I was running solo yesterday so I thought I would take advantage of the track we put in to Garnett Canyon the day before. The Nismo was the only car in the lot when I left at 8:30 and I wondered where everyone was…this is the ski mountaineering capital of North America and all. I […]
The Tetons
It’s only -5 F…balmy! I’m going back up into Garnet Canyon today, solo. I think I will ski the East Hourglass Couloir…might look at the Ellingwood on the Middle Teton. Here is a TR from yesterday’s tour. Minus 16 degrees (F) does not rally you to get out of the warm house too fast, but […]
Note: Good Morning! Reading -16F at the airport this morning…brrrrr! I’m skiing The Sliver on Nez Perce today with Dustin Lemke. This is a TR from a great trip skiing the main South Couloir of Teewinot on December 17, 2004. Having found good coverage in the mountains lately, I figured a larger objective, the South […]
Note: Unfortunately I am working today, but in an effort to populate this site, here is a TR from a trip I did on December 16, 2005. Wanda Pinnacle is the peak to the east of Mt. Wister in Avalanche Canyon. There are some lines in the Tetons that you look at all the time […]
The big news on the Pass and in the backcountry today was the winds. Brian Harder and I predicted 50-70 mph. The bigger gusts would knock you down…a good indicator when the winds really cook! I just checked the weather station at the Village and we were right on…67 mph at 7:45 and 10:15. Anyway, […]
Many skiers were psyched yesterday morning to see that 13” had fallen in the mountains in the last 24hrs….with more predicted throughout the day and tonight. Roads kept the traffic to a crawl, and Dustin, Reed and I weren’t on our way till after 8:30 am. We had plans to ski in the park, but […]
NOTE: The snow is falling pretty good today…finally. Unfortunately I’ve been working the last few days, but I look forward to skiing the pow (lots of it) later this week. I did manage to get out for some intervals on the King this morning with my race gear. I was a little queasy from all […]
NOTE:This TR is from December 10, 2005. When conditions are right, the Tetons can provide good coverage by mid December and I have had many fun, steep, technical descents in the ‘cold smoke’ powder of the last month of the year. Reeders recently pointed out a line that has attracted his eye every time he […]
I was sitting here…uploading photos to the website when I came across this shot. Dustin Lemke took this of me skiing the Southeast Couloir on the South Teton on Jan, 25 2006, in about the best conditions possible. The pow/corn combo if I recall!!!
Note: OK, just click on thumbnails for larger images…thanks. I couldn’t find anyone to ski with yesterday, so I went on a solo adventure back up into Garnett Canyon. I checked the temps when I woke up, the Airport read 10F…the top of the Village said 20F…a nice inversion! The sun was rising […]
Note: To view larger images, please right click and select view images…thanks! Cary Smith called me this weekend, inquiring about skiing the Hourglass Couloir on Nez Perce with Brian Harder. After getting a feel for the snow conditions in the park on the past couple tours, I figured that the couloir should be skiing great […]
Note: Some of you have requested that thumbnails in the posts open in a larger window. For the time being…right click on the image and select view image, thanks. Trying to stay away for Teton Pass these days before the Village opens, I went skiing in GTNP again today…Wimpy’s Knob. Some say don’t go, if […]
Today was my first Park tour of the season. Conditions are still quite thin down low but the snow up high was great! The temperature was -5F at the trailhead and we could feel it in our lungs. We followed a skin track across Whitegrass Meadow, to the top of Maverick and found some sunglasses […]
This season’s tradition of skiing Table Mt finally came to fruition. After a couple weeks of weather and scheduling conflicts, I was able to posse up with my ski partner Reed Finlay, his wife Rebecca and friend Samantha Worthington for a great day on the Idaho side of the Tetons. The day started overcast but […]
Last night it snowed…so I went skiing. This is my first ski trip since going to New Zealand it if felt great. Most of the snow has melted on the sunlight aspects, but a nice crust layer has formed were the snowpack has been able to hold on through the rain and warm temps. Glory […]
This trip report is from November 21, 2005 and my first trip to the French Spy Bowl on Togwotee Pass. Sometimes the surrounding ranges are the better choice for early season coverage. The Absorkas, of Togwotee Pass, can often collect a fair amount of snow and also provide sick lines for those that just…can’t…wait, like […]
This trip report is from November 20, 2004, and is what we have to look forwards to. In addition to the grassy slopes on the south side of Teton Pass, I recently have started to make an annual, early season venture to Table Mountain…to ‘get further away’. The north-facing bowl off the peak tends to […]
Funny that one of the first few posts here is of skiing on the first snow of the 2006/07 season. It snowed to the valley floor on the night of Thursday, September 21st and created havoc in many Jackson areas. Many of the leaves are still on the aspen trees and the weight of a […]