Vivian Bruchez

A steep ski season with Vivian Bruchez.

The mountain, this unique environment, nourishes our dreams of summits but also reminds us, with a fragile breath, how everything can collapse in an instant. From his first turns in Chamonix to the podiums of the Freeride World Tour, Léo Slemett's destiny seemed drawn as an inevitable ascent. Yet beyond talent, effort, and determination, it is life's trials that truly forged his path. At once majestic and ruthless, the mountain becomes the reflection of his inner struggles. This sensitive and authentic portrait reveals the story of an exceptional skier whose journey goes far beyond sport itself - a testimony of resilience and perseverance.

The most remote classic of The FIFTY, The Polar Star is an iconic ski line. Set on the Arctic island of Baffin, the Polar Star Couloir is aesthetic, breath-taking couloir set among an island of ice, Polar Bears and towering granite walls. Joining up with Cody Townsend on his attempt to ski "The Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America" is one of the world's best ski mountaineers and steep skiers, Vivian Bruchez. Though the goal of the journey is to ski The Polar Star, a plethora of steep, challenging and beautiful ski lines await in Baffin...and a lesson in just what makes Vivian one of the world's best, comes to light.

Vivian Bruchez explores his backyard on several steep adventures in a winter of exceptional snow, in the company of a few talented friends. Previously impassable and unthinkable routes become a tangible reality when skill, experience and conditions align.