A documentary capturing the challenging journey home for mountaineers Max Kroneck and Jochen Mesle. Traveling exclusively by bike and ski, the pair traverse over 2, 500km and 10 degrees of latitude through the Balkans, exploring some of the wildest mountains in Europe, looking for the most beautiful ski runs, and meeting locals along the way.

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DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY: El Flamingo

FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best Snowsports Film @ Banff Mountain Festival 2022
Audience Award @ Filmfest St. Anton 2022
Jury Award @ Filmfest St. Anton 2022

CHECK THE COMPLETE ROUTE ON KOMOOT:
https://www.komoot.de/collection/1417512/-balkan-express

THIS IS A CARBON-NEUTRAL FILM:
Unavoidable emissions during production have been compensated with the help of ClimatePartner: https://fpm.climatepartner.com/tracking/18138-2211-1021/de

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ILLUSTRATION: Srdja Dragovic

Special thanks to all the incredible people we met along the way!

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37 Comments

  1. So ein abenteuer, so viel schweiss, kalte auf dem bike, da ist jede kurve im schnee doppelt verdient 😅😅Ubrigens das Albona tal, sicher nicht mehr lang ein secret spot nach diesem film. Sehr grosser respekt 👍👍

  2. You have seen so much, but in fact there is still a lot to see in the Balkans. You should have skied more in Montenegro and Bosnia. There are so many mountains in the Balkans for freeride skiing, and I know that not everything can fit in one video.

  3. That was epic! I'm from Thessaloniki and I live in Munich. I miss the wilderness of home. Seeing footage from Thessaloniki and Olympus, and also listening to the Greek song at end left me with a very nostalgic taste.

    The family that moved from Germany to the Albanian mountains (Valbona) (@20:55) really knew what they were doing!

  4. Really interesting film and well filmed, really curious about 1 behind the scene of the film (was there a camera crew, how do they sleep and follow you, how do you do if you were in autonomy for the batteries etc…) 🙂

  5. Ja, vielleicht gute Zeit. Aber einfach schrecklich anzusehen, dieses "Werbevideo" voll von triefenden Klischees, auweia.
    Kaum zu ertragen …😖

  6. It is amazing that the athletes can skip from a high mountain in such a dangerous slope. This is a stunning video worthy watching.

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