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Curvas Peligrosas, steep skiing in Peru
Curvas Peligrosas, steep skiing in Peru
The trailer for Curvas Peligrosas, the film directed by Yannick Boissenot documenting a month spent in Peru together with Frederic Gentet and Stéphane Roguet where the trio made several steep skiing descents including Artesonraju, Huascaran and Tocllaraju.
Caroline Face, huge first descent on Mount Aoraki in New Zealand by Briggs, Grant and Mosetti
Caroline Face, huge first descent on Mount Aoraki in New Zealand by Briggs, Grant and Mosetti
On 27 October the Italian mountaineer Enrico Mosetti and the Britons Ben Briggs and Tom Grant made the first ski descent of the Caroline Face, the difficult and dangerous SE Face of Mount Aoraki / Mount Cook (3724m) in New...
Grand Combin de Valsorey South Face
Grand Combin de Valsorey South Face
The video by Yannick Boissenot and Davide Capozzi of their recent ski and snowboard descent of the South Face of Grand Combin de Valsorey in Switzerland.
Becca di Monciair - Little Matterhorn of Gran Paradiso
Becca di Monciair - Little Matterhorn of Gran Paradiso
Giulia Monego and Yannick Boissenot ski down Becca di Monciair in Valsavarenche, also known as Little Matterhorn of Gran Paradiso. Davide Capozzi provides the background information.
Les Dames Anglaises in the Mont Blanc massif, skiing and snowboarding down absolute beauty
Les Dames Anglaises in the Mont Blanc massif, skiing and snowboarding down absolute beauty
The video by Yannick Boissenot about the recent ski and snowboard descent of the NE Couloir of Brèche des Dames Anglaises in the Mont Blanc massif, skied together with Giulia Monego, Francesco Civra Dano, Federico Camangi and Davide Capozzi.
Grandes Jorasses Pointe Whymper / Denis Trento skis SW Couloir
Grandes Jorasses Pointe Whymper / Denis Trento skis SW Couloir
At the end of March 2017 Denis Trento made what might well be the first integral ski descent of the SW Couloir of Pointe Whymper. The video and report of the Italian mountain guide and extreme skier about this ski...
Samuel Anthamatten: skiing in My Playground
Samuel Anthamatten: skiing in My Playground
Swiss skier Samuel Anthamatten unstoppable as he rides through a labyrinth of crevasses and seracs.
4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing
4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing
Francesco Vascellari and Loris de Barba introduce '4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing', their guidebook to the 4000m mountains in the Alps. Three routes presented on planetmountain.com: Barre des Écrins, Pizzo Bernina and Dent d'Hérens.
Ski mountaineering and Speed Riding in the Georgian Dolomites
Ski mountaineering and Speed Riding in the Georgian Dolomites
The film documenting the ski mountaineering and speed riding expedition to the Chauki Dolomites in Georgia, undertaken in earlier this year by Wolfgang Hell, Aaron Durogati, Daniel Ladurner and Alessandro d’Emilia.
Pointe de la Fouly, new ski descent in Mont Blanc massif
Pointe de la Fouly, new ski descent in Mont Blanc massif
On 15 December 2016 Vivian Bruchez, Tristan Knoertzer and Ben Tibbetts skied what is believed to be a new line down the West Face of Pointe de la Fouly (3611m) in the Mt. Blanc massif.
Markus Eder: My Playground and the skiing in South Tyrol
Markus Eder: My Playground and the skiing in South Tyrol
The short film 'My Playground' about talented freeride skier Markus Eder skiing the slopes above Fadner Alm in the Ahrntal, South Tyrol
Ski mountaineering up Wildspitze, Austria's second highest mountain
Ski mountaineering up Wildspitze, Austria's second highest mountain
Mountain Guide Alberto De Giuli introduces the ski mountaineering route up Wildspitze, in Pitztal, Tyrol, at 3772m the second highest mountain in Austria.
Nadir Maguet: ski mountaineering magic
Nadir Maguet: ski mountaineering magic
The video portrait of 24-year-old Italian ski mountaineer Nadir 'Mago' Maguet.
S&S Couloir at Jackson Hole - Wild Bill’s birthday tradition
S&S Couloir at Jackson Hole - Wild Bill’s birthday tradition
The video portrait of legendary 63-year-old skier Wild Bill who for the last 30 years has celebrated his birthday by skiing the famously difficult S&S Couloir at Jackson Hole, USA.
Tsirku, skiing and snowboarding’s final frontier
Tsirku, skiing and snowboarding’s final frontier
The three episodes of 'Tsirku', ie skiing and snowboarding that defy imagination above the Tsirku Glacier in Canada, featuring Ralph Backstrom, Hadley Hammer and Samuel Anthamatten.
Video: Matheo Jacquemoud, the comeback of a ski mountaineering champion
Video: Matheo Jacquemoud, the comeback of a ski mountaineering champion
Jacquemoud, Fall and Rise: the story of the young ski mountaineering champion and French mountain guide Matheo Jacquemoud, told in this video by Kilian Jornet Burgada.

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