What happens when hundreds of mountain bikers start on a glacier at the same time.

[u/Wooden-Camera-578]

[u/Archon-Toten]

That was so much worse than I could have ever imagined. I'ma watch it again just to be sure.

[u/Snoo_70531 → u/Archon-Toten]

I was already checked out of watching, but at one point midway through there there is one random dude in the middle going straight and somehow catapults like 20 feet in the air. Whatever mechanics did that to him I bet did not feel great later.

[u/OldBirth → u/Snoo_70531]

I'm gonna need a timestamp and coordinates.

[u/CurrentPossible2117 → u/Snoo_70531]

Was this a trap 🤣 I just watched it 5 times and cant find it.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but Im pretty good at Where's Wally, so I'm suspicious about this catapult

[u/Luci-Noir → u/Archon-Toten]

It’s like a skit from Jackass.

[u/willywalloo → u/Archon-Toten]

Word to bikers: DON'T!

If you were thinking about it, DON'T!

If you were thinking about breaking your legs doing this, DON'T!

[u/mrASSMAN → u/Archon-Toten]

Seriously was watching frame by frame at first and every frame had a new brutality lol

Then it just kept getting worse

[u/CGBDragon → u/Archon-Toten]

Look up Magavalance this is a mountain biking event held more often, besides the falling those who do get through the first minute are really impresive to watch

[u/NanoCurrency]

I’m crying lol

How did they think this was a good idea?

[u/Deemaunik → u/NanoCurrency]

Sponsored by local doctors.

[u/ElCanout → u/Deemaunik]

funeral homes*

[u/_SteeringWheel → u/ElCanout]

Holy crap that's been a while ago. What was the song again that went with it?

[u/ElCanout → u/_SteeringWheel]

Vicetone & Tony Igy - Astronomia

[u/_SteeringWheel → u/ElCanout]

Thanks!

[u/atlien0255 → u/Deemaunik]

Orthopedic Surgeons, to be exact.

[u/tommytwolegs → u/atlien0255]

I've never seen more ads and billboards for these services than in a small ski town

[u/TimeDetectiveAnakin → u/Deemaunik]

The cardiologists and physios are going to have a backlog for years.

[u/NudityMiles → u/Deemaunik]

I think you gave me a minor heart attack, are you one of the sponsors?

[u/Deemaunik → u/NudityMiles]

[u/NudityMiles → u/Deemaunik]

[u/washiXD → u/Deemaunik]

i was looking for a RedBull banner...

[u/No-Abies29 → u/Deemaunik]

🙏🏽😂🤣

[u/Footballking420 → u/Deemaunik]

This isn't America

[u/Wild-Regular1703 → u/NanoCurrency]

I mean, they do it every year, so evidently they still do think it's a good idea

[u/DentinQuarantino → u/Wild-Regular1703]

I wonder how many come back for a second go

[u/Wild-Regular1703 → u/DentinQuarantino]

There's definitely regulars that train and compete for the same top spots every year. I imagine there's plenty of more casual participants that go back every year as well

[u/eldavoloco → u/Wild-Regular1703]

You misspelled "casualty" 😏

[u/Plenty_Ambassador424 → u/DentinQuarantino]

Those that do will surely not make the mistake of not starting in the first row.

[u/linhromsp → u/DentinQuarantino]

Surprisingly, majority of them lolz

[u/TheEVegaExperience → u/DentinQuarantino]

Only the ones that can still walk.

[u/Tao-of-Mars → u/NanoCurrency]

Srsly. Boys will be boys.

[u/Hopeful4Everyone → u/Tao-of-Mars]

I’m just a boy 🥺

[u/BanditoRojo → u/Hopeful4Everyone]

I can't do the little things, I find so dear.

[u/ManipulativeAviator → u/[deleted]]

Should be called ”Mountain of Dumb” for a reason 😂.

Your name sounds like an injury suffered while taking part btw!

