Brian Harder contemplates the skin track line through thinly covered slopes. I went skiing in the park yesterday with Brian Harder…kind of a welcome back tour. We wanted to get away from the crowds on Teton Pass, where the parking lot was full at 7:30 this morning, and ski untracked, untouched powder. We were able [...]
Archive for November, 2007
First Tour in the Park
by November 30th, 2007New Hands Free CamelBak
by November 29th, 2007My new hydration setup. I don’t know about you all, but I am definitely a CamelBak-type hydration fan. I don’t like to stop that much on the uphills, so I find being about to drink on the go helpful instead of waiting for a break and then guzzling water. Yeah…occasionally the tubes freeze, but filling [...]
BC 101
by November 28th, 2007I got out skiing yesterday after an Arcteryx and Suunto clinic at the shop. I skied on the south side of The Pass and it was blowing and snowing big time when I arrived in the lot around 11:30. I didn’t see many people out there and managed 4 laps (top to bottom) on Edelweiss [...]
EMS in Needham and the Zoo
by November 27th, 2007My niece Brooke and nephew Micheal. One more post about my Thanksgiving trip. The main goal of going back east over the Thanksgiving holiday is to visit with family. I have a niece and nephew that I haven’t spent much time with, so much of my visit is spent wrestling and playing soccer and baseball [...]
Trapped on the Tarmac
by November 25th, 2007Note: I’m leaving this post up again today in hopes of getting some more travel stories from the Monday crowd. Almost three hours after boarding the airplane and we’ve only traveled a couple hundred yards from the gate. Though I’m not the most traveled person in the world, I just knew someday it would happen. [...]
Giving Thanks
by November 22nd, 2007I want to take time this Thanksgiving Day to mention some of the things I am thankful for. Sunrise off the coast of Italy Photo: Dustin Lemke First off, I’d like to thank all those that have visited TetonAT.com over the past year. This website has really grown into something I could never have imagined [...]
2007/08 Hit List: Mount Moran, Northeast Ridge
by November 21st, 2007Click here for larger image It’s kind of unfortunate, but some ski lines remain on my hit-list year after year. The Northeast Ridge of Mount Moran has been on my list for a few years now, but I’ve only made one attempt to ski it so far. Last winter was a little thin…snowpack-wise, so I (and [...]
Heroes of the Slopes
by November 20th, 2007I’m traveling back east for the Turkey Day today and got up wicked early to get some turns in before my flight. The forecast was for around 7″ of snow in the mountain,but it looks like the flow went north and we were only left with a dusting…or maybe and inch or two. Considering the [...]
TCSAR: Murphy Sends Helicopter Training
by November 19th, 2007Murphy anxiously awaits his first rid in the helicopter. I had helicopter training for TCSAR this weekend. I was hoping it was going to be canceled due to the weather. With the 5″ of new snow on Teton Pass, I knew things would be skiing nice and I wanted to get Julia out on her [...]
Video: Skiing Orizaba
by November 16th, 2007Thanks to Jason McGowin and Dave Shackleton for some of the photos and clips in this video. It is a compelation of stills, high-fives, magic carpet and boilerplate. Soundtrack- “Present Tense”, Pearl Jam, New York.
Getting Better
by November 15th, 2007Yesterday’s cold morning sky I’ve been getting some early morning turns in on the south side of Teton Pass before work the past couple days and it’s been pretty good. I’ve found the snowpack to be anywhere from 6-36” deep, with the more north facing aspects having a pretty good base underneath the recent new [...]
Dynafit Guts
by November 14th, 2007I’m donating a pair of orange Dynafit TLT’s to Julia for her conversion to the dark-side. This pair has been on a few pairs of skis over the years, and most recently I mounted them on a pair of old straight skis to go sand skiing late this summer. I needed to clean them up [...]
Black Diamond AT Boot Rumors
by November 13th, 2007Well…there is a ton of buzz going around in the AT boot world these days. Lots of people are interested in the light and stiff Zzeros from Dynafit and all of a sudden there seems to be a lot of hype over the Axon from Garmont. Next year will only add to the great offerings [...]
Skiing Orizaba Part III: Skiing is Believing
by November 12th, 2007Photo: Jason McGowin It was our last day in the Piedra Grande Hut and last chance to bag the summit of Orizaba before making our way back to Mexico City for our flights back to the US. The Brits got a super early start and were out the door by 1 am. Jason and I [...]
Ski Orizaba Part II: Priedra Grande Hut and Acclimatizing
by November 9th, 2007Photo Dave Shackleton After a great Mexican breakfast we made a quick tour of the town of Tlachichuca in search of some supplies. Some of the locals were still enjoying the Day of the Dead and it seemed like you could buy everything from CD’s, to cowboy hats, to a side of beef on the [...]
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