THE WHITE GIANT: THE FILM

“Last year, Rab athlete Kristen Kopala dedicated his season to riding some of the most unforgiving lines on Jiehkkevárri, the highest and arguably most remote mountain in Norway’s Lyngen Alps. With its 1100 vertical meters of rock, ice, snow and no fall zones, the massive South Face, was by far the most intimidating line of them all.”

‘The White Giant’ is a film documenting Kopala’s mission on Jiehkkevárri (meaning ‘mountain covered in snow’) as he seeks out some of the steepest lines in his life. The main line down the south face (also called ‘Arctic Brenva’) becomes Kopala’s main objective as he aims to tag a first snowboard descent of the face.

To read Kristen Kopala’s personal account of the venture, check out his article here.