Untouched by LegitFilms: Soelden Freeride Report

We were struggling for two months, the ones we usually do most of the stuff at home, so it was really nice to get a freeride shoot with Qparks in Soelden.
Soelden is the annual first stop of FIS ski giant slalom which takes place in Octobre, so you know there will be lots of snow anytime in real winter. The area connects three 3000m+ peaks called The Big 3 and they offer a vast and featured backcountry area. Gullies, bumps, slabs, lines, you name it...basicly its a freeride paradise!
The crew Bine, Matevž and Mitja stayed three days in Gasthaus Martha which is just below the road to another glacier and offers nice views from the terase, so timelapse shooting was never that easy.
First day we had a big cloud sitting on the mountain, so it was more of a scouting mission, but we managed to get a look at some promising gullies. Rudi Wyhlidal was our guide and photog and he did a great job. He knows the mountain inside out so he made it really easy for us to get some shots straight away the second day. It was fun exploring the big area out of bounds allthou there wasn`t enough snow to built some kickers. Instead we were doing fun runs, some pillows and then we headed to the top of the glacier. Its nice to get a view from 3250m if you shot the past season in the woods haha.
Bine had his eyes on this fence jib, but we ran out of time. Mitja had to film Freestyle Feast 2011 in Swatch Snowpark Soelden next day, but we couldn`t resist giving that fence a try. We got up early, hit the fence, got the shot and the day was wrapped before the session even started!