Patagonia, which is actively involved in environmental conservation activities, has been using Patagonia Film as a tool to express and communicate its message. A new film has just been released
This is the story of three women's eight-day backcountry adventure, completing a 130km traverse trip from the Bugaboo Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, to Rogers Pass in the Selkirk Mountains
Traverse tripping is a type of mountaineering where you walk from a starting point to a destination using skis, telemark skis, or splitboards. It is a very popular style of mountaineering in Canada. It can be enjoyed by people of all levels and ambitions, from one-day trips and several nights to even a month-long trip. In Japan, it is similar to the Hotaka traverse in the summer
The title is "Memories Beyond the Mountains: Bugs to Rogers"
The Bugaboo Mountains, the setting for this film, are famous among climbers around the world for their 12 sharp spires (pointed peaks), some of which exceed 3,400 meters in elevation. It's also a popular heli-skiing area in the winter, and CMH, well-known in Japan, has a base lodge and heli-operations here. Meanwhile, Rogers Pass is also well-known among backcountry skiers, receiving an average of 10 meters of snowfall per year. This film is a documentary about a Patagonia ambassador and three female friends who ski across these two famous spots
Although it's simply called a traverse trip, Bugaboo and Rogers Pass are about 130km apart, and the route includes nearly 20 glaciers of various sizes and countless mountain passes. The route also involves crossing glaciers that pose a risk of cracks, and repeatedly crossing mountain passes in the freezing cold. The total elevation difference of this traverse trip is nearly 10,000m
Just hearing about it makes it easy to imagine that it was an incredibly hardcore adventure. What did the three female skiers see and feel about the great outdoors as they traveled the roughly 130km traverse strip? What did they share with their friends, and what did they learn and gain from the harsh, exposed natural environment?
Now that it's difficult to travel abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, why not enjoy this documentary film and feel as if you're traveling with the characters?
[Adventure Overview]
Patagonia Snow Ambassadors Marie-France Roy and Leah Evans, along with Leah's longtime friend Madeline, embarked on an eight-day backcountry adventure covering the 137km route from Bugaboo to Rogers Pass
Our guide on this trip, Madeline, is a small woman with more guts and stamina than anyone else. She has completed countless traverse trips in the past. Marie and Leah are natural freeriders, and most of their backcountry trips are day trips or mainly skiing, so this was their first long trip like this traverse (crossing a mountain range). They attempted a 137km, 9,150m elevation gain traverse of Bugs to Rogers, and this book documents the intense journey and the deep friendship between the three
