Alex Maier Movies
- 2019
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country82019HD
When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their...
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- 2020
Life on a Knife Edge
Life on a Knife Edge02020HD
Traversing untested mountain ridge routes in Montana, solo hiker Alex Maier embarks on a journey with many unknowns where things rarely go as planned.
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- 2020
Learning to Splitboard the Northern Rockies
Learning to Splitboard the Northern Rockies02020HD
Splitboarding is a fast-growing sport for snowboarders who want to venture out of the resorts and into the backcountry. A splitboard is a snowboard...
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- 2017
Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail
Yooper Tours: On the North Country Trail02017HD
A man hikes 550 miles across the North Country Trail in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from July through February, experiencing it in all of its...
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- 2019
Finnish American Chip Woodcarvers
Finnish American Chip Woodcarvers02019HD
The deep northern forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are home to small villages of Finnish Americans—communities carved out from the...
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- 2021
Pioneering Nevada's Basin and Range Trail
Pioneering Nevada's Basin and Range Trail72021HD
A long distance solo hiker maps out a 1000 mile route across the vast and untouched Nevada wilderness and spends the next 67 days making the trek.
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- 2019
A Year in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
A Year in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula02019HD
Take a visual journey through every month of the year in Michigan’s beautiful hidden gem, the Upper Peninsula. The scenery of this remote...
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- 2016
A Sense of Direction: a 1,200 Mile Walk on the Pacific Northwest Trail
A Sense of Direction: a 1,200 Mile Walk on the Pacific Northwest Trail02016HD
After graduating college with a dream of becoming an outdoor filmmaker but no job prospects Alex Maier set out to hike 1,200 miles from the...
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- 2019
Finnish American Rag Rug Weavers
Finnish American Rag Rug Weavers02019HD
Between 1865 and 1920, Finnish immigrants brought traditional arts to America, including woven and braided rag rugs. As a hallmark of Finnish ethnic...
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