PR Partner Press Release
Osprey announced the premiere of
Denizens of the Steep: Finding Balance in the Backcountry, which it co-sponsored.
The film presented by Orijin Media and co-sponsored by Fat Tire, the Teton Conservation District, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the Iowa and Wyoming Chapters of the Wildsheep Foundations, looks at the urgent conservation challenge facing the Teton Bighorn Sheep herd and how winter recreationalists can be part of the solution.
Denizens of the Steep follows renowned ski mountaineer Kim Havell as she explores and redefines what it means to be a backcountry skier. With more skiers venturing further into the backcountry due to rapidly evolving ski touring technology, habitat destruction, lost migration routes, and invasive species have reduced the Teton Bighorn Sheep herd to fewer than 100.
January 2nd, 2021
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“How much can we gain from the mountains? How much can we lose? Between our own perceptions and the reality of the hazards, how much space exists? And in that gap, how do we decide what we are willing to risk?”
Zahan Billimoria grew up in Switzerland and since his teenage years, big mountain guiding is all he has ever wanted to do. He achieved that goal after moving to Jackson, Wyoming in the early 2000s and he is now regarded as one of the best in the business, Jeremy Jones describing him as “a Jedi master in the mountains who has helped shape my approach.”