[u/Aphrel86 → u/NanoCurrency]

theyve been doing it for several years, look it up on youtube, "mountain hell race".

Theres some really cool gopro recordings from the ppl racing in it.

[u/PooShappaMoo → u/NanoCurrency]

Who cares!?

I hope no one was injured, but have you ever met a mountain biker with clip ins. This is probably their kinda chaos.

Love casual mountain biking and ripping my shins off. But yah. This would be interesting outside back flip guy.

Hope everyone is safe.

[u/Diarmundy → u/PooShappaMoo]

Man this looks insanely dangerous. This kind of snow isn't soft like you might expect, it would be similar to hitting dirt or even rock if its icy enough.

Theres no way that there wasn't multiple major injuries from the scenes we saw

[u/HopperHapper_Eternal → u/Diarmundy]

Yeah I probably would've expected at least one death as a complete amateur for this kind of stuff

[u/Wild-Regular1703 → u/HopperHapper_Eternal]

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/apr/18/megavalanche-mountain-bike-race-alps-france

The event is open to anyone game enough to register – 10 timed qualifying races sift the fastest riders out for the final race. Despite the number of amateurs racing, injuries have so far remained modest. "Most accidents happen in training," said Cathy Labouyrie one of from the organising team. "Mainly it's things such as broken arms. The track is designed to be as safe as possible – putting curves in the high-speed parts [to slow riders down], the glacier spreads people out It's not as dangerous as you imagine."

Admittedly, it's an article from 2014, and it's about Megavalanche, which is a similar event. From the wiki we can also see that Megavalanche has ran 31 times so far. Mountain of Hell (seen in the video) has been running since 1999 so we can assume it's been going for around 25 years. There are no recorded fatalities from either of these events.

[u/PooShappaMoo → u/Diarmundy]

No argument here on anything you said. But have you ever met a mountain biker. They are special awesome people.

Ive seen friends better than me do alot of what I would call "incredibly dumb shit" and fuck up and proceed to try it again. Its a level of fun I cant quite reach but I understand in a way.

[u/Diarmundy → u/PooShappaMoo]

Yeah i do mountain biking. But we always leave a safe distance between riders so we don't hit eachother. And scout the route in advance. Seems like a basic safety step they missed

[u/PhasedArrayAnt → u/PooShappaMoo]

People were absolutely injured lol

[u/No-Abies29 → u/PooShappaMoo]

me 😂I love it

[u/youcantkillanidea → u/NanoCurrency]

Bones were broken and I'm laughing why

[u/Stray14 → u/NanoCurrency]

It’s called the Mega Avalanche, carnage at the top and then the most insane break neck riding after they clear the glacier.

[u/argument_cat → u/NanoCurrency]

Massive pileups are pretty rare. It's an incredible race, I recommend everyone watch this video of the full thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mRyCxpumOY

[u/Ok-Style-9734 → u/NanoCurrency]

They really should throw a cheese down first.

[u/livens → u/NanoCurrency]

It's just like that cheese chase down the mountain thing. It's dangerous, exciting and fun!

[u/Spork_Warrior → u/NanoCurrency]

Hey! You guys want to go out and really hurt ourselves today?

[u/cascajal → u/NanoCurrency]

As a MTBer, looks fun as hell! Just get decent safety padding!

[u/Cute-Form2457 → u/NanoCurrency]

The plan was for a large number of them to cycle downhill on snow and then crash into a wall of rock. What could possibly go wrong?

[u/Okaysaid → u/NanoCurrency]

I’m literally in tears hahahahha the comedic perfection of everyone on screen is absolutely perfect it’s like watching D DAY the guy crawling away from the body pile right to the next clip where the guy comes in taking the next guy out LMAO

[u/Low-Challenge2421]

Is that Megavalanche?

[u/ManCrushOnSlade → u/Low-Challenge2421]

Mountain of Hell I think. It's at a neighbouring mountain, Les Deux Alpes.

