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SPLIT
“backcountry skiing documentary”
0.0 / 10• 2023• 50m•NR• English
DocumentaryAdventure
Storyline
Mountains can have a certain energy to them and mountain called Split, located in the High Sierra Mountain Range in eastern California, has an energy with a dark side. Split Mountain is a 14,000 foot peak with a perfect couloir dividing two prominent summits. Visually, it’s a line that begs to be skied yet is guarded by a series of icefalls, rock steps and blue ice patches that make it extremely challenging. On top of that, the towering walls of the couloir present significant rockfall hazard along with an upper basin that can create dangerous avalanche conditions. It’s a line that requires patience, perfect timing…and many many attempts. Over the last 4 years, Cody Townsend, Nick Russell and cinematographer Bjarne Salén have been waiting, trying, scoping and learning about the history of this line, its moods, its conditions and its energy to successfully, and safely, ski it.
Cast & Crew
Cody Townsend
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LeadNR
Nick Russell
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MP
Ming Poon
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GP
Glen Plake
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What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. the director's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. SPLIT is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
