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Mind Over Mountain: An Intimate Account of the Bugs-to-Rogers Traverse

  • December 8, 2021
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Mind Over Mountain follows Canadian snow sliders Leah Evans, Marie-France Roy and Madeleine Martin-Preney on their 85-mile, 30,000-foot-vertical Bugaboos to Rogers ski traverse.

Directed by Nick Waggoner (Valhalla, Solitaire), this intimate account of the arduous ski route dishes out some sketchy spring conditions, tests rappelling confidence and hip flexors, and breaks unwritten rules to never ski out in the dark.

Photo: Marie-France Roy/Patagonia Films

But the human conditions are as good as they get, and we’re reminded that successful snow travel is as much about communing with mountains as it is communing with friends.

Photo: Marie-France Roy/Patagonia Films
Photo:Madeleine Martin-Preney/Patagonia Films

In Leah Evans’ words, “the Bugs-to-Rogers ski traverse is something I’ve daydreamed about for years. In local ski culture, it has become somewhat of a rite of passage for people wanting to expand their mountain skills or test themselves to see if they have what it takes to join the ranks of the big-mountain elite.” 

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