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Scouting mission

Ahmet Dadali in the Utah backcountry. More pictures of Level 1's recent trip here. Launch Gallery » Stan Evans

Often best-laid plans fall apart. Especially when you're filming for a ski movie. What started as a pretty simple plan of going with Level 1 Productions to scope some new terrain in northeast Utah ended up getting complicated. We had checked out some maps, rented a cabin and set our sights high. But one day of recon in sub-arctic temperatures and multiple sled wrecks threatened to hamper our optimism. Luckily, our crew -- Level 1's Kyle Decker and Freedle Coty and athletes Chris Logan and Ahmet Dadali -- remained unfazed. A day later, mother nature rewarded our patience with 16 inches and when the snow settled, we ventured out with a sense of exploration. Here's what we found. Launch Gallery »