The Tetons
Since I had gotten some good turns in the Cave Couloir last Thursday, I was jonesing to ski much more that before and I lured Brian Harder out to join me for another go at October hunting. To me, the most logical next place to scout for turns was the Middle Teton Glacier. Its north […]
Sunrise on the Grand and Teewinot. While lots of people are out hunting to get their elk, deer or bison, I seem to be one of the few hunting for October skiing. New moisture in the Teton area has been pretty light over the past week, but it sure would be nice to see some […]
Though it’s just a start, I feel a lot better after today’s weather.
Randosteve sets up for September turns on the North Face of Spaulding Peak. Table Mountain and it’s steep East Face in the background. After a long and busy summer, I finally made a go for my September turns with Reed in the South Fork of Garnet Canyon on September 30th, thus marking the official success […]
Randosteve gets a facial during the early days on Wimpys. Maybe it’s the gear, the skill level, the media, or the now easily accessible backcountry terrain out of ski resort gates, but it seems like today, many skiers are forgoing the natural progression of steeping it up from easier to gnarlier lines. Instead, going right […]
Went on a solo mission up to the Cave Couloir in Garnet Canyon to get my August turns in last week. The skiing was actually pretty challenging with lots of runnels. There was just over 1000′ of skiing, which I think is the accepted amount of vertical needed to claim ‘turns-all-year’. The skiing sucked, but […]
For all you endurance geeks out there (myself included), Matt Hart has set the standard for a new trail running challenge in Grand Teton National Park. Seems just running up the Grand Teton just isn’t enough anymore. I recently moved here to Driggs from Seattle to work with DreamChasers and ultra legend, Lisa Smith-Batchen. I’m […]
Rappelling into Once is Enough I got an email with some photos from Jackson snowboarder, Randy Shacket, from a summer adventure riding the OB at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in July. Some folks just never give up! As I stood on the service road, a bead of sweat dripped into my eye. Down to […]
Well, I finally think I have this VIMEO thing figured out and I’m pretty sure it is working now with most versions of Internet Explorer (not sure about Safari), though it does show an error in the code somewhere. I recommend Firefox for your browser. While jonesing for winter recently, I’ve been spending time uploading […]
I think I’m going to try for ‘turns all year’ this year (my first time) and on July 4th, my friend Chris and I hiked up to Buck Mountain to ski its East Face, scoring a 3000′ descent of decent summer snow. I’m not totally sure why, but I’m still accustomed to the early bird […]
So fellow skiers. How do you claim a FD (first descent…bra) without getting chastised by the greater backcountry community when some lurker comes out of the snowpack and says he skied the line back in 2002? Good question. Now first off, please know that this isn’t a prelude into claiming some sick new line on […]
Cruising through the Jackson Town Square Well maybe not just yet, but I didn’t ski at all this weekend, though I did try. On Friday afternoon, I went out on Jackson Lake to camp and make an attempt on the Sickle Couloir on Mount Moran. Though the first descentionists (Jeff Roads/Cory Flandrow) succeeded in skiing […]
Randosteve watches Reed make his final few steps to the summit of the Enclosure. Photo: Jason Kartchner, from the Owen/Spalding Route of the Grand Teton. On Saturday, I got out with Reed to ski the Enclosure…which is the peak/shoulder to the west of the Grand Teton. I’ve never been on top of the Enclosure before […]
Jimmy Chin’s Trifecta Route. Click here for larger image. Well, on occasions I do, but when I hear about days like the following, I feel like I’m slow as molasses. Photographer, skier/climber and The North Face sponsored athlete, Jimmy Chin shot me an email last week breaking down his recent (last Friday) light and fast […]