In sport, success is often defined by measuring yourself against the competition. With little change to the landscape of Alaska since her first trip 10 years ago, big mountain skier Michelle Parker returns to Haines to test her skillset in the mountains. As she revisits some of the steepest, most unforgiving lines of her career, we discover that her metric for success isn’t measured by competition, Alaskan spines or blower pow, but found within.

“Originate” is the winner of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the 2020 MountainFilm Festival. Read more about it on the Vimeo blog: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-award-originate/