"That was by far the most ambitious trip we've ever taken," [Storm director John] Teaford says. "It was the longest, most expensive and most dangerous trip, with the least support we've ever had in the field. The conditions were extremely harsh."

"This whirlwind tour whips through the exotic bazaars of Marrakech up into the Atlas Mountains, where transport shifts from cab to camel to crampons"

While no one would say that a week at Ski Paradise in Acapulco, Mexico with the Warren Miller film crew was particularly tough duty, it wasn't all laid-back suntanning and boat drinks, either. Water-skiing just doesn't get the credit it deserves; no one realizes how challenging it is.

Poll most skiers and they'll tell you Bulgaria is not a ski destination, but come face-to-face with the 9,000-foot Pirin Range in the country's southwest corner and you'll find untracked glades and steep faces reminiscent of the Alps.

Inside Dubai's 2.4 million square-foot Mall of the Emirates is Ski Dubai -- a year-round indoor ski area in the Las Vegas of the Middle East, where the average winter temperature is 77 degrees Fahrenheit. "It was a miracle: The indoor ski area, located in a mall, received nightly snowfall to retain its yearly average. We sent a team of two skiers and a cinematographer."

Warren Miller cameraman Chris Patterson first heard of an ancient ski culture deep in China's northwestern frontier on an NPR program while driving around his hometown of Bozeman, Montana, in August of 2008. Never mind the prevailing wisdom that skiing was invented in Austria or Scandinavia. Patterson was convinced it was created in western China's Altai Mountains. The film crew went to meet the living representatives of the oldest ski-bum lineage on earth.

Foreigners haven't always been allowed into the Caucasus Mountains - the quiet, unknown range that separates West from East, Europe from Asia, and pretenders from powderhounds.

"In Kashmir, everyone has a strong opinion and anger - understandable for what they've been though [in the territorial dispute]. As soon as it comes up, people get very serious. But everyone, no matter what side they were on, instantly shifted to a lighter, more playful space upon the idea of skiing powder snow. For a moment everyone was on the same page, sharing the same experience. Those moments made me proud of my sport and a little less guilty that we flew halfway around the world to indulge ourselves in deep curry powder." - Lynsey Dyer

Kazakhstan was as much of a cultural experience as it was an adventurous opportunity to ski an entirely foreign landscape. Deep inside the Tian Shan range, the Warren Miller team starts their adventure at the Chimbulak ski area where trail maps denote rocky ridges and non-groomed sprawling pitches.

We ventured to the ancient land of Greece, with the objective of skiing its highest and most mythical peak, Mount Olympus. Trekking on horseback with gear in tow, in awe of the winter landscape and surprised by the southern European country’s unique skiing prospects, we found ourselves on the top of Zeus’s Throne humbled as we discover how unpredictable “skiing with the gods” can be.

Seth Wescott & Rob Kingwill decided to ride everything they could in Nepal. "We ended up riding elephants, motorcycles, we got a sweet boat ride, we looked everywhere for other things to ride beside our snowboards, and it ended up being a really cool adventure."