Had a TCSAR call-out yesterday afternoon. A skier hurt his back on the kickers built at the end of the road on the south side of The Pass. No comments on that one. We built an anchor out of skis, made a 3:1 and hauled him up to the road on a sked. The snowmobiles [...]
Archive for December, 2007
TetonAT Videos: More Powder Skiing on Maverick
by December 11th, 2007Close Call: Avalanche on Angle Mountain
by December 10th, 2007Think you had a close-call in the mountains this weekend? A skier was caught and buried in an avalanche on East Angle Mountain on Togwotee Pass on Saturday. Read about his experience on his blog, Southern Wind River Adventures. Courtesy: Southern Wind River Adventures Interestingly enough, the same skier triggered a slide in this same [...]
Chris Davenport: Ski the 14ers Shipping Soon!
by December 7th, 2007I’ve been waiting to add to the hype of Chris Davenport’s new book, Ski the 14′ers, until I could put my own eyes on it. Luckily there was a copy from an early release waiting for me when I got back from my Thanksgiving trip. The book is due to ship in early December and [...]
New and Improved Ortovox S1 Avalanche Transceiver
by December 6th, 2007With our Avy Awareness Night going on this week, a lot of our vendors are in town to attend. We had a clinic with Marcus Petersen at the shop yesterday and I got a good dose of the Ortovox kool-aid. Honestly, I’ve been interested to hear the spiel again on the S1 since getting some [...]
Events…Events…Events!!!
by December 5th, 2007I was going to go up into Garnet Canyon today to do some skiing, but after the rain above 10,000′ yesterday and rumors of 5′ slabs being triggered at the ski area are making me have second thoughts. Shucks!!!!!! SKINNY SKIS AVALANCHE AWARENESS NIGHT Once again it is time for Skinny Ski’s Annual Avalanche Awareness [...]
Teton County Search and Rescue: The Long Haul to Short Haul
by December 4th, 2007The TCSAR crew getting in some classrooom time at the Sheriff’s Office. As a volunteer member of Teton County Search and Rescue, one of the new tools and techniques I am training for is for the ability to do a short-haul from a helicopter. This is basically when your are suspended beneath the helicopter with [...]
RandoKitty’s First Day on Dynafit
by December 2nd, 2007This weekend I got out with Julia (AKA: RandoKitty) in the park for her first day of locking her heel down and close to 6000′ of vertical. Everything went well and with a little coaching from yours truly, she had no issues with her Dynafits and was getting in and out of them like a [...]
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