For most skiers, representing your country at the Winter Olympics would be the pinnacle of a career.
For Christina Lustenberger, it was the beginning of an entirely different story.
The Canadian Olympian walked away from the regimented world of alpine racing and towards something far less predictable: remote mountains, unexplored terrain and the freedom to choose her own line.
Today, Christina – better known as Lusti – is regarded as one of the world’s leading ski mountaineers, with more than 19 first ski descents to her name. And this October, you can watch her take on one of her most extraordinary objectives in Hunter’s Moon, screening as part of the Adventure Reels Film Tour 2026.
From Olympic Racer to the Backcountry
Growing up in British Columbia’s Columbia Valley, Christina was surrounded by skiing from an early age. Her talent eventually took her all the way to Canada’s National Alpine Ski Team and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino.
But years of racing, injuries and intense competition eventually left Christina questioning what she really wanted from the mountains.
The answer was freedom.
She relocated to Revelstoke, immersed herself in the backcountry and became an ACMG-certified ski guide, transforming the precision and technical ability she’d developed as a racer into skills for navigating some of the world’s most serious alpine terrain.
Instead of chasing fractions of a second, she began chasing unexplored lines.
A Career Defined by Firsts
Over the years that followed, Christina quietly established herself as one of the most accomplished steep skiers of her generation.
Her approach is patient and calculated. She has been known to study objectives for years, waiting for the right conditions, the right partner and the right moment.
That patience has led to an extraordinary collection of first descents around the world.
In 2024, Christina joined Chantel Astorga and Jim Morrison to complete the first ski descent of the west face of Great Trango Tower in Pakistan, skiing from above 6,000 metres.
Then, in February 2025, she and French mountain guide Guillaume “Gee” Pierrel completed the first ski descent of the Great Couloir on Mount Robson’s south face, with Christina becoming the first woman to ski from the summit of the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies as well as the first person to achieve a ski descent down its formidable South Face.
But before Mount Robson came another mountain – on the other side of the world.
Enter Aoraki
In 2024, Christina and Gee travelled to New Zealand’s Southern Alps.
There, rising above the surrounding landscape, was Aoraki/Mount Cook – New Zealand’s highest mountain.
And Christina had spotted a line.
Steep, exposed and cutting across the mountain’s East Face, it presented exactly the kind of question that has driven so much of her life in the mountains:
Could it be skied?
What happened next became Hunter’s Moon.
We’re not going to tell you whether everything went to plan. We’re not going to tell you what they encountered along the way. And we’re definitely not going to tell you what it feels like to stand above a line like this and look down.
That’s what the big screen is for.
Christina’s career has taken her from Olympic starting gates to some of the wildest mountains on Earth, but there’s a philosophy running through all of it.
Stay curious about your own potential; chances are, it will surprise you
Hunter’s Moon shows just how far that curiosity can take you.
See Christina Lustenberger and Gee Pierrel in Hunter’s Moon, screening as part of the Adventure Reels Film Tour 2026.
In June 2026, Guillaume “Gee” Pierrel tragically died in an avalanche while on an expedition in Pakistan alongside Christina and fellow mountaineer Boris Langenstein. Gee was an extraordinary skier, mountain guide and alpinist, and a trusted partner to Christina on some of her most ambitious objectives.
Christina now hopes to share Hunter’s Moon as a homage to Gee – celebrating not only his remarkable skill in the mountains, but the friendship, trust and support that defined their partnership. Watching the film today carries an added significance: it captures two exceptional mountain athletes doing what they loved, together.
We feel incredibly privileged to share Hunter’s Moon with Australian audiences on the big screen as part of the Adventure Reels Film Tour 2026.
Adventure Reels Film Tour 2026 Australia’s only homegrown and home-run adventure film tour.
See Hunter’s Moon where a line like this belongs – on the big screen this October.
Tickets here https://adventurereelstour.com.au/tickets/
