Welcome to Off-Piste Magazine’s home of backcountry ski movies, ski movie trailers and related mountain films for your viewing pleasure. This where you will find ski movie trailers, webisodes and all the various mountain and adventure film clips that we believe are worth viewing.
British Columbia is well-known for its legendary snowpack and deep, wide-ranging mountains. While places like Whistler and Revelstoke have well-deserved reputations for deep snow and expansive terrain, BC is home to numerous small, local ski hills that offer much more than the sum of their parts. Shames Mountain, outside of Terrace, BC, is one such place. Facing closure in 2008,… Read More
The Legacy of the Jackson Hole Air Force In the early 1980s, a group of dedicated skiers began pushing beyond the Jackson Hole Ski Resort boundaries in search of untracked powder snow and steep terrain. Their story is about ski bum culture, ski area policy and the rise of freeride skiing. Swift. Silent. Deep. is a 2009 ski film that… Read More
At the doorstep of Mount Washington, just below Huntington Ravine, sits The Harvard Cabin — a remote respite for ice climbers and backcountry skiers to escape the elements. Every year, one caretaker lives in the cabin all winter long. The Caretaker is an ode to those who care for it, the men of Harvard who built it, and the mountaineers… Read More
As mountain bike season and summer trail days wind down, it’s easy to put fire season in the rearview mirror, but for those of us who live in the West, the impact of wildfire is omnipresent. In northern California, climate change and 150 years of forest mismanagement have led to some of the most catastrophic wildfires in the state’s history—including… Read More
2024 Ski Movie Trailers Here’s your one-stop page for tracking all of the best 2024 ski movie trailers. Circle of Madness from TNF Circle of Madness is getting a lot of positive press, with many saying it is the best ski movie of the year and vying for the best of all time. Circle of Madness, a film by Christoph… Read More
To the Hills & Back is not your typical ski movie. It’s a story of risk and consequence. What is risk? Risk is the likelihood of something bad happening and understanding the consequences. The new Sherpas Cinema film explores the consequences. It’s a story of loss, humility and resilience. No one heads to the mountains thinking about the worst that… Read More
The latest Matchstick Productions ski movie, Land of Giants, features some incredible footage of skiing the Chilkotan Range near Haines, Alaska. This teaser clip of the Haines footage should whet your appetite for skiing . . . or watch the full-length Land of Giants on Red Bull TV
Skiing is not art, and skiers are not artists. Unless, of course, skiing is art and skiers are artists? Abstract, Faction’s fourth feature film, exhibits pure creativity through a series of freeski sequences—from the vibrant streets of Japan to the powdery pillows of British Columbia to the finely manicured terrain parks of Switzerland and Italy. Each location provides a blank… Read More
Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival Presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, the Backcountry Film Festival captures a range of backcountry adventure, culture and advocacy. You can stream the full two-hour show right at home! Check out the film festival trailer below. Just kick down $20 to support the Winter Wildlands mission, and you can watch the full selection of films… Read More
Pushing the Boundaries of Powder Skiing Check out Sammy Carlson’s latest ski video. From Japan to BC to Alaska, Carlson and his ski partners send it again and again. Sammy Carlson: KAMASE Ski video
Long Skis. Deep Snow Old school powder skiing circa 1992 from Red Mountain British Columbia . . . courtesy of the WorldWidetimeWaster. Oh, to have been in Rossland in the 90s. Houses for $30k and plenty of powder skiing. Look at those skis; these guys and gals were ripping it up!
It’s that time of year. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and the ski movie trailers are dropping like leaves. That’s right, it’s officially ski movie trailer season. Here’s a collection of our favorites ski movie trailers for 2023 . . . Land of Giants Ski Movie Legend Has It Ski Movie Fortune Hunters Ski Movie… Read More
Mountain Bike Movie Trailers 2022 Get out that chain lube. Tune up those deraileurs. Air up those tires. Grab your helmet and get on your bike . . . As summer heats up, it’s full speed ahead for bike season. Here are a couple mountain bike movie trailers to motivate ya to grab that bike. Biketown: A Story of Mountain… Read More
The Science of Snowflakes Dr Ken Libbrecht is the world’s expert on snowflakes. From stunning snowflake images to the movie Frozen – his photos and knowledge of snowflakes have appeared around the world. Learn more about the man behing the snowflake books and the science behind snowflakes in this video – The Snowflake Mystery See more ski movies
The Cascadia State of Mind Cascadia is a bioregion defined by its unique natural characteristics, its people and its diversity. From the shores of the Pacific coast, to the lush rainforests, to the volcanic mountain peaks, there are tales that define this harmony. Blank Collective films embeds themselves in Cascadia in pursuit of these winter tales.
