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Documentary / Chronicle
With skis and rope
Hans Gmoser (1958)
Hans Gmoser's first film. It shows scenes of ski and climbing adventures in the Canadian Rockies: Ski touring at Mount Assiniboine Little Yoho and glacier, ski ascents of Mt. Hector, Roger's Peak and Mt. Des Poilus, 1957 ascent of Mount Robson, and the first direct ascent of the Yamnuska South Face.- 1958
- Canada
- 30 min
Hans Gmoser's first film. It shows scenes of ski and climbing adventures in the Canadian Rockies: Ski touring at Mount Assiniboine Little Yoho and glacier, ski ascents of Mt. Hector, Roger's Peak and Mt. Des Poilus, 1957 ascent of Mount Robson, and the first direct ascent of the Yamnuska South Face.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Skis over McKinley
Hans Gmoser (1964)
Film capturing Hans Gmoser’s epic expedition to Mount McKinley. The film shows skiing in Colorado, skiing British Columbia glaciers (Little Yoho Valley and Rogers Pass), ascents to Mount Logana and Mount Robson, and the first ascent of Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley (Denali). Skiing participants include Jim McConkey, Starr Walton, Linda Crutchfield and Herbert Matz. Party of seven on McKinley consisted of Hans Gmoser (leader), Pat Boswell, Leo Grillmair. Hank Kaufmann, Guntram Raubach, Hans Schwarz and Tom Spencer.- 1964
- Canada
- 27 min
Film capturing Hans Gmoser’s epic expedition to Mount McKinley. The film shows skiing in Colorado, skiing British Columbia glaciers (Little Yoho Valley and Rogers Pass), ascents to Mount Logana and Mount Robson, and the first ascent of Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley (Denali). Skiing participants include Jim McConkey, Starr Walton, Linda Crutchfield and Herbert Matz. Party of seven on McKinley consisted of Hans Gmoser (leader), Pat Boswell, Leo Grillmair. Hank Kaufmann, Guntram Raubach, Hans Schwarz and Tom Spencer.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Roving skis
Hans Gmoser (1966)
The narrative of Roving Skis was held together by the footage Hans Gmoser had shot while traversing the Purcell Mountains in May 1966. As the film progresses, it alternates between images of skiers laden with heavy packs, skiing past majestic mountains, and ski races Gmoser had filmed the previous winter at Lake Louise and Heavenly Valley, California. It also shows images of his ski trip to Whistler, of heli-skiing in the Bugaboos and skiing up Anniversary Peak. The film ends with an ascent of the Red Shirt route on Yamnuska. Leo Grillmair is the star of the film and is showing a client from Seattle.- 1966
- Canada
- 33 min
The narrative of Roving Skis was held together by the footage Hans Gmoser had shot while traversing the Purcell Mountains in May 1966. As the film progresses, it alternates between images of skiers laden with heavy packs, skiing past majestic mountains, and ski races Gmoser had filmed the previous winter at Lake Louise and Heavenly Valley, California. It also shows images of his ski trip to Whistler, of heli-skiing in the Bugaboos and skiing up Anniversary Peak. The film ends with an ascent of the Red Shirt route on Yamnuska. Leo Grillmair is the star of the film and is showing a client from Seattle.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Biographical
Nine lives would not do
David Goldsmith (2016)
A film featuring the outrageous yet true stories of one of the Upper Columbia Valley’s most famous residents: Leo Grillmair. Grillmair tells stories from his childhood in 1930's Austria to the creation, with Hans Gmoser, of Canadian Mountain Holidays, the world's first heli-skiing company. Arriving in Canada from Austria in 1951, Grillmair and his life-long friend and business partner Hans Gmoser seized on the opportunities their newly-adopted country presented them and introduced Canadians to a whole new way of climbing rock faces.- 2016
- Canada
- 90 min
A film featuring the outrageous yet true stories of one of the Upper Columbia Valley’s most famous residents: Leo Grillmair. Grillmair tells stories from his childhood in 1930's Austria to the creation, with Hans Gmoser, of Canadian Mountain Holidays, the world's first heli-skiing company. Arriving in Canada from Austria in 1951, Grillmair and his life-long friend and business partner Hans Gmoser seized on the opportunities their newly-adopted country presented them and introduced Canadians to a whole new way of climbing rock faces. -
Documentary / Climbing Journal
Adventure bound
Hans Gmoser (1965)
One of Hans Gmoser’s best movies. The film starts with a few scenes from Gmoser’s brief Mount Logan adventure with the Japanese team the previous spring. Then it shows scenes of the World Professional Ski Championships held at Heavenly Valley, Califorinia, featuring legendary skiers of the time such as Christian Pravda, Stein Erickson, Pepi Gramshammer, Adrian Duvillard and Othmar Schneider. The heart of the film is a Bogaboo adventure skiing up the Pigeon-Howser col, right in the heart of the Bugaboo Spires. In Part Two, Hans returns to the Bugaboos in the summer and climbs Snowpatch Spire with Leo, Mike, Dick Lofthouse and a young German woman, Lilo Schmid.- 1965
- Canada
- 36 min
One of Hans Gmoser’s best movies. The film starts with a few scenes from Gmoser’s brief Mount Logan adventure with the Japanese team the previous spring. Then it shows scenes of the World Professional Ski Championships held at Heavenly Valley, Califorinia, featuring legendary skiers of the time such as Christian Pravda, Stein Erickson, Pepi Gramshammer, Adrian Duvillard and Othmar Schneider. The heart of the film is a Bogaboo adventure skiing up the Pigeon-Howser col, right in the heart of the Bugaboo Spires. In Part Two, Hans returns to the Bugaboos in the summer and climbs Snowpatch Spire with Leo, Mike, Dick Lofthouse and a young German woman, Lilo Schmid.Climbing locations
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