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A POV shot of John Spriggs’ pillow line near Cooke City, Montana, while filming a couple weeks back for his new backcountry ski film.
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The local High Country crew that captured deep powder backcountry skiing in Colorado two years ago is now filming a follow-up.
After the 16-minute “The Book of Pow” showcased the variety of local terrain, Summit County local John Spriggs and U.S. Pro Halfpipe Team freeskier Taylor Seaton have reunited with filmmaker Edward Clem for a project not limited to the Colorado backcountry.
Without Seaton in tow, Spriggs and Clem joined a group of skiers and filmers two weeks ago in Cooke City, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. Spriggs described Cooke City “as if Silverton dead-ended into a snowmobile zone.” The former Bozeman resident was able to hit his old stomping grounds skiing pillow lines in the Beartooth Mountains. The crew is headed back for Cooke City on Sunday, Jan. 10, this time with Se
Aaron Blunck of Crested Butte competes in the freeski finals at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix World Cup at Copper Mountain Resort in December 2019. Though this month’s event was canceled due to COVID-19, American and international athletes are currently training at the Copper pipe.
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Despite the cancellation of this coming week’s U.S. Grand Prix World Cup events at Copper Mountain Resort due to concerns amid the novel coronavirus, Copper Mountain is hosting athlete training on the Woodward Superpipe through Dec. 23.
U.S. pro and rookie team halfpipe snowboarders and skiers began dropping into the only Olympic-sized superpipe currently open on the continent on Monday, Dec. 7. Copper Mountain Resort spokesperson Taylor Prather said in an email Saturday afternoon that the resort continued with training in the superpipe but not the annual Grand Prix World Cup competition because the resort “remains committed to athlete progression and development t