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Resorts
Telluride’s Avalanche Rescue Dogs
Telluride’s Avalanche Rescue Dogs
In this short edit by photographer Brett Schreckengost, get to know Telluride Ski Resort’s six avalanche rescue dogs—Lady Bee, Sadie, Mona, Doris, Wiley, and Bajuko—and the important work they do....
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Environment
Enter the Chilkat Range
Enter the Chilkat Range
Part two of Stellar Media’s All In series, dubbed “Enter the Chilkat Range,” follows pro skiers Dane Tudor and Sam Cohen as they tackle some of Alaska’s burliest peaks. This artful 15-minute edit highlights the Chilkat’s stunning environment, as well as the duo’s knack for shredding big mountain powder....
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Environment
Eclipse
Eclipse
“Eclipse,” the third episode of Salomon Freeski TV’s ninth season, was the brainchild of Reuben Krabbe, a Squamish, BC-based photographer and regular Mountain contributor. Krabbe had always wanted to photograph skiers during a total solar eclipse, and this past March, he got the opportunity. The 30-minute film chronicles the efforts of Krabbe, as well as pro skiers Cody Townsend, Brody Leven, and Chris Rubens, to capture action shots along the Arctic Circle in Svalbard, Norway. The film cost upwards of $100,000—making it Salomon’s most expensive Freeski TV episode to date—and was shot in extremely difficult terrain and conditions. The final edit, which took home Best Film: Snow Sports…...
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Culture
Know Before You Go: Avalanche Safety
Know Before You Go: Avalanche Safety
In ski towns across America, increasing numbers of kids are eyeing that backcountry gate and heading out into real avalanche terrain. Enter Know Before You Go, a nonprofit that promotes avalanche safety in public schools. This 15-minute video—which touches on how to read avalanche terrain, the dangers of going off-piste, and the five basic tenets that will keep you safe—is a must-see for winter recreationists everywhere, no matter your age. Read more about Know Before You Go, from our Winter 2015 issue. ...
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Culture
Frank and the Tower
Frank and the Tower
In this inspiring REI, Duck Tape Then Beer, and Semi-Rad collaboration, hear the life story and wise words of Frank Sanders, who’s climbed Wyoming’s Devils Tower more than 2,000 times....
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Bike
Darklight is Here
Darklight is Here
Sweetgrass Productions, the team that captured skiers after dark in Afterglow, brings a psychedelic touch to mountain biking. In the full 7-minute video, watch professional riders Graham Agassiz, Matt Hunter, and Matty Miles on location from Southern Utah to the Pacific Northwest....
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Culture
50 Years of Going Beyond
50 Years of Going Beyond
Whistler Blackcomb, the largest resort in North America, celebrates five decades of ski and snowboard history in this 30-minute film....
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Environment
Editorial: Saving the Jumbo Wild
Editorial: Saving the Jumbo Wild
Vince Anderson and Steve House in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains (Photo Christian Pondella/Patagonia). British Columbia doesn’t need another mega-resort; British Columbia needs glaciers and grizzly bears. By Assistant Editor Kiran Herbert For most people, the idea of wilderness is just that, an idea. Often, when we camp our cars are close by, and when we’re truly in the middle of nowhere—where the landscape is unmarred by industrialization—we’re in a commercial airliner. Wild places like the Jumbo Valley, nestled deep in British Columbia’s Purcell Mountains, a core habitat for grizzly bears, with no roads, and a human population of zero, are…...
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Video
Going Westward
Going Westward
This fall, “Westward,” a video series from KGB Productions premiers on Tetongravity.com. The show follows four individuals who’ve renounced the daily grind in favor of a life in Jackson Hole, striking an ideal balance between work and playing in powder....
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Resorts
Southwest Pioneers
Southwest Pioneers
The first episode of Salomon Freeski TV’s ninth season pays homage to the rich history behind Taos Ski Valley, a once-abandoned mine dump that today boasts some of the steepest inbounds and driest snow in North America....
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Video
100 Days in Rocky Mountain National Park
100 Days in Rocky Mountain National Park
In honor of Rocky Mountain National Park’s 100th anniversary, American rock climber Angie Payne decided to spend 100 days just being outside. The park and badass feats aren’t new to Payne: she was the first woman to climb the bouldering test piece the Automator (V13) in Rocky in 2010....
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Ski
Conquering the Useless
Conquering the Useless
You know Cody Townsend as the MSP Films regular who electrified the ski world last winter with his “Line of the Year” segment. Now he’s teamed up with Revelstoke charger Chris Rubens, BC freeskier Dan Treadway, and big mountain slayer Elyse Saugstad for an independent film project with Salt Lake City production house Team Thirteen. We’ve cleared our viewing schedules for the early October release, and we suggest you do the same....
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Gear
This Is Freeride
This Is Freeride
The new Scarpa Freedom RS boot is built for the downhill or the skintrack with a 130 flex, hike/walk mode, and 25 degrees of cuff rotation. Get ready to hit the slopes with this Scarpa edit, and look for Swami’s review in our upcoming Early Winter Gear Guide....
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Bike
In Search of the Beginning
In Search of the Beginning
In the fifth episode of the Hunt for Glory web series, mountain biker Nino Shurter explores his sport’s roots with fat tire pioneer Tom Ritchey. Shurter, a World Cup champion and multi-discipline threat, visits California to see the garage where Ritchey once welded prototypes and tour the singletrack he explored with contemporaries like Joe Breeze and Gary Fisher....
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Video
A Century Young
A Century Young
Mammoth Mountain honors founder Dave McCoy. | Photo courtesy of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Dave McCoy, a ski pioneer who hasn’t quite retired, celebrates his 100th birthday today. Learn more about McCoy’s storied past, from his start as a hydrographer scouting snow pack for L.A. to transforming Mammoth Mountain into a ski destination, in the 2015 edition of Mammoth magazine. Or hear the tale from McCoy himself in this interview from Mammoth....
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Environment
Wild Alaska
Wild Alaska
Filmmakers Aliscia Young and Richard Sidey document the wilds of coastal Southern Alaska in this stunning visual essay....
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Culture
Deep Summer
Deep Summer
It’s Deep Summer at Whistler Blackcomb, where the annual photography competition is underway at Crankworx Whistler. Watch an entry from sharpshooter Laurence Crossman-Emms above, then catch all the entries and cast your vote for Viewers’ Favorite here. Voting closes at 10 p.m. on Thursday, August 13. ...
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Ski
Angel and Hadley Go to Summer Camp
Angel and Hadley Go to Summer Camp
Can big mountain skiers learn new tricks? Watch as Angel Collinson and Hadley Hammer get schooled in rails, boxes, and jumps at Mt. Hood, Oregon. With narration by David Attenborough’s understudy....
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