Our Third and last Couloir on Les Dents du Midi | LA FORTERESSE - Short Ski Movie
A self-documented journey about two skiers who push their limits on the legendary Dents du Midi.
After skiing Les Dents du Midi last year, we started looking at other possibilities on this legendary mountain. Couloir La Forteresse caught our eyes right away. For us this seemed like the perfect line to push our limits and make our connection with this mountain even stronger. In April 2022 the conditions lined up, we went for a new descent from le Dents du Midi for one last time.
Director: Loïc Isliker
Producer: Paul de Groot
Editor: Loïc Isliker
Cinematographers: Loïc Isliker and Paul de Groot
Skiers: Loïc Isliker and Paul de Groot
Music: Nick Lapien
Sound design: Charlie Hernández
Animation: Sven Stroomberg
Special thanks: Jacky Pochon
Partners:
- Région Dents du Midi www.regiondentsdumidi.ch
- Arc'teryx www.arcteryx.com
- Salomon www.salomon.com
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Loïc Isliker: / loicisliker
Paul de Groot: / pauldegrootfreeskier
Breathtaking, blood curdling, heart stopping
Using poles - a full profession.😝
Crazy adventure!! I have hiked to Haute Cime a few years ago and I know how impressive the slopes are on the north side. As a Swiss, I also like how you gave voice to a local guide who knows this mountain by heart.
Its so peaceful in the snow. Shame there will be a time without it.
Chapeau! The lines, the edits, the mixing of drone and helmet footage, just wow!
je crois que c'est une des meilleurs vidéo du net!
Merci.
These lines are getting insane. Please be safe out there.
God job
I have no words for how much respect I have for trips like this. Thank you for sharing...
Thank you man! Appreciate it
Peeeerfect!! Shots, editing, music… well done
I subscribed!!
your channel is underatted i love your content so much fr
Thank you Anto!
You guys are nuts. Positively!
Spectacular
Your guys are cracy, genious, lucky, brilliant ... This movie is a beautiful honest and a very authentic piece. Thanks god you made it down safe. And hopefully you had enough of this skiing-in-nofallzone-madness 😬. Congrats of making it to our "official selection" and we are greatful that you took part on our tour, unforgettable.
Thank you guys so much! We appreciate you as well. We had so much fun ;)
i'm looking at this mountain every day you guys are crazy
Wow! You kept me in tension all video long. Congrats for combining great footage and editing from different sources of cameras. Keep rolling!
That is so great to hear. Thank you!
What a mission! 🫶
Well done mates! Well gedaan! Proficiat
Amazing guys, my hands are sweaty after watching this. Incroyable!
WOW! Incredible adventure. Beautiful storytelling and outstanding shots.!!! Well done!
Amazing!
Yeah boys, crazy line! It was super nice to meet you on tour :)
Likewise Victor!
Hello Loic and Paul I congratulate you on this super steep ski descent at the Dents du Midi. I wish you good tours. With alpine greetings Raphael Wellig
Amazing shots !
Congratulations guys, beautiful work, beautiful footage. By far the most crazy (and deadly) line of the dents. That middle lock is just so scary. The adrenaline is palpable, as the relief of getting to the final exit. Glad you made it back safe. May the gods of the mountain keep protecting you :).
This was incredible to watch chaps! Hiked Haute Cime this summer, it's an incredible place. Can't wait to see what this season has in store.
Thank you Pete! Haute Cime is also a beauty.
I saw it the first time on the FreerideFilmFestival and I'm still flashed by the line, your skiing, the filming. I fucking love your KZhead-Channel!
Hey Ferdinant! So cool to hear this. Glad you like it. Soon we will start uploading new episodes ;)
😮awesome!! Thanks guys for sharing this incredible journey
Wow - holy cow that was spellbinding! Great job guys! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
amazing
Amazing.
It's really impressive - I passed in front of Dents hundreds of times, wondering if there was anything up there that could be skiable. And you actually did it!
Haha that is so fun to hear. We have also done that a hundred times
Absolument dingue - vous êtes fous et surtout très courageux
amazing content. love you guys!
beautiful mate!
That was a crazy beautiful ride
Great stuff again guys 👍👍.
Love it!
Just inspirational. Well done.
Magnificent!
Sick movie!!
Very impressive line and beautiful camera work!
