Ted Ligety returns to the silver screen for his fourth appearance in the “Warren Miller” annual film series.  This is the 77th installment in the late director’s annual winter sports film series. The film spotlights different skiers on their “Days Off.” For Ligety, that means hitting the slopes at Deer Valley with the family. “I guess I’ve covered most of the aspects of skiing now with Warren Miller between big mountain adventures and, the scariest thing now, kids skiing,” Ligety said with a laugh. Imagining his ideal day off, Ligety said: “There’s a balance. I think (for) the perfect day, you’d have a powder day with other fast skiers in the morning and then go rip around in the afternoon with the family. That would be my selfish day off.” In the film, Ligety and the crew, including former U.S. Ski Team members Kaylin Richardson and Claudia Bouvier, sent their kids to ski with the film’s host, Katie Burrell, so they can enjoy a rare adults-only day on the slopes. “It’s a testament to Katie that she ended up taking them for quite a while, and we actually did just throw them at her,” Ligety said. “(We) just went out and ripped around.” At this point in his career, Ligety has been the subject of enough ski films to know they’re not always a true day off — though filming at a resort was much easier than heliskiing off Alaskan mountains with avalanche risks and the high stakes of a single-take shot, as in Ligety’s appearance in the 2012 film “Warren Miller’s Flow State.” His three kids, however, didn’t quite understand the work required. “I know a handful of times (9-year-old) Jax just skied off. He’s my oldest, and he just was impatient and was like, ‘I’m done with this,’” Ligety said. “They were enamored by the cameras and all that for the first little bit, and then they quickly realized the drudgery (of filming).” He’s sure that once the boys see themselves in the film, they’ll be proud of the whole experience.  Ligety spoke fondly of his previous Warren Miller experiences, from ski racing to steep lines in Alaska and the once-in-a-lifetime experience of skiing in Greenland. This time, he’s excited to showcase something different, and often overlooked, with inbounds resort skiing.  Almost all ski movies, Ligety said, show backcountry skiing outside of resort boundaries. Meanwhile, most skiers experience inbounds skiing. “I like the idea of trying to explore the creativity inbounds and showcasing the level of skiing that happens in the mountain,” Ligety said. “When they do show inbounds, it is normally in a closed-off park, you know, hitting jumps that people have a hard time contemplating hitting, but trying to show high-level skiing on stuff that people ski every day is always a cool way to showcase the sport.” Because Ligety filmed at his home resort, he could provide input on the best spots to film around the mountain.  Shooting at the resort presented its challenges, from navigating regular resort crowds to snow conditions and finding the right time of day to shoot. Ligety said filming a bigger group was more complex compared to segments for movies featuring only one or two skiers.  Once the film is released in theatres, Ligety said, he’s most excited to see how cameras captured the kids’ first day of skiing.  “I think it’ll be pretty funny to see their facial expressions,” Ligety said. “Because they’re not acting. They don’t know how to act … I think that’ll be funny to see how that plays out.” “Warren Miller’s Days Off” opens in Park City on Nov. 7 at The Marquis. There will be two showings on Nov. 8 at the Jim Santy Auditorium and others around the Wasatch Front that week. For tickets, visit warrenmiller.com. The post Ted Ligety excited to show off ‘relatable’ skiing in 77th ‘Warren Miller’ film appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less