thenorthface : 5 videos

"A lot of people have that, they are scared of complications, they are scared of failure. But failure is one of the most important thing you'll never have, it is more like the motivation to do thing differently" L'hiver a été des plus mouvementés. Du sommet du Salève aux pics enneigées de Val d'Isère, les chutes, les douleurs et les échecs sont présents. Mais la magie de ce sport nous fait se relever et persévérer afin de repousser nos limites toujours plus loin. Thank you mother nature for...

Faced with a sixty-kilometer snowmobile route across a massive glacier marked by crevasses, seracs, severe wind, and avalanche terrain, the journey soon became as relevant to the story as the destination. Due to the constantly changing weather and snow conditions, the team took over a week to develop the route and drop fuel and gear caches before completing the full day mission from Haines Pass to Corrugated basecamp.

One last thing stood in between the athletes and the face of Corrugated; mammoth cornices were blocking their access. Led by Mountain Guide Sam Anthamatten, the team works together to find their way onto the spine wall.

In late March of 2016, the team arrived at a base camp in Haines Pass, a region straddling the borders of the Yukon, British Columbia and Alaska. While awaiting better conditions to venture onto the Tsirku Glacier, they took the opportunity to explore the terrain surrounding Haines Pass by helicopter.