Nach der improvisierten Erstbefahrung der Trollvasstind-Nordwand im Jahr 2017 kehrt Jacob Wester zurück in die Lyngen Alps, um die Route diesmal mit technischer Präzision und hohen filmischem Anspruch zu meistern. Gemeinsam mit den Südtirolern Jakob und Matthias Weger dokumentiert der Schwede eine Mission in absolutem No-Fall Zones, die nicht nur skifahrerisches Können fordert, sondern auch die Frage nach dem inneren Antrieb für solche Risiken stellt.
Offizielle Beschreibung
„The north face of Trollvasstind, on the Lyngen peninsula of northern Norway, caught Swedish freeskier Jacob Wester’s interest on his very first trip to these legendary skiing grounds in the spring of 2017. After a first descent of the line with no background information, very little experience, and barely any cameras, the line has been left alone for nearly 8 years, until the spring of 2025, when it once again was in condition. Teaming up with Italian skiers and snowboarders Jakob and Matthias Weger, Jacob sets out to repeat the objective, with the aim to ski it in his trademark steepskiing-freeride style, and to document it for the world to see. The question of why one would expose oneself to the dangers of these projects often arise. This film will do its best to answer it, exploring themes of personal growth, lust for adventure, and the feeling of seeing ones own ski tracks on an impossibly steep wall far from anyone’s comfort zone. This is the Return to the Why.
A film by Jacob & Sofia Wester
Riding by
Jacob Wester / jacobwester
Matthias Weger / matthiaswegeradventure
Jakob Weger / wegerk1
Filming by
Vetle Sevild / vetlesevild
Marco Tribelhorn / troublehaus
Lukas Terragnolo / lukasterragnolo
Editing by
Jacob Wester
Sofia Wester / sofiawesters
Grade by Sofia Wester
Sound design by Jacob Wester
