The guys from Sweetgrass Productions are headed to Hokkaido and will be here for the whole season to capture the Hokkaido backcountry powder skiing culture.  They have asked us to guide them for one or two days in early January.  By the look of their latest offering of backcountry skiing in North America, I am looking forward to what they can produce in Hokkaido.  Here is an exerpt from their website and a clip of their latest movie ‘Hand Cut.’

“From the hand-fired railroad days in Revelstoke to the miners of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Hand Cut blends old-timer wisdom with self-propelled, big mountain, lines from Alaska, British Columbia, and Colorado.

The Hand Cut release includes endless pillow lines in the BC interior; exposed descents in the Coast Range with ski mountaineering legend John Chilton; brilliantly shot inverts over the old wood mines on Red Mountain Pass, Colorado; and the original deep-country blues of John-Alex Mason. Hand Cut: self-propelled stories brought to life in High Definition and brilliant 16mm film. “