Doug Coombs was an icon for me andKendall climbing the steeps of Mount Superior many others that grew up skiing in the late 80’s and 90’s and for whom skiing steep terrain became a passion. I don’t really categorize what I do as “Big Mountain Skiing”, I just ski. A lot of the time I search out steep terrain, rock lined chutes and yes, I like to climb big mountains and then ski down as evidenced in the photo to the right.

Sadly, Doug died last year, doing what he loved – skiing steep terrain in one of his favorite places on earth, La Grave, France. I never had the opportunity to meet Doug Coombs. I saw him at Snowbird one time in passing and just missed a chance to interview him for a documentary that my friend was working on called “Teton Skiing: Legends of the Fall Line“. Perhaps it’s selfish for me to wish I had met him, to recount the moment that could have been but either way I’m left inspired and in awe of how he lived and what he loved.

I just watched this trailer about Doug Coombs and I was pulled in by what he says when skiing steep lines “you can almost get a feeling of flying”. I’m looking forward to watching this film “STEEP” when it comes out as this little teaser below leaves me wanting more. It’s a documentary by The Documentary Group which is associated with PJ Productions.

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