In 2014, at the age of 22, Trevor Kennison had a life-changing ski accident in the backcountry of Vail Pass when he hit a 40-foot jump, went sideways and landed on his back, which left him instantly paralyzed from the waist down.
The documentary from Level One Productions follows Kennison’s story in parallel with that of the late Barry Corbet, a pioneering skier and mountaineer who also became an advocate after his own spinal cord injury.
We asked pro skiers Cody Townsend and Glen Plake which classic ski movies they could watch over and over again. Get ready to hunker down on the couch and revisit these throwback gems.
How lucky are we to have such easy, drivable access to the best slopes in the West that the rest of the world seeks out? And now that the lifts have stopped spinning until next winter, there’s no better time to plan ahead for the next one, which will surely help battle the offseason blues.