journey on the 50 has been really enjoyable. I'll probably never do any of the 50, but your videos inspire me to get out and go on adventures. I very much hope we get to see the rest of the 50, whenever that happens. And I'd also love to see other non-50 adventures, gear talk, etc., you guys have a great video style.

As amazing as the lines were, for me the most inspiring thing about this series has been the teamwork and mutual respect between Cody and Bjarne.

It has been such a pleasure to be taken along on this journey. To see first hand what it takes to pull these descents off, the planning, the humility, the guts, the respect for the mountains. And the story telling, such great story telling. It has made me a better back country skier and all of us better humans. Thank you, can't wait to see what comes next!

Thank you Cody and Bjarne. This series has been by far the best to watch on KZread for the last couple of years. You boys took many of us through the pandemic years and kept things about mountains, how to safely plan and execute back country missions without the moral grandstanding the way other big named mountain outfits I won’t name spend half a video on. You introduced us to your tech stack, your kit, your planning approach, your backcountryX files with your routes, and the video quality has been amazing. You both deserve big awards for this. Really very well done! Thank you, it had meant a lot

Well done ! Sure to see more and great stuff from the Team soon

Sad its over but cant wait for whats next. Cheers

I had always wanted to get into backcountry skiing but was very intimated and none of my friends were into it. This series gave me the confidence to just go for it and sign up for an Avy 1 by myself. I now have a buddy I recruited and we've done ~10 tours together. This show 100% gave me the push to do it, and now I have something I can pursue for a lifetime. Gracias 🙏

I saw your first videos as a Midwestern kid living in a pancake-flat state, dreaming of skiing big mountains Your humble determination, drive, and storytelling were a big reason I moved West and made the leap to touring Your videos have been a transformative source of joy and inspiration in my life. Thank you for helping us learn the mountains. I wish you and Elyse all the best as you raise your beautiful son - he’s got one hell of a dad

@CodyTownsend Just wanted to say thank you for such a wonderful series. I believe that you've captured a lot of the spirit of "old-school" adventuring. Do hope to see more adventures in the future. Stay safe, enjoy the family and friends, and continue having fun sliding around on snow.

Been a blast watching this series over the past 5 years. The first episode came out right around when I put skins on for the first time. Thanks for inspiring us all and being such a great role model for the industry, showcasing humility, growth, and some bad-ass skiing!

@CodyTownsend

4 ай бұрын

Glad you like them. Thank you Colten

Always excited to see you post something. I've been watching all your videos, and it made me take up Telemark skiing again. Never going to take it to your level. But you and Bjarne have become legends in my book. And I'm a little bit sad to hear this is the end of the 50 series. But anticipating whatever comes next! Maybe a collab with Nikolay Schirmer and co? A high end video collab with them would have been awesome to see. In the meantime, enjoy the new familymember and rest up. We'll be right here waiting for your future videos :)

Humbly inspiring project 😊

I will never have the skill to ski any of these lines but even so, I eagerly awaited each episode. Each one was better than the last in terms of storytelling and amazing cinematography. You and Bjarne - and all you friends - drew me into an adventure I never knew I wanted to take. You are both amazing and I truly hope your journey continues and you let us come with you now and again. Until we see you again - safe travels.

Thank you and congrats!

Best show! Watched them all. Hope to ski with you guys someday

i will miss these videos. great source of escape for me. best wishes on future endeavors.

Getting strong Kenny Rodgers "Gambler" vibes from this video description. You've got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run Loved the series, sad it's done "for now" but been great to vicariously experience all these lines and the effort to get them.

wow thanks for the inspiration to help me get out there getting my own adventures slpitboarding love the fifty project! keep on trucking boys!!!

Damn I can't believe it's been 5 years. I started watching this when I started Skiing and working in a ski shop. I've lived every episode.

oh boi…ma man cody! enjoyed every single minute of your and bjarnes videos! sooo good! pls keep up with producing such great content with that spirit behind. I’m an avid skier, biker, mountain dude living in Innsbruck and I hope to meet you somewhere. all props and respect. cheers Frank

And thank you

Congrats, guys. I remember when we first discussed this project; seeing its conclusion makes me emotional, ahah! Thanks for being an inspiration; see you in the mountains one of these days.

Thanks for your episodes! I loved all of them!

Loved every second and every episode that you both have put out. Please keep it coming !

oh no, will miss those awesome videos!!

Thanks for the great journey these videos have provided! I have learned a lot as a beginner backcountry skier, they have been a great motivation for this beautiful sport! Way forward!

@cody I hope life is treating you kindly. I hope you are okay with what’s happening. You have some lovely people around you. Thank you for bringing some smiles and escapism to me in England. I’m sure you will continue to do so, somehow, if that is your wish. Ride on cowboy. ❤

Bittersweet that it's "ending". Thanks for taking us on the journey with you.

Well congrats to almost completing this 50 project & having started on another one: Fatherhood. Your son & you will be spending a lot of precious moment together in the next decade to come. Just remember he will grow up so fast in a blink of an eye & you will be missing it more than the mountain fomo in the meantime. Enjoy your next life journey & we look forward seeing to you, Elise, & your son doing some family ski mountaineering together in about 15 years or so!!!

What an inspiration 😊I love watching the videos and then going out and having my own backcountry experience ❤

Thank you for sharing the joys and the struggles of this adventure with such honesty, humour and humility. Your attitude to life and respect for the mountains is inspiring. And thanks to Bjarne for his epic cinematography.

I've had so much fun watching you guys have so much fun! Thanks so much for sharing, stay safe!

Amazing series! Can't wait to see how it ends

It’s been an amazing series and I look forward to seeing when productions for the last 4 find their way onto the interwebs in coming years. Thank you for bringing us along in the journey. I always thank the mountain for passage now because of this series. It’s a beautiful way to respect our world.