Coast Mountains

The ambitious, always admirably aesthetic film series A Skier's Journey by Jordan Manley and his riders Chad Sayers and Forrest Coots returns to British Columbia, the home of the three, for its conclusion. The half-hour film shows how they traverse the Coast Mountains, including the great Homathko Icefield, in three weeks by boat, foot, skis and packrafts.

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"If ya got twennythousand bucks, ya can fucking slam that fucking door!" Jean-Marc is beside himself with rage and we look pretty embarrassed. Jean-Marc is the helicopter pilot. Small and stocky, dressed in an oil-smeared red polyester flying jacket with the words "Klondike Heliskiing" printed on it, he looks at us angrily through his mirrored pilot's goggles.

"Seek and ye shall find." This truism has proven to be true to a large extent on our trip so far. In our search for snow, we found Retired heating engineers, car mechanics who can't help, party mad snowboard pros, the nicest ski resort staff, cool locals and a first timer. Only the much-praised Canadian fresh snow is a master at hiding.