North Korea Skiing Video

They say that no adventure beats exploring virgin territory. Especially in skiing.

Man, have we got the destination for you: North Korea. You know, the Hermit Kingdom, the one we’re almost at war with, the one threatening to make irradiated mincemeat of the Korean peninsula.

Apparently not all of the government’s employees are rattling sabers. Others have been charged with creating propaganda — tourism — videos showing off the country’s natural assets. Like the Masikryong Ski Resort.

This is that video:

Laugh all you want. And there is plenty to laugh at here, beginning with the Miami Vice-era video standards.

But you don’t know anybody (we’re betting) who’s skied these runs.

What’s stopping you?

Meet your guide

Diane Rommel

Diane Rommel has written for The Wall Street Journal, Outside, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Travel + Leisure, Wallpaper and Afar, as well as The Cut, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and McSweeney’s. She once drove from London to Mongolia, via Siberia.