Across the west, then hopefully East Coast and for that matter the Midwest too, snow is falling on our ski hills.

My social media is filled with images of happy skiers, clapping ski poles, making those first few wonderful turns of the season, where we all think

this is not just like riding a bike, it is better than riding a bike.

For our first ever Derbag Darius movie night, we picked Barried, the story of the 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche

and winner of the Telly Red Mountain Film Festival Audience Choice Award.

That year, a tail end of the season, a massive blizzard hit Tahoe dumping foot after foot of snow.

Patrol closed the mountain, but could not have predicted what would happen next.

A massive Avalanche broke loose, wiping out the base area.

What followed was a desperate heroic search for survivors.

The idea behind the movie night is that we could all watch a film together and then sit down and go a little bit deeper.

So if you haven't seen Barried yet, you might want to say this episode until you've watched it, you can find it on Apple TV or Amazon Prime, where you can rent it.

But if you were able to catch our free screener for the last weekend, let's dive in.

Today, I'm chatting with Jared Drake and Steven Sigg, the film's co-directors and residents of Alpine Meadows.

We go into the process of bringing this story to life.

And how community heals from a deep, if it's called, you're listening to the Irvine Carries.

Would you guys just go ahead and, you know, introduce yourselves?

Yeah, I am Jared Drake. I'm the co-director, producer of Barried.

My name is Steven Sigg. I am co-producer, director and writer of Barried, the 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche.

Obviously, this is a story that has a lot of power in your community, even though it's from 40 years ago. Why now? Why 40 years later is this still important?

Oh my gosh, that is an awesome question. And in fact, that is probably the one question we kept asking ourselves making the movie.

You know, why are we making it now? What is different about making it now than if we had made it in 1982 or 1983?

And for us, you know, we debated for a long time whether or not this movie should be made, you know, if it's going to help more than it hurts.

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