Avalanche on Static Peak. I got out to ski some very variable snow on Friday and saw the evidence of a few more avalanches. I think most happened on Wednesday…naturally. The slide on Static Peak had a maximum crown height of 6-8′ and looked to have triggered another avalanche lower down on the skiers right, […]
The Tetons
My infatuation with the Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton continues with accounts from Andrew McLean, Mark Holbrook and Kris Erickson, on an attempt to ski the line with the belated ski mountaineer, Hans Saari. With our first study, we showed how Mark Newcomb and Hans Johnstone skied it in excellent conditions with an […]
Click photo for zoomed in view of crown area. Well it sure scares me! I know, I know…the snowpack is healing as we speak…right? I’ve been getting all the emails, reading the forum threads, and talking to all the folks on the skin track. Everyone really seems to be getting a better feeling about this […]
WYDOT avalanche technician Jamie Yount has been a busy bee over the last week or two, keeping Teton Pass open as much as possible and as safe as possible for vehicular travel. He was kind enough to give us an update on last weeks events which includes a video of an avalanche, triggered by […]
I’ve been holding my breath all day today in fear of an avalanche incident on the Pass or at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Unfortunately my thoughts have come true. The details are still very sketchy, but the word is that at least two substantial in-bounds avalanches occurred today at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. One […]
The Hossack-MacGowan Couloir on the Grand Teton looking pretty good, May 6, 2008. Though I’m completely scared shitless of what has to be the raddest line off the summit of the Grand Teton, the more I study it, the more I want to ski it.� But finding it in good, ski-able conditions is key and […]
With the bighorn sheep closures going into effect on December 15th in Grand Teton National Park, it’s always fun to explore the slopes of the peaks that you don’t get to ski for most of the winter. Yesterday, I got out with Reed to ski the East Face of Tukuarika Peak, which is just shy […]
Reed Finlay skis into Glacier Gulch. Though the valley is still relatively brown, with enough effort (read…’walking’), one can find lots of snow in the high-country. I toured up to Teepee Glacier yesterday with Reed and found lots of powder, though pretty dense…and not the easiest skiing snow, above 11K’ and in shaded areas. And […]
Note: This trip report is part of the TetonAT Trip Report Contest. Cameron is now in the running to win a FREE pair of Black Diamond skis based on viewer response and the TetonAT panel of judges! Good luck Cameron!! Cameron Romero above the ‘Narrows’ on Teewinot. Circa 1989. Rewind back to April of 1989 […]
Dan carving calculated turns down the half-pipe. The voice came from above. It wasn’t God. “Are you guys OK?” Dan was pounding a piton into a seam and I was flaking the ropes. We looked quizzically at each other, and then up at the couple poised on the edge of the natural half-pipe. We both […]