Many of you may know that Jacksonite John Griber is currently filming on an expedition to Everest right now. So I thought I would give an update on how things have been going. From what it sounds like, the team had good weather and did some acclimatizing up to Camp 3…at 7000M. It seemed to [...]
Archive for May, 2007
John Griber Goes For Everest
by May 14th, 2007Bubble Fun Couloir-Skied It…But Didn’t Ski It
by May 11th, 2007Gabe gets back to skiing after a short down-climb as Zahan looks down the Bubble Fun Couloir The Bubble Fun Couloir on the north side of Buck Mountain has to be one of the hairiest descent routes in the Tetons. It is extremely steep, has a very exposed entrance, and ends in a 200′ foot [...]
Wind River Glacier Awareness on NPR
by May 10th, 2007Gannett Peak rises in the distance Wyoming Public Radio’s weekly news program, “Open Spaces,” features a group of Jackson skiers, who climbed and skied the state’s highest peak to raise awareness about global warming. Lead by Jackson mountaineer Forrest McCarthy, the group skied Gannett Peak in the Wind River Mountains, which encompasses the greatest concentration [...]
The Sickness
by May 10th, 2007Well…unfortunately not the sickness that I typically enjoy. I have the day off today and planned to ski, but I came down with a bug the night before last and haven’t kicked it yet. I loaded up on zinc and Emergen-C yesterday, in hopes of gaining the upper-hand quickly, but to no avail. Luckily it [...]
Reports from the Grand Teton
by May 9th, 2007I wouldn’t consider myself an expert on skiing the Grand Teton, but I have skied it a few times in both powder and spring-snow conditions, and feel I have a good idea of what to expect up there. Recently, I’ve gotten some trip reports from others who have had successful descents on the mountain in [...]
Name That Couloir, #6
by May 8th, 2007Mount Owen-Northeast Snowfields
by May 7th, 2007The Northeast Snowfields is probably one of the most coveted routes for a ski mountaineer here in the Tetons. It is big, committing, and depending on conditions, requires at least one rappel. Lucky for me, I was invited to join climber/skiers Hans Johnstone and Brendan O’Neil for a ski descent in May of 2005. We [...]
South Teton-Amora Vida Couloir
by May 4th, 2007Before rallying to California and Mt Shasta, I got with Brian Ladd again for another trip into Avalanche Canyon. Amora Vida on the South Teton had been haunting me after getting a good look at it on an attempt on Mt Wister a few weeks ago and a descent was in order. Taggart Lake was [...]
Mount Lassen-Northeast Face
by May 2nd, 2007Mount Lassen erupted twice in 1915 on this northeastern side. Lava and pyroclastic flows, mixed with melted water from avalanches caused by the eruptions, combined to form a highly fluid ‘lahar’, which cause massive devastation for over 10 miles. On our last day in Mt Shasta, Reed and I awoke to clouds high on the [...]
Two Climbers Die on Grand Teton/Enclosure
by May 1st, 2007UPDATE!!!! I arrived back in Jackson this morning to a SAR call-out regarding some overdue climbers on the Grand Teton. Details are very sketchy right now, but it appears that climbers Alan Rooney and Jonathan Morrow were attempting to climb the Black Ice Couloir, a well known (but rarely ever ‘in’) ice climb on the [...]
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