Christian & I were itchin' to shoot some action with my new Profoto lighting system, so we decided to scout out the local "Area 43" DC Snow Park. Les Houches is a large complex of piste runs a good 1500m+ above the main car park & lift.. the recce was a must, with each battery pack & lamp head weighing in at 25+ Kgs, we had to be sure we could get them and the rest of our camera gear up and down the mountain, which, could have been a nightmare journey on chairlifts & trekking from piste to piste to get there, and that's without getting back down.. neither of us wanted to walk out! so we couldn't believe our luck when we turned up on our scout.. there was a Mountain train running from Saint Gervais (yep, Ricky's a saint!) right into the bottom of the snow park slope.. result!
The following slideshow came from the next two days working the shoot on the snow park. Big thanks to Julian from DC "Area 43" for helping us out & letting us setup on this amazing DC park.
Sadly, since shooting, we have heard this park is under threat of closure, as the local ski lift company has been asked to give the slope up for a racing/slalom training course. We hope they see sense & keep this freestyle stomping ground open... there is some amazing local talent who will lose out if this place goes...
DC Snow Park Shoot - Les Houches from Si Crowther on Vimeo.
