Aspen Extreme

Infobox Film
name = Aspen Extreme


image_size = 200px
caption = DVD cover for the film
director = Patrick Hasburgh
producer = Fred T. Gallo
Leonard Goldberg
writer = Patrick Hasburgh
starring = Paul Gross
Peter Berg
Finola Hughes
Teri Polo
music = Michael Convertino
cinematography = Steven Fierberg
Robert Primes
editing = Steven Kemper
distributor = Buena Vista Pictures
released = flagicon|US January 22, 1993
flagicon|Russia November 22, 2001 (video premiere)
runtime = 113 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
gross = $8,041,049
amg_id = 1:3101
imdb_id = 0106315

"Aspen Extreme" is a 1993 film that tells the story of two ski buddies, TJ Burke (Paul Gross) and Dexter Rutecki (Peter Berg), who move from Mt. Brighton, Michigan to Aspen to seek a better life. The two friends quickly become Aspen ski instructors, but women, drugs, and job troubles threaten to destroy their relationship. Along the way, TJ tries to realize his dream of becoming a professional writer, and the pair train for the upcoming Powder 8 ski competition.

The supporting cast includes Finola Hughes, Teri Polo, William Russ, and Trevor Eve. The cover of the US video release quotes the Seattle Times as referring to the film as "Top Gun on the Ski Slopes."

Skiing Footage

The backcountry and bowl skiing sequences were filmed on location at Aspen Highlands with the permission of maverick owner Whip Jones. The world famous big mountain extreme skier, Doug Coombs is credited as the stunt skier.

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