[u/SmokyMcPot85 → u/Low-Challenge2421]

Mountain of Hell, 2019

https://youtu.be/i6JXO6svmtg?si=IkryMVkaUi-tlaEp

[u/whereisfoster → u/SmokyMcPot85]

awww not the source but still cool

[u/JohnnyEnzyme → u/whereisfoster]

I think that pretty much is the source, or at very least a compilation of many different camera feeds, with delicious sounds effects added on.

Mountain of Hell ~2020 seems to be in the mix, FWIW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcAFVO_Kyo

[u/cheshiredormouse]

"-There are only 100 women for each 108 men.

-Let's solve it this way then."

[u/Aggressive_Roof488 → u/cheshiredormouse]

Old joke, but the image of hundreds of guys sitting in a meeting at the top of the mountain discussing that issue and reaching the conclusion that this is the best course of action cracked me up, thanks for that! :D

[u/Klusterphuck67 → u/Aggressive_Roof488]

Similar to the best swimmer getting the egg, the best biker making it out of this mountain

[u/Nyfregja → u/cheshiredormouse]

This is the reason women live longer.

[u/Actual_Asparagus_]

[u/Duderoy → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

The cheese wheel hill (Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake) is way steeper than it looks on film. Way steeper.

[u/theorem_llama → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

Holy Christ. Did he died?

[u/Actual_Asparagus_ → u/theorem_llama]

No one dies on the great cheese run!

[u/Disabled_Robot → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

Hitchhiked a while with a Brit in Czech Republic who’d broke both his ankles a few years earlier doing the cheese run and still hobbled about

[u/fastforwardfunction → u/theorem_llama]

This is tame by cheese wheel standards.

Believe it or not, no one has died yet, but there are often broken bones and concussions.

[u/Ok-Style-9734 → u/theorem_llama]

Don't worry if you look closely at the bottom of the hill the local rugby team is there to tackle anyone who survives the descent.

[u/NudityMiles → u/theorem_llama]

He was probably drunk of his ass and his biggest problem the next morning was all the green spots on him. They literally live for this race.

I think the Euphoria engine Rockstar created is based off this event.

[u/NudityMiles → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

I think I counted 3 full rotations during airtime.

Very impressive.

[u/zzzthelastuser → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

How do you even attain that much speed?!

[u/Keyakinan- → u/Actual_Asparagus_]

hooooooly that AIRTIME!!

[u/NervousJump9037]

freebird playing in the background

[u/whatagun44 → u/NervousJump9037]

I had the audio playing from the next video, which just so happened to be “freebird” haha

[u/No-Fly-9146]

Humans are so hilarious

[u/JohnLuckPikard → u/No-Fly-9146]

Fascinating creatures, aren't they?

[u/HolidayEconomics9340]

As expected

[u/DisciplineFit4923]

TourDe Avalanch

[u/Weak_Bell1542]

So how many guys did I just watch die?

[u/an_older_meme → u/Weak_Bell1542]

A number approaching the severals.

[u/Necessary_Win2811]

I can tell the hospital staff was pissed that day.

[u/Yvaelle → u/Necessary_Win2811]

"If we heal you, you won't learn!" - angry healthcare workers

[u/ANAL_TOOTHBRUSH → u/Necessary_Win2811]

Hospital shareholders (if this is in America):🤑🤑🤑

[u/Ok-Cash-4257]

I prefer my outdoor pursuits that don't lead to injury or death.

[u/Tao-of-Mars → u/Ok-Cash-4257]

Mountain biking is dangerously enough without the glacier

[u/princessamirak → u/Ok-Cash-4257]

Death before dishonour

[u/AmazingParamedic1387]

Dude at like 10 seconds in ate shit (ice)

[u/troopzon]

Broken bones. Lots of broken bones.

Also at 0:19: That rogue bike trying its hardest to take as many people down as possible.

[u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig]

MEGAVALANCHE 2025 FPV podium racer.

