I found myself at the top of Wimpys, three out of four days last week. Some people may think it’s lame to ski the same run all the time, but when it nuking winds and dumping a foot of snow a day, who can blame me for heading to slopes I’m familiar with and I [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Albright? Allllriiiggghhht!
by March 31st, 2008Broken Leg on Glory
by March 30th, 2008After skiing Albright and Wimpys on Friday, I had just gotten home and was trying to stay motivated to attend the “Steep” showing at the Village when the call-out came for a broken leg on the west side of Glory. We used the heli to shuttle rescuers to a safe LZ above the patient on [...]
Will We Break the Record?
by March 27th, 2008Edited for correctness With just over a week left of tabulating snowfall totals before the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort closes, the village is on track to break the record for the most snowfall in a given season…at least since they started keeping track in 1975. Some may argue with some of the totals and how [...]
“STEEP” Playing this Friday
by March 27th, 2008For those that missed seeing the movie “Steep” when it was in town earlier this winter, or for those that just want to see it again…or even for those that just want to support the Doug Coombs Memorial Fund and Teton County Search and Rescue…you’re in luck! Steep will be playing this Friday at the [...]
Mount Moran’s Skillet Glacier in a Day…Almost.
by March 26th, 2008On Easter Sunday, I tried to ski the Skillet Glacier in a day. I tried to avoid this trip as much as possible since I wasn’t that psyched about the 2 am start at Jackson Lake. It would also be my fifth day of skiing the backcountry in row and I wasn’t sure how strong [...]
Cloudveil Dome: Southeast Couloir?
by March 25th, 2008I played hooky from the rando race this weekend because conditions were just too good with a bunch of fresh snow and blue skies. The timing was just right and I took advantage of the good weather to ski a new line that I have been looking at for many years with Bryan Feinstein and [...]
Togwotee Pass: Radio Tower Couloir
by March 24th, 2008Bryan climbs a steep section at the top of Radio Tower Couloir. Having trouble deciding if it’s safe enough in the high country last Friday, I decided to head up to Togwotee Pass and ski Radio Tower Couloir. This line’s proximity right next to the road and the Continental Divide make it a great way [...]
Guest Post: 2008 Pierra Menta
by March 21st, 2008American rando racer Lyndsay Meyer sent me this great report of her and teammate Nina Silitch’s experiences racing in this year’s Pierra Menta just last weekend. It is a four day stage race and arguably the hardest ski mountaineering race there is. Lyndsay and Nina were the first ever complete US women’s team to compete [...]
Interweb Goodies
by March 20th, 2008Cloudy sunrise on Teton Pass Weds morning. Another 14″ of snow fell Tuesday night, but steady gusts in the 50′s overnight made the snow a bit on the creamy side. I got out on the pass for three laps up the Glory bootpack. I took all three runs on First Turn, because I like the [...]
Need a Job This Summer?
by March 19th, 2008Can’t beat the views. It’s that time of year again when I actually have to start thinking about summer again…and a big part of that revolves around work. I’ve been managing our Moosely Seconds Mountaineering shop in Grand Teton National Park for what seems like an eternity now, but it’s still fun non-the-less. We carry [...]
Julbo Race, Love Them Shades!
by March 18th, 2008The side vents on the Julbo Race sunglasses do a rad job of keeping the lenses fog free. I had a couple boxes of gear waiting for me when I got back from Europe. One being an assortment of Julbo Sunglasses. I find I have a tough face to fit with sunglass most of the [...]
More Powder
by March 17th, 2008Reed Finlay gets set to lay down a fat smear turn in the big snows on Friday morning. The crown of the natural avalanche can be seen in the upper right corner. I had plans last Friday to try and ski a pretty cool line I’ve been looking at for long time now, but the [...]
Black Diamond PowderKeg
by March 16th, 2008It sounded like a great conditions for rando racing with about a foot of fresh powder before the race which allowed for nice wiggle turns down Gunsight. It sounded like a battle for the top three positions until the last transition between Brandon French, Pete Swenson and professional adventure racer (and first time rando racer) [...]
Frozen Death Cookies on Shadow Peak
by March 14th, 2008Randosteve tries to stay out of the refrozen debris in the South Couloir of Shadow Peak. I’ve been getting out the past couple days. On Wednesday I was on a solo mission scoping out some lines, but only skied Turkey Chute. It was mostly boiler plate.I skied Turkey Chute and it was pretty darn wind [...]
Rando Race Info
by March 13th, 2008I hope all you rando racers are heading down to the Black Diamond PowderKeg this weekend. Once again it should be a fun race full of icy mogul skinning and bumps down Gunsight. I wish I was heading down, but I’ve got TCSAR training and need to butter up to Randokitty a bit since I [...]
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