Weekend morning mountain films

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Oops, it’s not morning on the East coast anymore. I was enjoying my coffee too much.

Motherload

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Let’s say NYE and New Year’s Day are a weekend at the year end.

Out west: Foresty Forest takes a ski trip.


Back east: A little film on the White Mountains.

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Good morning, Sunday.

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Is Blizzard of Aaahhs the greatest movie of the extreme skiing era? I won’t fight you if you insist that it is. I will fight Greg Stump for his use of underlined text, but that’s my mogul to die on.

The immortal Chamonix segment 2: “Yeah, I’ll ski it for sure”

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For those who may be starting the weekend early: the latest in the Ghost Resort series, an idea I wish I’d had.

This is Super St-Bernard, a tale of skiing and smuggling cigarettes over the Swiss-Italian border.

[SlowPokePete]

Now I've got two to catch up on.

SPP

[vertical_doug]

Since all the powder in the world seems concentrated in Japan this year, I'll post these two.

It has snowed 52 of past 72 days in Hakuba. Top has 11m of snow which is about as good as it gets, and the best snow in 25 years or so.

Gentem is a custom board maker in Hokkaido near Niseko.

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Thanks, Doug! Now I can enjoy mixed feelings (happiness/jealousy) with my coffee.

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And now for something completely different: Candide Thovex' take on late-season skiing.




And the behind-the-scenes footage, which proves he did it--except for the landing in the Audi, of course--long before generative AI.