Movie | Reviving the Legend & Variable

About this event

February 28 | 7 PM

Tickets: $10

• Film - Reviving the Legend (26 minutes)

• Film - Variable (28 minutes)

• Q&A with Film Makers (20-30 minutes)

• Refreshments will be served.

• With a single Facebook post, a small mountain in upstate New York received national attention and captured the hearts of the entire ski industry. Hickory Hill has endured hardships brought on by climatechange and financial stress that are all too common to small ski areas. After announcing the inability to afford their insurance for the 2023/24 season, skiers, both local and scattered throughout the country, responded in droves allowing the mountain to open for the first time in 10 years.  What makes Hickory special and why is it worth saving? What impact will its continued operation have on the local community, and what does it signify for the ski industry as a whole? 

• VARIABLE chronicles the 10 year journey of two brothers as they attempt to backcountry ski the Adirondack 46ers - a rugged collection of 46 mountains rising to 4,000 ft and higher - in a quest to become the first to ski all 81 of the classic high peaks of the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains. The duo face an uphill battle skiing to the summits, navigating through complex terrain of ice, rock, thick trees, and a seesaw of harsh and unpredictable winter conditions. Physical injury in the mountains, a midnight rescue across thin lake ice, and the tragic loss of a spouse, all test the brothers’ commitment. In a landscape where climate change now has the final say on what form winter takes, the two find themselves racing against the clock, and a disappearing snowpack, to finish skiing the last peaks before the decade-long goal melts beneath their skis.  Mountain Gazette called their accomplishment “a New York skiing achievement like no other.”