“Winterland” comes on the heels of “Far Out,” which was named “Movie of the Year” by Powder Magazine in 2018. “Roadless” is the latest film during an already busy year for Teton Gravity Research, which recently announced the debut of “Winterland,” its annual ski and snowboard film. Besides, who better to take on this fight but a community who thrives in accomplishing the impossible?” But, I was wholeheartedly convinced that the snowsports industry needed a unified front to fight climate change, and I was willing to stick my neck out in pursuit of turning passionate outdoor people into effective climate advocates. I had no formal experience in starting a nonprofit. Though I’m comfortable dropping into a 60-degree slope, starting POW scared me. “It was the incessant image of mountain environments changing, glaciers receding, snowpack declining, and seasons shortening that led me to start the climate advocacy nonprofit Protect Our Winters in 2007. Its impacts are front and center, every day,” said Jones, who founded the nonprofit Protect Our Winters (POW) to help combat climate change from within the industry. “Living your life in the mountains doesn’t afford you the opportunity to deny climate change.
Indeed, the most important storyline of “Roadless” for the film’s participants is how it might help shape the future of snowsports against the threat of climate change, and its premiere comes just a month after Jones testified before the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis. The arduous journey through the rugged landscape of the Teton Wilderness showcased in “Roadless” not only yields world-class riding from Iguchi, Jones and Rice, but allows the mountain athletes to reflect on their shared passion for snowboarding and protecting America’s wild spaces as the threat of climate change looms. It was a unique experience, and I feel like it’s pretty rare when your imagination and reality lines up so clearly.”
We covered a lot of ground wandering the wilderness, found some good riding and had quality time for conversation and reflection. “We set out with no lofty goals or exact route, allowing us a chance to enjoy the excitement of discovery and figure things out along the way. “‘Roadless’ began with a conversation over dinner a few years ago,” Iguchi said.
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The project, led by Iguchi, required all three professional snowboarders to skin and snowboard dozens of never-before-seen lines across nearly 600,000 acres of protected land within the Bridger-Teton National Forest. 11 at the Montana Tap House in Whitefish. The adventure culminated in the latest film by Teton Gravity Research, “Roadless,” which premieres on Oct. Part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, which encompasses over 20 million acres, the region is accessible only by foot or horseback - or in the case of the trio of elite snowboarders, splitboard.
Located 25 miles from any developed road, the area demands a multi-day expedition to reveal what lies in its wild interior, but according to the team, the long haul is worth the effort. Earlier this year, snowboarders Jeremy Jones, Brian Iguchi and Travis Rice teamed up to explore the Teton Wilderness on a 10-day, human-powered expedition to the southeastern corner of Yellowstone National Park and the Teton Wilderness, considered to be one of the most remote places in the 48 contiguous states.
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