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People Are Skiing In Detroit's Abandoned Buildings Now

People Are Skiing In Detroit's Abandoned Buildings
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Here's one thing to do with all the abandoned buildings in Detroit: turn them into urban ski slopes.

"Tracing Skylines," a movie by Poor Boyz Productions and Red Bull Media House, features skiers taking on the terrain in Alaska, Canada, Switzerland, France and, naturally, Detroit. Karl Fostvedt skis in an abandoned church, factory and school in and around the Motor City.

Though the crew seems to be less than knowledgable about Detroit, where residents are reasonably going to be a little suspicious when you turn their city into a snowy playground, they definitely have the skiing down. You've never seen winter sports quite like this:

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This should be obvious, but please don't try this at home.

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The Ruins Of Detroit
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The Caesars Windsor Casino stands in contrast to an abandoned warehouse in Detroit. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A tree stump sits among the ruins of the Packard Automotive Plant, a 35 acre site where luxury cars were manufactured until the 1950s on May 2, 2013 in Detroit. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Graffiti covers an abandoned building February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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In a photo shot on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a dog looks out from behind a wall in an abandoned home in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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Abandoned houses are painted orange as part of Object Orange: Detroit, Disneyland, Demolition, are located off of the Davison Freeway service drive in Highland Park, Michigan on Thursday, May 18, 2006. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Residents that live in Detroit's east end came out of their homes to watch the third abandoned building fire of the day at the corner of Frederick and Chene. (Photo by Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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In a July 31, 2012 photo, a boat is dumped in a field in east Detroit. Abandoned lots, alleys and neglected parks in Detroit used to be a favorite destination for discarded tires and trash. But over the past few months they have become dumping grounds for the dead. At least seven bodies have been found in some of the most desolated haunts in a half-empty city. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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A City of Detroit fire station that was recently closed is seen February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Part of the Brewster-Douglass housing project site is shown in Detroit, Friday, March 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (credit:AP)
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The abandoned Detroit Public Schools book depository (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="12" data-vars-position-in-unit="21">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2694765397" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="country_boy_shane" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2694765397" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="13" data-vars-position-in-unit="22">country_boy_shane</a>)
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Detail of unused books left to rot at the abandoned Detroit Public Schools book depository. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="10" data-vars-position-in-unit="19">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2710099210" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="country_boy_shane" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2710099210" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="11" data-vars-position-in-unit="20">country_boy_shane</a>)
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The view from the inside of the abandoned Fisher Body Plant in Detroit. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="8" data-vars-position-in-unit="17">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72086969@N07/7245763438" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="memories_by_mike" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72086969@N07/7245763438" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="9" data-vars-position-in-unit="18">memories_by_mike</a>)
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Graffiti covers a crumbling building February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The General Motors (GM) world headquarters is seen February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Detroit firefighters arrived on the scene of an abandoned dwelling fire at 2645/51 Frederick Street in Detroit's east end. (Photo by Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A sign advertising building rates is seen on an abandoned building on February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An abandoned boat filled with trash sits on Conant Street in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday, April 9, 2006. Detroit eliminated bulk trash pick up three months ago due to budget cuts. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man walks past an abandoned house that is painted orange as part of Object Orange: Detroit, Disneyland, Demolition, located off of the Davison Freeway service drive in Highland Park, Michigan on Thursday, May 18, 2006. (Photo by Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Barbed wire blocks the entrance of the abandoned Michigan Central Station on May 2, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. The station was opened in 1913, closed in 1988, and has fallen into disrepair since. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Steam rises from a manhole at dawn among abandoned buildings and factories along East Warren Avenue on May 2, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man walks past the abandoned East Grand Boulevard Methodist Chruch on May 2, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Two abandoned apartment buildings burn on Waverly Street in the declining Detroit enclave of Highland Park. Last year the Detroit Fire Department received 27,000 calls. (Photo by Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Michigan Central Stationis Detroit's most famous ruin, with the train station last open in 1988. Designed by the same architects as New York's Grand Central Station. (credit:Getty Images)
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An interior shot of the massive Michigan Central Station. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="6" data-vars-position-in-unit="15">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2688066139" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="country_boy_shane" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2688066139" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="7" data-vars-position-in-unit="16">country_boy_shane</a>)
