What It Looks Like To Ski the Greatest Snow on Earth
in paid partnership with Utah Office of Tourism
Production notes
- Cameras used: Canon 7D, 70D, 5D markII; GoPro Hero 3+, JVC Adixxion
- Dates shot: February 12-16, 2014
- Music by
Senator Hayes - Edited by
Yancy Caldwell in Final Cut Pro 7
Stoke notes
Photo: Will Wissman
- 0:08 –
Snowbasin opens up to bluebird skies and 1+ foot of fresh. - 0:14 –
Powder Mountain, the largest skiable acreage in the lower 48, was closed down due to heavy snowfall and high winds. - 0:16 – The view from the top of the tram at Snowbasin.
- 0:18 – Private cat-skiing at Powder Mountain — the best kept secret in Utah.
- 0:20 – The tram to the top of Snowbasin delivers 3k+ of vertical goodness.
- 0:22 – Glorious views of the Great Salt Lake off the backside of Snowbasin.
- 0:28 – A large avalanche crown from ski patrol bombing, Sundown sidecountry, Powder Mountain.
- 0:37 –
Wyatt Caldwell blows up a massive blast of The Greatest Snow on Earth in the trees at Powder Mountain. - 0:46 – Utah local
Hayden Price plows through 2+ feet of fresh in the Alta sidecountry. - 0:50 –
Reggie Crist powder POV in the Utah backcountry. - 0:55 –
Alta base area timelapse as Mt. Superior swirls in the evening light. - 0:58 – Treetop POV shot by
Will Wissman on a Snowbird sidecountry run. - 1:00 –
Kitt Doucette enjoys first tracks off the top of a Snowbasin ridgeline. - 1:13 – Timelapse of a brief clearing of clouds from the top of Powder Mountain.
- 1:15 – Timelapse of Mt. Superior shot by Will Wissman.
- 1:17 – Carlo Travarelli drops cliff in Utah backcountry.
- 1:20 – Yancy Caldwell pops off a snowbank on a snowed-in day atop Powder Mountain.
- 1:25 – Cat-skiing at Powder Mountain is an all-time experience.
- 1:26 – Wyatt Caldwell blasts through the deepness at Powder Mountain.
- 1:38 –
Pat Lee and Yancy Caldwell get barreled in The Greatest Snow on Earth, Powder Mountain. - 1:45 – Kitt Doucette gets him some in the Powder Country, PowMow.
- 1:50 – Reggie Crist explains why skiing in Utah is like nothing else.
- 2:00 –
Tony Rossi bags some airtime on a pow day at Snowbird. - 2:10 –
Sam Cohen drops a massive peak in the Utah backcountry. - 2:20 –
Will Wissman charges pow in the Utah backcountry. - 2:28 – Patrick Lundin, Powder Mountain’s marketing director, hard at work.
- 2:20 –
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