WORLD PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 15th, 2011 in Denver, CO Gothic Theatre 7pm www.Sweetgrass-Productions.com SOLITAIRE: A Backcountry Skiing, Snowboarding, and Telemark Film from Sweetgrass Productions In the high desert of South America, winter takes hold, devouring bleached bones and abandoned shacks. Into these most inhospitable of lands, a handful of drifters emerge from the whiteout, ready to cast their lot on forsaken peaks both merciless and magnificent. Shot on location in: Las Lenas, Argentina; Portillo, Chile;Nevados de Chillan, Chile; Patagonia, Chile; Bariloche, Argentina; Caviahue, Argentina; Huaraz, Peru; Iquitos, Peru; Uyuni, Bolivia; and Sajama, Bolivia.
Trailer for the film by Assassin Entertainment to be released in the fall of 2011. Eli Helmuth and Mike Arnold from ClimbingLife Guides are featured in this film which will have showingsin Estes Park, Boulder, and Denver at locations and dates TBA.
Eli comments: I first visited this region in 1989 for a three month trip and this video is a great visual reminder of the incredible beauty of the mountains and culture of the Khumbu.
Music:Kopecky Family Band "Lucky" www.KopeckyFamilyBand.com; Abel Okugawa "Morraco" www.AbelOkugawa.com; Jett Craze Drones www.JettCraze.com
"The area from the Meije valleys to La Grave is unique in the world. Up high, a small ski lift serves a piste on the glacier. Apart from that, there is nothing or close to nothing ... the only things are off-piste, ski-touring routes on the glacier, valleys, couloirs and forest -- almost 2000 vertical meters of pure mountain. Here, outside the only marked trail, there is no ski patrol and the area is not secured. Skiers accept their own responsibility. Keeping with the image of the area, the system established by La Grave is, to our knowledge, the only one like it in the world. We are four patrollers employed by the municipality. Our role is to keep an eye on the security situation in the area, to play a role of light prevention for the clients and an advisory role to the municipality for the opening or closure of the cable car."
