Doug Coombs was an icon for me and
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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