Warren Miller's No Turning Back, Alaska segment

The Chugach is a renowned range located in the heart of Alaska. An iconic boney ridgeline, steep faces sustained for 1,800 vertical feet and hairy terrain, it symbolizes the essence of big-mountain skiing. Ingrid Backstrom, Jess McMillan and Chris Anthony aren’t new to the game of charging extreme lines. Few skiers can hold an edge like McMillan and Backstrom and freestyle skiing can thank gals like them for breaking trail and taking risks in the industry. These athletes and heli-skiing operator, Points North Heli-Adventures, recognize the risk is real. Some days, skiing “big lines with heavy consequences” is just not in the cards, but if you “keep showing up, you’ll be rewarded.” The progression of the sport has been proven on mountains like these by women like these, Backstrom and McMillan are just two of them.

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Great filming, just too short. Warren Miller was a great extreme skier himself in his younger days.