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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 descent which, in particular the final 400m, has probably never...
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.
Four Girls and a Matterhorn
Four Girls and a Matterhorn
The video of the Matterhorn East Face ski descent by Giulia Monego, Liv Sansoz, Lorraine Huber and Melissa Presslaber.
Mont Blanc Major Route: ski descent by Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano
Mont Blanc Major Route: ski descent by Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano
On 6 May 2016 the mountain guides from Courmayeur Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano skied the Major Route down the East Face of Mont Blanc. Theirs is only the second descent of this line in 37 years, after the first descent carried out by Stefano de Benedetti on 7...
Matterhorn East Face ski descent: in the right place at the right time
Matterhorn East Face ski descent: in the right place at the right time
Giulia Monego, Liv Sansoz, Lorraine Huber and Melissa Presslaber and their ski descent down the East Face of the Matterhorn. Giulia Monego reports.
ISMF Skimo season review: Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win 2016
ISMF Skimo season review: Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win 2016
Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win the ski mountaineering World Cup 2016.Good numbers of competitors and record audience figures for the 2016 ISMF World Cups and the European Championship. Next June Albufeira, Portugal, will host the federal plenary assembly.
Brenta Dolomites Vallazza speed riding by Luca Tamburini
Brenta Dolomites Vallazza speed riding by Luca Tamburini
The video of Luca Tamburini and his splendid speed riding descent from Bocca di Vallazza, the famous ski mountaineering route that joins Madonna di Campiglio to Lago di Molveno in the Brenta Dolomites, Italy.