Eric Pehota is a Canadian alpine skier, best known for his more than 40 first descents of mountains on skis, and his appearances in a number of ski films, including ski documentary Steep (2007)

Steep (2007 film)

Steep is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing written and directed by Mark Obenhaus . Steep explores the history of extreme and Big Mountain Skiing, starting with its roots in 1960s and 1970s North America and Europe, with Bill Briggs' now famous first descent of the Grand Teton, and progressing...

, and a number of Warren Miller films.

Biography

Born November 17, 1964, Eric Pehota grew up in Mackenzie

Mackenzie, British Columbia

Mackenzie is a District Municipality within the Fraser-Fort George Regional District in central British Columbia, Canada. The settlement is located at the south end of Williston Lake. The townsite, established by Alexandra Forest Industries, was named for Sir Alexander MacKenzie . Mackenzie's two...

, a logging town in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. Pehota's father and grandfather were loggers.

Pehota rose to fame as a big mountain skier

Extreme skiing

Extreme skiing is skiing performed on long, steep slopes in dangerous terrain. The sport is performed off-piste.The French coined the term 'Le Ski Extreme' in the 1970s...

 in the early 1990s with his friend and ski partner, Trevor Petersen. The pair met shortly after Pehota graduated highschool, and went on to complete a number of first descents, including Mount Waddington

Mount Waddington

Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Although Mount Fairweather and Mount Quincy Adams, which straddle the US border between Alaska and British Columbia are taller, Mount Waddington is the highest peak that lies...

 in 1987. The two appeared in ski films, including Cosmic Winter and Tales from the Snow Zone.

Eric Pehota and his wife, Parveen, live in Pemberton, Canada, and own and operate a jet-boating company, Whistler Jet Boating. The couple have two sons, Dalton and Logan (both are named after mountain summits). The family of four can all be seen in the film, Warren Miller's Cold Fusion (2001).

Pehota remains a recognisable figure in alpine skiing, appearing in magazine articles and films, such as Steep (2007)

Steep (2007 film)

Steep is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing written and directed by Mark Obenhaus . Steep explores the history of extreme and Big Mountain Skiing, starting with its roots in 1960s and 1970s North America and Europe, with Bill Briggs' now famous first descent of the Grand Teton, and progressing...

, and 2009's The Edge of Never, and is a sponsored athlete of Rossignol and Arc’teryx.

Filmography

While not an exhaustive list, Eric Pehota has been featured in a number of ski films, including:

• The Edge of Never (2009)
• Steep (2007)
  Steep (2007 film)
  Steep is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing written and directed by Mark Obenhaus . Steep explores the history of extreme and Big Mountain Skiing, starting with its roots in 1960s and 1970s North America and Europe, with Bill Briggs' now famous first descent of the Grand Teton, and progressing...
  
  
• Warren Miller's Playground (2007)
• Warren Miller's Cold Fusion (2001)
• Tales from the Snow Zone (1991)
• Cosmic Winter

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