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Watch: Incredible footage of pro skier tumbling 480 metres down a mountain

Professional skier Ian McIntosh must be counting himself lucky after surviving a terrifying 487m fall down an Alaskan mountain.

Professional skier Ian McIntosh falls down a slope in Alaska.
Professional skier Ian McIntosh falls down a slope in Alaska. Source: SBS News

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Canadian professional skier Ian McIntosh has survived falling more than 480 metres down a mountain in Alaska.

McIntosh was filming a movie on snowboarding and skiing at the time of the fall.

The movie's producer has said the skier fell into a trench on his first turn and had no way of stopping.

Canadian pro skier Ian McIntosh.
Canadian pro skier Ian McIntosh. Source: Twitter

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