THR Curates: Touring and Ski Mountaineering Films and Videos

Here’s the gist: we are beginning to curate a list of films/movies/videos that speak to our sensibilities regarding backcountry touring and ski/ride mountaineering. While we acknowledge this is not a definitive list, it is an aspirational list. We aim to help others find and watch excellence and keep the scrolling and searches to a minimum. The list is as much yours as it is ours. Feel free to email suggestions or hit us up in the comments. 

For now, we are organizing our selections chronologically by publish date on the site. Over time, we aim to subcategorize selections by topic and geography when relevant. You can find the direct link to Films / Movies / Videos under The VPR Desk. For a refresher, The VPR Desk stands for Volume, Proximity, and Repetition: a time-honored argument technique. The detailed backstory, which we are remiss to divulge, has something to do with VPR being regionally specific in a remote zone in the Northern Rockies where some call the snowpack maritime and others intercontinental. We’ll not take sides, we’ll call it a gray zone.  

Also, not all of the suggestions we list are free. Some may be available for rent or purchase. When that is the case, we will link to a trailer (if available) and the platform(s) on which the specific content is available. Lastly, as a curated list, the younger set may find some classics here, while the long-toothed, conversely, may find a refreshing attitude adjustment where there is “free” as a prefix regarding the skiing and riding. 

In this first list, you’ll also note some Eurocentrism—bear with us for now.

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