Need Some Winter Stoke? Here's Where To See the Best Ski Movies of 2026 Live
We are awash in skiing “content.”
Pick your phone up and open Instagram, and you’re bound to see a triple cork, a terrible take on skiing, a pretty good take on skiing, a winning Freeride World Tour run, POV videos, resort advertisements, first snow announcements, something about skiing that you don’t quite understand, something about skiing that makes you smile, and something about skiing you wish you hadn’t watched—all in the span of about three minutes.
Is it possible, really, to digest any of that? Probably not, but there is a better way. As fun (read: relentlessly addicting) as scrolling clips can be, ski videography is best enjoyed in person, surrounded by friends—both new and old—at a movie theater. This is where you can do just that this fall.
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Actually, It Is Rocket Science—Teton Gravity Research
For more than three decades, Teton Gravity Research has remained one of the most recognizable names on the ski movie circuit. They’re the classic, faithful, steady option. You want to go see a ski movie? See a Teton Gravity Research movie. You won’t be disappointed.
This year’s release, Actually, It Is Rocket Science, also comes with a fun return to form for TGR. Recent outings from the film company have largely strayed away from street skiing. Rocket Science, though, will head to the city with Keegan Kilbride, one of the discipline’s heaviest hitters. While we haven’t seen the new movie yet, we can almost guarantee he put on a show. Plus, alongside Kilbride, you can look out for all-around rippers like Nick McNutt, Maggie Voisin, Teal Harle, and more.
Where to see it live: TGR, as usual, is hitting the road and stopping by loads of venues. Grab tickets here.
The Way Out—Matchstick Productions
Another longtime big name, Matchstick Productions, is back with The Way Out. The movie comes equipped with a truly stacked cast that we won’t bore you by listing the entirety of, but here are a few highlights: Eric Hjorleifson, Manon Loschi, Marcus Goguen, Sam Kuch, and Dennis Ranalter. Those five are worth the price of admission alone. The Way Out has a lot, lot more from where they came from, though.
Where to see it live: MSP is touring this fall. Grab tickets here.
Days Off—Warren Miller Entertainment
Warren Miller Entertainment’s coming at ski movies from a new angle this year. Rather than being a straightforward shred flick, the movie follows one skier as she navigates a midlife crisis and tries to learn how to, well, chill out by gleaning advice from the pros. It’s a different premise, to be sure, but our hero isn’t some random who got put in charge of WME. It’s comedian and director Katie Burrell—you’ve likely seen her skits—so this one’s in good hands. Get ready to laugh.
Where to see it live: Days Off is touring from coast to coast. Get in on it here.
We Can’t Not—Legs of Steel
We Can’t Not is a ski movie about making a ski movie. Too meta? Not with Legs of Steel in charge. The production company knows how to take a weird idea, run with it, and go far beyond the expected conclusion to places both strange and hilarious. Just look at Ritsch’s Roll, a faux competition that, not kidding, included a staged beheading by drone of one of the announcers. And if you’re worried about the skiing taking the backseat, We Can’t Not clearly has that base covered with features from Finn Bilous, Markus Eder, and Kye Petersen. They also somehow got Game of Thrones star Sean Bean to narrate.
Where to see it live: Grab tickets here and keep your eyes peeled for more dates. Legs of Steel includes the option to host your own event with their film.
Faction Film Tour
Faction’s long staked its reputation on having one of freeskiing’s most stacked teams, so it makes sense for the brand to host a tour leaning into that strength. Rather than rolling out one big movie, the brand’s breaking up its contribution this fall into three geography-based chunks: Alpi, Alpes, Alpen; Whistler; and Kicking Horse. The mixture of skiers includes everyone from Olympians like Tormod Frostad to dark-horse slayers like Duncan Adams, so all the pieces are in place for a good night.
Where to see it live: Faction’s coming to numerous cities in North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, so your city should be covered. Info here.
Mountain in My Mind
The fourth rendition of Mountain in My Mind again traverses knotty and difficult-to-address ground, shining a light on conversations about mental health in the snowsports industry. The project, created by John Padilla after he lost his brother, Jack, to suicide in 2019, doesn’t look away from the hard stuff. But this is also a ski movie with all the lightness that brings. In one scene, the crew takes a group of ranch hands skiing, and the “footage is, to say the least, hysterical,” the movie’s description says.
Where to see it live: Several stops of Mountain in My Mind are coming up this month.
Girl Winter
Now in its third year, Girl Winter—as its name implies—focuses on the stories of women, offering an alternative to the historically bro-centric ski movie premiere. This season’s outing includes five movies, all with their own pitch. As opposed to just professional athletes, Winter Elements spends more time with the women working in the ski industry, while Rapid Fire goes inside Mali Noyes’ record-breaking push to ski all of the lines in the Chuting Gallery guidebook. Three more movies—Vivid, Biscuits, and Theory of Butter—round out the roster. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Where to see it live: Girl Winter isn’t playing around with dates this year—there are loads to choose from. You can find them here.
Pangea Freeride Film Tour
Put together by the creative agency Pangea Collective, this tour is billed as a showcase of independent ski movies. Included is a film from none other than Dane Tudor (remember his Everyday Is a Saturday segment?), which is a big headliner given his hiatus from the film scene. But that’s not the only flick worth seeing on display. Trevor Kennison scores deep powder in Japan while Britta Winans and Delila Quinn explore the meaning of being a freeride skier. All told, the tour’s showing seven movies.
Where to see it live: Snag tickets and scope tour dates here.
Salomon’s Quality Ski Time Film Tour
A steady contender during the fall movie season, Salomon’s Quality Ski Time Film Tour may—both this year and past years—be most notable for the range it captures within the brand. You’ll see multiple sides of Salomon at this one. There’s Blank Patterns, an athlete-focused flick, alongside Places, which “explores ski destinations as living environments, shaped by climate, geology and time.” Those movies join one from Sämi Ortlieb, and the Depart crew, plus an adventure through the mountains called Almost Alone in the Alps. Each should tickle a different part of your brain, and you’ll probably come away with a favorite.
Where to see it live: Tour information here.
Level 1 Freeski Film Tour
After years at the top of the ski movie game, Level 1 pivoted, changing up its approach and showing a series of shorts rather than one big movie each season. This fall, that translates to a mix of movies that cater to the diehard freeskiing crowd. Some skiers, like Sam Kuch, Manon Loschi, and Keegan Kilbride, have their own movies, while others are a team effort.
Where to see it live: The final stops of the Level 1 Freeski Film Tour are coming up quickly. Get in on it here.
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