Mother Nature said 'hold my beer' and these skiers still sent it.
In the winter of 2017, the magnitude of winter's force was on full display. Telephone pole-snapping storms pounded the Wyoming landscape. Regions to the west, recently left arid and forgotten, were gifted with unprecedented accumulation. Blizzards in Europe buried towns in an instant before disappearing just as fast, leaving the lucky few who were there to wonder if it even happened. A Bolivian expedition found grace above 18,000 feet before the elements went rogue and the humans reluctantly heeded warnings from above.
Cinematography
Wyoming storms shot like nature's own horror film.
Practical Effects
Real avalanche survival — no CGI, just guts.
Direction
TGR veterans know exactly when to shut up and let the mountain speak.
Director
Blake Campbell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Teton Gravity Research filmed this during one of Wyoming's most brutal winters on record — several shots required waiting three weeks for safe enough conditions to retrieve cameras.
This dropped right as 'ski porn' peaked and climate anxiety went mainstream — accidentally capturing extreme sports' existential reckoning with a warming world.
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