Mount St. Elias
Gerald Salmina
(Austria, 2009, 100 min)
Warning: Language
Austrian ski alpinists Axel Naglich and Peter Ressmann and American freeski pro Jon Johnston face the challenge of completing the longest ski descent ever: the peak of Alaska’s Mount St. Elias down to Icey Bay at the Gulf of Alaska. With a distance of 25 kilometers and a summit height of 18,008 ft, the route has a massive vertical relief of up to 60 degrees steepness. But in order to go down, they must go up. , Numerous awards including Best of Show, Taos Mtn FF
