Soul of Alta

Alta Ski Area and Sweetgrass Productions bring you a short film that explores the intersection of people and powder skiing throughout Alta’s 86-year history. The Soul of Alta is a film that sets out to answer the question “What is Alta?“ The beauty of that question is that there is no singular answer—Alta is a place that represents something unique to each of us. The snow, the Alta community and the spirit of the mountain hold onto each of us in different ways. Alta Ski Area and Sweetgrass Productions bring you a short film that explores the intersection of people and powder skiing throughout Alta’s 86-year history. This film serves as a refresh from the short-form attention-seeking reels that are commonplace in our media landscape. The Soul of Alta is meant to be a coffee table piece—an ode to Alta—revisiting the past 86 years of skiing. Cozy up by the fireplace, warm up your favorite mug and immerse yourself in the history of Alta, deep powder skiing sequences from last winter’s record-setting 903-inch winter, connect with Alta’s natural mountain environment and reconnect with the mountain and the sport that we all love. Directed Michael J Brown Executive Producers Brandon Ott Adam Fehr Edit Michael J Brown Margaret King Cinematography Michael J Brown Alex Mager Iz La Motte Kyle Toohey Luke Bredar Bobby Jahrig Tim Jones Nate Cahoon Sound Avery Sandack Coordinator Lexi Dowdall Interviews Collins Babbet Titus Case Roberta Cherchio Lee Cohen Shannon Corey Caroline Dillon Lexi Dowdall Sara Gibbs Hailey Griffin Sam Howard Connie Marshall Michael Maughan Nic Nichol Bob Pratt Dobber Price Kristen Randack Mel Tatton Onno Wieringa Athletes Brad Allenick Jacki Baker Blaine Bossung Claire Brown Rachael Burks Sam Cohen Rhea Cone Nicole Cordingley Megan Dingman Lexi Dowdall Tim Durtschi Alf Engen Sverre Engen Adam Fehr Hannah Follender Connor Gorman Kalen Griffin Chloe Jimenez Georgiana Knox Iz La Motte Davis Lentz Kami Mager Anna Marno Adrian Martino Christal Mccrary Willie Nelson Mali Noyes McKenna Peterson Jaqueline Pollard Aaron Rae Sydney Ricketts Madison Rose Ostergren Erin Schiano Berkley Stone Kyle Toohey David Van Dame Scotty VerMerris Sam Watson Re Wikstrom Taavi Zoller Archival Footage Margie of the Wasatch Alta is for Skiers Marriott Library Collection Music Johnny Gold - Acoustic Jams Easy Giant - The Tube Gregory Alan Isakov - Where You Gonna Go Yehezkel Raz - Continuance Ben Reneer - Off My Mind David Benedict - Rockfall Ridge Adrián Berenguer - Premiere Hans Johnson - One Planet Amulets - IV Spearfisher - Hope and Heisenberg Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat - Birds Eye View Ben Wagner - After The War