Incredible, what a line. You guys are badass.
just beautiful line, it always blow my mind that it is possible to go down stuff like this. And the editing is beautiful, the voice over is really cool and overall beautiful shots. Congratulations !
What an amazing adventure, and nice narration and music too. Good job!
Incredible, breathtaking stuff. Wow. Where do I start...every aspect of it is just superb.
c'est formidable~!! Great adventure~!!
you guys are rad!
Inspiring film. Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤️
Unbelievable what you did ! 👏👏💥
So Great: Brilliant storytelling, super clean edit ...and that line 🙌✨
cool line
Impressionnant et magnifique
Bravo
Mega! Vind het zo cool wat jullie hebben gemaakt/gereden! Zin in dit seizoen!
So sick
Just wow🤟
Bizare content, super nice 👏
incroyable😳
Outstanding! Well done, Gentlemen!!!
Thank you Dean
Masterpiece 🔥
Thank you Marty!
Coin magnifique où j ai habité trente ans, j ai même fait le couloir de la Jaune à ski il y a pas mal d années, assez facile.
fantastique, sebastien
A great watch! Production are getting super good!
Thank you Eivind. We are looking forward to your adventures this winter ;)
Impressive and so so scary haha!
huge
Nice job guys!!
Thanks man!
Pretty icy.
🔥🔥 beautiful
Thank you MJ!
Well done guys!
Thank youu guys!
Incroyable à regarder! Une belle aventure 🔥
Merci Julien!
Whoa great video ! Pleasure to discover that channel 😍
Thank you man! Happy to have you with us :)
Jo dit is echt insane keep them coming gasten
Congratulations on a well executed descent, lovely video.
Wanted to do those lines since a while.... you guys killed it ! hope we'll be able to ski together again during winter :)
Thank you guys! We would totally be down for that ;)
Truly amazing ! Incredible footages that remember me my trek around les Dents du Midi this summer. I slept in the refuge des dents du midi, the white landscape seems even more beautiful than in sommer
Thank you Julia! That refuge is such a special place
Really stepped up the production quality boys! LOVE IT!!!
Thank you Marko!
C’est bien monté, bien filmé tout bonnement incroyable bravo !
Il manque plus qu'un bon ride.
C'est beau ça les boys, bravo belle prod 👏
Merci Loris!
W O W ! ! !
Fantastisch weer mannen, echt een genot om naar te kijken. Als ik een verzoek mag doen voor het volgende seizoen, een 360 cam zou een prachtige toevoeging zijn voor de POV shots
Incredible guys! At the first moment I thought it will be a high end Redbull movie, BUT you did everthing by yourself!!! Really smooth and inspiring Video. Thank you and respect👌🏻⛰️
Vet zeg!!
Nou nou nou!!!
knap gedaan
Wow cool gays!!! Strong line
Allemachtig wat sick dit!
🙏🏼
Woah ! Impressive work, so stressful to see you guys finding the good path in this huge mountain, well done ! Quelqu'un peut retrouver le son qui débute à 9:30 ? C'est une tuerie ! Thanksss
Schitterend!
Magnifique, c est vraiment la plus belle ligne des dents!!!! Mais comme ils ont fait ça en traversée, qui récupère les vélos?
👍👍👍
Très belle exploit. Dommage que la musique ne soit pas de mon gout.
just wanna have a next life to do it despite they're in a deadline in rock quality. congrats!
Well skied and nice filmography. Not much talking-heads, thanks ;-) Aerial views steady. Line drawn over is very useful. POV cam smoother than most but could slow and linger on the scenes even more for the audiences benefit. (Still waiting for someone to use following drone POV.) Similarly, some of the edit jumps are too brief for the viewer to reorient easily. The narration of the veteran alpinist was a welcome complement and added depth to the story. He (Jacky Pochon?) could have been better acknowledged. The end scenes of the valley village added a nice cultural flavor. Thanks for all the work on the production. Looking forward to further adventures.
Thanks Carmen!
Cool Musik waht you plays in your Doku?
Haha guys this is some QUALITY WORK man! Very keen to learn how you've build it up so well. Changing positions, the shot and audio plan. What happend to those epic e bikes on top? :-p
Thank you man! We might make a video about this one day ;) We picked the e bikes up after our train ride.
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Shuuuuu!!!