Rob Deslauriers
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Rob DesLauriers is one of the originators of extreme skiing
.
In December 1998, DesLauriers was named by Powder Magazine one of the top 50 skiers in North America. He is also an avid cinematographer, and co-founder with his brother Eric of Straight Up Films. DesLauriers documented the first snowboard descent of Artesonraju
in Peru
, and in 1999 released a backcountry adventure documentary "Higher on the Mountain." DesLauriers and his brother also wrote Ski the whole Mountain, a book on how to ski any terrain.
In addition to his sports successes, DesLauriers is an accomplished businessman. A graduate of the Cornell University
School of Hotel Management, he is the founder of Teton Village Realty and Teton Mountain Lodge Property Management Company. He was the developer of the Teton Mountain Lodge.
DesLauriers met his wife, Kit
in 1999 while on a mountaineering trip to Mount Belukha in Siberia
. He accompanied her on her quest to become the first person to ski the highest summits on all seven continents, providing video documentation of her feat. With Kit, DesLauriers has skied down Vinson Massif
in Antarctica, and Mount Everest
.
The couple live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Rob is actually shorter in real life than he appears in the videos.
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...
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Biography
DesLauriers began skiing at the age of two. His parents owned Bolton Valley Ski Resort in Vermont, which gave the young man and his brother Eric the opportunity to ski almost every day. The two brothers began appearing in Warren Miller ski films in the late 1980s as some of the first extreme skiers. The two put their skiing knowledge to work around 1990 by teaming with friends to start the Xteam Advanced Ski Clinics for intermediate to expert skiers.In December 1998, DesLauriers was named by Powder Magazine one of the top 50 skiers in North America. He is also an avid cinematographer, and co-founder with his brother Eric of Straight Up Films. DesLauriers documented the first snowboard descent of Artesonraju
Artesonraju
Artesonraju is a peak in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, a part of the Peruvian Andes, is also known as Arteson. To reach the lake there is a dirt road from Caraz which climbs +2000m along 32km in about 1:40 hours. At Pueblo Paron there's a check point and a gate, where visitors must pay...
in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and in 1999 released a backcountry adventure documentary "Higher on the Mountain." DesLauriers and his brother also wrote Ski the whole Mountain, a book on how to ski any terrain.
In addition to his sports successes, DesLauriers is an accomplished businessman. A graduate of the Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
School of Hotel Management, he is the founder of Teton Village Realty and Teton Mountain Lodge Property Management Company. He was the developer of the Teton Mountain Lodge.
DesLauriers met his wife, Kit
Kit Deslauriers
Kit DesLauriers is a champion American skier and the first person to ski down the Seven Summits.She was born in Albany, New York and grew up in Westport, Massachusetts and Long Island, New York. Her grandfather built the first chairlift at Stowe Mountain in Vermont...
in 1999 while on a mountaineering trip to Mount Belukha in Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
. He accompanied her on her quest to become the first person to ski the highest summits on all seven continents, providing video documentation of her feat. With Kit, DesLauriers has skied down Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif
Vinson Massif is the highest mountain of Antarctica, lying in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains, which stand above the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. The massif is located about from the South Pole and is about long and wide. At the highest point is Mount...
in Antarctica, and Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...
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The couple live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Rob is actually shorter in real life than he appears in the videos.