The Gulmarg Snow Leopard Encounter: What the Trip Account Clarified
A shape in the snow suddenly became a very memorable part of a ski day in Gulmarg. The 2016 footage shows an unexpected encounter with a sn...
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Explore ski films, powder snow photography and mountain adventures from the Snow Addiction archive. Follow skiing stories from alpine slopes to winter destinations around the world.
Candide Thovex’s One of Those Days 3: A Skier’s View of an Inventive Film
A pair of ski tips, a snowy approach and a dark opening in the rock ahead: even the still from Candide Thovex’s One of those days 3 makes ...
Boston’s Snowy Streets in Clayton Vila and Cam Riley’s Ski Film
Brick buildings, narrow streets and an extraordinary amount of snow: Boston supplied a memorable backdrop for Clayton Vila and Cam Riley’s ...
Laura Wagemakers’s Snowy Alps: Ski-Day Landscape Photography
The first thing to notice in Laura Wagemakers’s Alps photographs is how much blue there is in the snow. Sunlit slopes appear almost white, ...
Ten Winter Activities: From Sledging and Skating to Specialist Snow Sports
Your ideal snow day might involve a gentle glide, a lesson that leaves you grinning, or watching a sport you are curious about before tryin...
Ian McIntosh’s Alaska Fall During Paradise Waits
A steep white face can look deceptively simple from a distance. In the footage of Ian McIntosh’s Alaska fall, that clean-looking surface is...
A Dog Brings a Game of Fetch to the Skiers in Leukerbad
Two skiers are making their way through the snow when a dog arrives with a different plan for the day. There is a stick, there are two avai...
Skiing a Volcanic Slope: The Snow-Free Archive Film
Skis and snow are such a familiar pairing that this dark volcanic slope makes you look twice. The archive clip follows skiers moving over l...
Léo Taillefer’s Line of the Winter: A 2015 Ski Film
A first-person ski film gives you a peculiar role: you are close enough to see the ski tips, but someone else is making every decision. Léo...
James Mort’s Avalanche Rescue in the Swiss Alps: The Survivor’s Account
James Mort did not share his avalanche rescue simply as a lucky escape. He wanted other skiers to learn from the group’s mistakes. That pur...
Oulanka National Park in Winter: Forests, Rivers and Snowy Trails
Oulanka’s winter photographs are full of contrasts. Snow rounds off branches and riverbanks, while dark green water continues moving betwee...
Candide Thovex’s First-Person Ski Film: Trees, Tunnels and Unexpected Turns
The pleasure of One of Those Days 2 is how quickly the ordinary turns surprising. A recognisable ski setting becomes a sequence of improba...
Candide Thovex’s Skiing POV: Performance and the Art of the Edit
The ski tips remain near the bottom of the frame while the world ahead keeps changing. That simple visual arrangement is a large part of th...
Arlberg, Austria: Skiing Heritage and Alpine Village Landscapes
A ski region is more than the number printed beside its piste map. Where you stay, how you reach the lifts and what you want to do after sk...
A Steep Skiing Line on Video: An Archive Clip
A slender ribbon of snow cuts through walls of rock, and suddenly the scale of the descent becomes clear. The clip widely titled “Most insa...
10 Ski-Holiday Bases: Alpine Towns, Japan and North America
A good ski holiday begins with a useful base. Chamonix, Zermatt, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Hakuba and Girdwood all offer different starting points...
Robbie Maddison’s Drop In: A Motorcycle Meets a Ski-Jumping Venue
A ski-jumping venue has a familiar purpose, which is exactly why a motorcycle on its approach feels so unexpected. Robbie Maddison’s Drop I...
Afterglow: Skiing Written in Light
Powder becomes a cloud of violet, and the skier seems to be drawing a bright line through darkness. The archive images from Afterglow make...
Five North American Ski Areas: Mountain Settings and Resort Choices
A mountain photograph can start a ski-trip wishlist. Choosing the right base takes a little more thought. The original 2014 feature include...
Peter Oswald and the Sheep: A Rescue Photographed in New Zealand
It is an unusual passenger for a ski descent. In Dan Power’s photographs, Peter Oswald carries a sheep through snowy mountain terrain, crea...