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A worker measures the former Detroit Fire Department Ladder No. 10 firehouse on Mt. Elliott in Detroit, Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Detroit plans to sell seven unused firehouses and a renovated but long-vacant police facility that once housed horses as part of an effort to raise money and encourage redevelopment. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (credit:AP)
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A July 31, 2012 photo shows a memorial to two killed teens whose decomposing bodies were found July 27 in a field in east Detroit. Abandoned lots, alleys and neglected parks in Detroit used to be a favorite destination for discarded tires and trash. But over the past few months they have become dumping grounds for the dead. At least seven bodies have been found in some of the most desolated haunts in a half-empty city. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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This Oct. 24, 2012 file photo shows a graffiti-marked abandoned home north of downtown Detroit, in background. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (credit:AP)
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Graffiti covers an abandoned building at the former Belle Isle Safari Zoo February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, pedestrians walk by the abandoned Packard plant in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) (credit:AP)
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Members of the Detroit Fire Department exit after putting out a fire in an abandoned house in Detroit on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Photographer: Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg via Getty Images (credit:Getty Images)
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Shuttered Packard motor car company plant in Detroit. (credit:Getty Images)
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In this Oct. 24, 2012, photo, a broken streetlight lies on a sidewalk east of downtown Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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The abandoned Harbor Light Center, in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2012. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The abandoned Hotel Eddystone, in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2012. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An abandoned home is seen on February 24, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by J.D. Pooley/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The abandoned First Unitarian Church, in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2012. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The abandoned Detroit Public Schools book depository. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4" data-vars-position-in-unit="13">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2694767229" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="country_boy_shane" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22646823@N08/2694767229" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="5" data-vars-position-in-unit="14">country_boy_shane</a>)
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The back of an abandoned building facing, in Detroit, Michigan on July 21, 2012. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Abandoned Detroit Central Depot shot from street. (credit:Getty Images)
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This Oct. 24, 2012, photo shows a broken streetlight base on a sidewalk east of downtown Detroit. When the World Series was broadcast that week, television viewers saw vibrant crowds and skyline shots of the city. Yet beyond the hot dogs and home runs, Detroit is struggling to cross home plate. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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The General Motors world headquarters building is shown near an abandoned building March 30, 2009 in Detroit. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Exterior of abandoned house in Detroit, a familiar sight in many neighborhoods. (credit:Getty Images)
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The back of the abandoned Michigan Central Station on May 1, 2013 in Detroit. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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An abandoned home in Detroit. (credit:Getty Images)
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An abandoned building in Detroit. (credit:Getty Images)
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In a July 31, 2012 photo, a trashed strewn street is seen in east Detroit. Abandoned lots, alleys and neglected parks in Detroit used to be a favorite destination for discarded tires and trash. But over the past few months they have become dumping grounds for the dead. At least seven bodies have been found in some of the most desolated haunts in a half-empty city. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (credit:AP)
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Graffiti decorates the ruins of the Packard Automotive Plant, a 35 acre site where luxury cars were manufactured until the 1950s on May 2, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. Sitting on the East side of Detroit, the former automotive plant is now a site for scavengers, urban explorers and graffiti artists. (Photo by Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The abandoned Fisher Body Plant. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2" data-vars-position-in-unit="11">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25165196@N08/7029617401" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="nitram242" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25165196@N08/7029617401" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="3" data-vars-position-in-unit="12">nitram242</a>)
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The Fisher Body Plant in Detroit, which is abandoned. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0" data-vars-position-in-unit="9">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72086969@N07/7245774090" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="memories_by_mike" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="5bad8203e4b04b2386d06c81" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72086969@N07/7245774090" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1" data-vars-position-in-unit="10">memories_by_mike</a>)
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Part of the Brewster-Douglass housing project site is shown in Detroit, Friday, March 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (credit:AP)
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Aerial photograph of the Michigan Central Station's Beaux-Arts facade in Detroit, Michigan. (credit:Getty Images)
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A firefighter stands by as his co-workers attempt to extinguish a blaze at the abandoned duplex at 2645/51 Frederick Street in Detroit's east end.The fire was the first of three on the same day. (Photo by Lucas Oleniuk/Toronto Star via Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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