Ski movie comes to Whitefish

Powderwhore Productions, a Utah-based backcountry ski film company, will bring its eighth ski movie to Whitefish in October.

“Choose Your Adventure” will debut in Salt Lake City Sept. 26, and then embark on a 50-city tour throughout North America. The film will stop at the Great Northern Bar and Grill at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4.

“This movie is such a mixed bag of characters, exotic locations and action that we wanted to get that point across with the title,” Powderwhore Productions said in a news release. “You really can’t guess what’s coming next in this film, like the ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ book series we enjoyed growing up.”

The film explores an abandoned mining town in the Arctic, dropping cliffs in British Columbia with Hugo Harrison, plunging into the Antarctic Sea, blasting through deep powder, visiting with local in the Wasatch and more.

Despite the underwhelming winter of 2011-12, in which snowfall reached near record lows and unstable avalanche conditions, the “Powderwhores” were able to make the most of the conditions at home and abroad, with trips to Cerro Castillo, Chile; La Grave, France; the Antarctic Peninsula; Svalbard, Norway; Mount Foraker, Alaska; British Columbia; and the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.

The film features an array of characters from salty backcountry veterans to some of the top skiers and snowboarders, including Chris Davenport, Jake Sakson, Andrew McLean, Seth Wescott, Dylan Freed, Noah Howell, Matt Reardon, Drew Stoecklein, Forrest Coots, Ian Provo, Neil Provo, Chuck Mumford, Darrell Finlayson, Bob Athey, PY Leblanc, Jason Thompson, Todd Stuart and Hugo Harrison.

In the end, this is a feature-length ski film that celebrates exotic locations, wild adventures and the dedicated personalities writing their own stories in snow.

For more information, visit www.powderwhore.com or contact Noah Howell at noah@powderwhore.com.