Warren Miller's 'Days Off' Asks a Question Ski Films Never Have: What Do Pros Do When They Rest?

Warren Miller films have spent 77 years showing skiers hurling themselves off improbably large cliffs. For the 77th installment, the franchise flipped the premise: what happens when the best skiers and snowboarders on the planet simply... stop? The new film, called Days Off, follows host Katie Burrell as she hangs out with pros on their rest days — unscripted runs, backcountry cabins, and the low-key traditions that usually stay hidden behind the ski industry's polished image.

One of the film's centrepieces is a trip to Blanket Park Chalet near Revelstoke, British Columbia — a helicopter-access-only A-frame that Marty Shaffer's parents bought in 1986, a month before he was born. Shaffer, who founded backcountry outfit CaPow and once employed Burrell as his first hire, now runs guide-curated ski trips there with his wife and two young sons. The filming window turned out to be poignant: his second child arrived ten days after the shoot wrapped.

Elsewhere, the film hops across three continents with seven other segments. There's remote heli-skiing in Alaska, high-alpine mountaineering in Chamonix, deep powder in Japan's Hokkaido, and groomed luxury at Deer Valley in Utah. Canada gets a strong showing too, with stops in Whistler, Pemberton, and Banff, plus backcountry snowmobiling and skijoring thrown in for good measure.

The athlete roster is a who's-who of snow sports: Sam Kuch, Christina Lustenberger, snowboarders Jess Kimura and Marie-France Roy, Olympic champion Ted Ligety, Craig McMorris, and a trio of Japanese skiers including Himari Takamori, among many others.

For travellers, this is essentially a planning tool disguised as entertainment. Hundreds of screenings run across the US and Canada through late December, some with giveaways or surprise athlete appearances — and the screenings have long doubled as the unofficial kickoff to winter for ski communities. If you're weighing destinations for a 2027 ski trip, the film is a highlights reel of Revelstoke's chalet culture, Hokkaido powder, Chamonix big-mountain terrain, and Utah's resort scene, all framed around a message that resonates beyond the lifts: rest days and relationships are part of the sport too. Tickets are on sale now, and sponsors including REI Co-op, Mammut, and Deer Valley are attached.

Whether you're a lifelong ski-film devotee or just after some cold-weather inspiration, Days Off trades adrenaline for atmosphere — and might quietly hand you your next trip idea.