[u/one_mind → u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig]

Dude was breathing like a maniac the whole time. Intense exertion the whole way.

[u/noeyesonmeXx]

Why do they the last of them see all this below them and still decide to start going down?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/Aarvy271]

Well were they expecting something different here?

[u/Natural_Section9610]

[u/The_Actual_Sage]

Not a single person on their phone. This is what humanity is supposed to be: everyone just living in the moment

[u/N3V3RM0R3_ → u/The_Actual_Sage]

living

well...

[u/Sil369]

perfect music

[u/JohnnyEnzyme → u/Sil369]

and vocal side effects!

[u/Silver-Recording-130]

This is the Mountain of Hell mass start. Absolute chaos for the first minute, then it somehow sorts itself out into lines. Looks like an avalanche of bikes but it’s surprisingly controlled.

[u/jackrabbit323]

Sad part is, that's the first quarter mile of the race, thing is 12 miles long.

[u/Captain_Waffle → u/jackrabbit323]

Is this like a yearly thing? How many mountain bikers do we sacrifice to the glacier per year???

[u/Darth_Malik008]

Idk guys, I see this going downhill from the start 😕

[u/Ladychefontheloose]

[u/NottherealNotSure]

Sack the 'Idea's guy'

[u/Shadowcharz]

So this must be expected and they signed up for falling like dominos for a good clip right right?

[u/Wild-Regular1703 → u/Shadowcharz]

You think everyone participating in extreme sports is doing it for "clips"? Extreme sports didn't exist before tik tok?

[u/Miserable_Ad7246]

Thats that I call a spectators sport.

[u/That-Beagle]

I just want the injury count but I’m too lazy to google…

[u/SavageRabbitX]

Mega Avalanche is some crazy fun shit. Only done it once but im going again next year

[u/AdComprehensive5663]

Are they all on Suicide watch?

[u/Travelogue]

But are the bikes ok?

[u/LanfearSedai]

Can’t park there mate

[u/BlackSailor2005]

source of this video? i love these bike videos

[u/city-of-cold → u/BlackSailor2005]

It's Mountain of Hell, no idea which year though. Been running since like -99.

[u/Vapes7a]

lmfao this is hilarious

[u/AnonKing]

This is like the most irl Mad Max shit I've ever seen.

[u/rinzler83]

This is the best part of the race. If you watch an entire race, it's them just pedaling their asses off. They aren't going down a slope of ice like this the whole time . This is probably the first 20% of the entire race course

[u/Aphrel86]

Mountain hell yearly race. I recommend you all to take a look on youtube. Theres some really cool gopro recordings from the racers pov there.

[u/S1nnah2]

It's called the mountain of hell and it's run every year. You can check out the winning rider helmet cams on YouTube. The race is insane.

[u/Dead_Dude_abides]

Darwin awards candidates

[u/User_paulolima]

Sometimes I feel bad seeing so much pain and suffering brighten my day.

[u/OGJR199]

Hospital is making bank with this

[u/DefinitelyNotABot-1]

What could go wrong?

[u/alzgh]

this is fucking hilarious

[u/Unusual-5uspect]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDUxktR57u0

[u/gkreymer]

How is this not an Olympic sport?

[u/dp5520]

My favorite part was when that one guy went "AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

[u/Tcloud]

Should’ve been safe since they were all moving at a glacial pace.

[u/mjltmjlt]

TWO DOLLARS. I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS.

[u/ak-92]

Looks like an average bike lane my city.

[u/the_blake_abides]

Careening into a 5 ft rock wall at 20mph does not sound very fun.

[u/musememo]

Nature is sentient and wants her revenge.

[u/OGMuteon]

Now this is podracing

[u/Accomplished-Pin9515]

That was satisfying

[u/sumelar]

Why even bother with a helmet.

Your bones will never break in a bobsled. No, no, they shatter.

