Archive for December, 2006
Spoon Couloir-Disappointment Peak
by December 29th, 2006I was psyched to get out today! It was my last of three days off from work and the skies were blue and the snow was powder. Today was my first ‘official’ ski trip with Brian Harder. Though we have hooked up a few times randomly and talk about racing in the shop all the [...]
My First 10,000′ Day of the Season
by December 28th, 2006Another 5” and clearing skies were a great excuse to try to ski 10’000′ today. Reed and I were the first ones in the lot and a couple inches of fluff covered that trail. The Tetons are an OK place to go for big vertical, although up to an hour can be wasted getting to [...]
Filling in on Wimpys
by December 28th, 2006I would say that yesterday was the best day of the season so far…powder-wise. The avy report said 5″ this morning. I’d sat about a foot by noon. Though it rained for a bit in town yesterday, it seemed as though it was all snow in the mountains. We still need more snow, but at [...]
Intervals on The King
by December 27th, 2006I had a decent day of training yesterday on Snow King. Most of the time I skin straight up the mountain to the switchback taking you to the Cougar chair. I then do intervals on the upper switchbacks. When I get to the top, I rip the skins and ski back down to that same [...]
Sentinel Couloir-Dissappointment Peak
by December 26th, 2006It has been a long weekend of working and partying, but unfortunately not much skiing. I’m working today but doing intervals on Snow King this morning. I won’t really be rando racing until February…so I still have some time to whip myself back into shape. I have the rest of the week off from work, [...]
MERRY XMAS!!!
by December 25th, 2006Christmas is a great time to get together with family. Unfortunately my family lives on the east coast (Merry Christmas guys), but I am lucky enough to have some people in this town that let me enjoy the holidays with them. Many thanks go to the Wilsons, McLures, Barbara Kenyon and Hessers for allowing me [...]
Human vs Motorized Power in Yellowstone
by December 23rd, 2006My friend, Jay Petervary, is training for the Ididabike race in Alaska this winter. Last week he went to Yellowstone to check his gear and fine tune his system. After a few miles on the trail, he was approached by a park ranger and kicked out for riding his modified snow bike on them. I [...]
Southwest Couloir-Teewinot
by December 22nd, 2006Note: I am off work today and I think I am heading up to ski Wimpy’s. It looks like we only got a trace of new snow last night, but it is supposed to snow all day. Hopefully the wind will help and fill in the tracks before we get to the top. This TR [...]
East Hourglass Couloir-Nez Perce
by December 21st, 2006I 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 Sliver-Nez Perce
by December 20th, 2006It’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 [...]
South Couloir, Teewinot
by December 19th, 2006Note: 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 [...]
TCSAR Heli Training/Call out
by December 18th, 2006I had helicopter training for Teton County Search and Rescue up at Togwotee this weekend. The roads were solid ice at Moran Junction and we saw a trailer jackknifed off the road…just missing the GTNP entrance sign. We brought up the team snowmobiles, including four shiny new Skidoo 800′s that are very nice. The team [...]
Wanda Pinnacle-SE Face
by December 17th, 2006Note: 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 [...]
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