Indoor activities for outdoorsy people: movie recommendations for the cold weekend

outdoor adventure movie recommendations

If you’re one those reasonable souls opting to forego standing around in single digit temps while you wait for your turn on the chairlift this weekend, may we suggest an outdoor adventure inspired movie? Check out the screenings and movie recommendations we’ve listed below. They’ll sate your wanderlust without having to brave the wind chill.

National Parks Adventure
American Museum of Natural History
February 12, 2016
2D film showings: 11:30 am; and 4:30 pm3D digital showings: 10:30 am; 12:30 pm; 1:30 pm; 2:30 pm; 3:30pm.

McConkey
Netflix
This one’s a tear-jerker. This documentary retraces the events that inspired extreme skier and ski-BASE pioneer Shane McConkey to push the limits of the sport.

180° South
Netflix
Live vicariously through these adventurers as they travel to Patagonia, surfing and climbing along the way.

Departures
Netflix
Two friends decide to quit their jobs and uproot their lives to travel around the world for a year. This series doesn’t shy away from the emotional and logistical difficulties that are sometimes encountered on a multi-month trip.

Meru
Itunes, Amazon
Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker and Renan Ozturk battle through personal setbacks as they prepare to climb Mt. Meru in northern India.

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Symphony Space 
February 28th-March 1st
7:30pm

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