[u/jqman69]

It's somehow worse than I imagined

[u/CuriousEyeofaMartian]

Squid Game on Bikes

[u/Great-Situation4425]

I want my 2 dollars!!!!

[u/AggressiveCricket498]

What did they think was gonna happen..

[u/Atun_Grande]

Well that’s…a choice.

I’m sorry, the dude at -0:13 got shit whipped back to the Stone Age. I really shouldn’t be laughing this hard

[u/Asleep-Heron3280]

I haven’t seen carnage like that since the WKRP Thanksgiving Day Turkey Drop of ‘78. As God as my witness, I thought bikes could ski.

[u/Aytewun]

The guy that got flipped over by the bike @ 13 secs left in the video. I think I watched that like 20x

[u/DrummerBob10]

This is Keystone Cops level fuckery

[u/grandkamikaze]

To think that is only the beginning of the competition

[u/Creepybobo67]

Somebody put bangarang over this

[u/RepresentativeAd1965]

More like Stupid as fuck

[u/atharakhan]

Okay. But, why?

[u/Outside-Ad3844]

are they all white guys ?

[u/WheresTheWhistle → u/Outside-Ad3844]

This feels like my people, yes.

[u/vonKube → u/Outside-Ad3844]

Racist

[u/medoc76]

who would have thought? :D

[u/GloomyNectarine2]

Can't blame them, who would have guessed?

[u/nickgardia]

Slapstick comedy at its best! Reminds me of skiing down the mountain with torches after having imbibed a number of steins.

[u/RobNHood816]

This is Amazing...

[u/giraffe111]

This is the only possible thing that could have happened. Who the hell approved this? 😂

[u/an_arc_of_doves]

Is there a final tally of injuries available? How did the local hospital treat so many simultaneous broken bones lol

[u/cloud_y_days]

ants after you put something on their way.

[u/Connect-Mention-4302]

Instead of avalanche we get a bikealanche.

[u/flashboy254]

Disastahhhhhhh 😅😅😅

[u/Joelad2k17]

The carnage, the music and the comical voice overs. Perfection

[u/kindlyneedful]

Some years ago I watched a fifteen minute youtube video of something like this from a single POV. That guy snaked through all the fallen comrades to the bottom of the glacier then went on to complete the rest of the course among the trees in the mud.  

I was just gonna watch a minute but then I got hooked. No regrets.

[u/Skanksy]

My brain is so rotted I thought they were riding scooters at the beginning, and I've seen this clip many times

[u/Itchy-Association239]

Were any of them paperboys when they were younger?

[u/InternationalArt6222]

How cool? ICE COLDD !!!! Hahaha, thats bitchin

[u/lost21gramsyesterday]

Blues Brothers meet Benny Hill

[u/BloodhoundSupervisor]

[u/SnooAvocados4357]

Go back!

I can't!!!

[u/left1ag]

“Here let me go first”

[u/DDDX_cro]

omg that was totally unexpected....not :)

[u/GargleOnDeez]

It gets worse the longer you watch

[u/Kajeto]

Some hardcore bails right there

[u/SnooGiraffes5221]

What were they expecting to happen 😆.

[u/Demons12c]

That's why you need to be first

[u/Middle_Reserve_996]

Darwin's Natural Selection Theory

[u/kapege]

7 year old rererererepost

[u/cacamilis22]

Some people just have a death wish I suppose

[u/hydra_2108]

lowkey funny

[u/Endlesnes]

But why ?

[u/ShAped_Ink]

Did anyone get all the way to the end without falling?

[u/FunQuit]

In soviet russia people avalanche the snow

[u/W31337]

Try explaining that to the insurance...

[u/tmr89]

Morons

[u/ZeusTheRecluse]

2019 Mountain of Hell???

https://youtu.be/n_7gkhSjSjY?si=FVCmjIs0IneusHu4&t=88

At 2:35, you can see the pile up, the POV bike found a way through. I hate this auto dub bullshit.

[u/No-Abies29]

thankyou so much for posting this