Now that the rain has mellowed out a little here in Jackson, I figured I’d give in a little to those summer lovers and show some cool pics from Randokitty and her friend Lauren’s trip to Redrocks a couple weeks ago. This was Randokitty’s first climbing trip since ACL reconstruction in December. Meow!!!! Randokitty leads [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Randokitty in Redrocks Climbing Stoke
by May 30th, 2008Black Diamond’s “Holy Grail” Binding Patent?
by May 29th, 2008For all those of you still wishing for that ‘holy grail’ binding that allows one to telemark…AND lock the heel down for alpine turns …AND have a free pivot for climbing…AND releaseability…your dream may be one step closer to coming true. Rumor has it a certain US company has recently put in a patent application [...]
John Griber Headed To Gasherbrum 1 and Gasherbrum 2
by May 28th, 2008Gasherbrum II Good luck to Jackson’s John Griber, Montana’s Kris Erickson and the rest of the The North Face ski mountaineering crew on their attempt to ski and snowboard Gasherbrum I and II. The plan is to hopefully nail G2 with the whole team and if things go well, and conditions and funding can support [...]
Dynafit Heel Position Euphemisms
by May 27th, 2008I know most backcountry ski partners tend to come up with little names to describe objects or things they do. I’ve heard all kinds of terms for referencing the different heel positions of the remarkable Dynafit binding. While some come from the cycling world…like free-wheel and granny gear…I like to correlate the positions with the [...]
Dhaulagiri Ski Expedition Film
by May 26th, 2008At a time when a lot of ski expeditions to the Himalaya are getting ready to head out, Fredrick Ericsson sent me a link to a video he has put together from his attempt to ski Dhaulagiri, the 7th highest peak in the world, last year. The film is a blend of cultural, landscape and [...]
Cheney Goes Golfing
by May 25th, 2008Witches Caldron While Skiing Jackson Peak
by May 23rd, 2008Went for a ski on Jackson Peak this morning. Mostly to see what’s been going on with the precipitation we’ve been getting the past few days. Weather looked okay as we drove out on the ultra-green Elk Refuge. It seemed as though the clouds were lifting as we got views of the North Face and [...]
What I’ve Been Thinking About
by May 22nd, 2008With all the precipitation lately, looks like I’ll be skiing powder in the Winds. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and I wasn’t sure what to talk about today. I thought about how I’ve been getting the shop opened up for the summer, or how I’ve got a week long trip in the [...]
Video: Skiing the Koven Couloir, Mount Owen
by May 21st, 2008I put this video trip report together from my descent of the Koven Couloir last week. It’s got some decent steeps footage and includes some fun Whippeted sidestepping. Here’s a little more info on the slab I mention about…if you missed it last week. Enjoy…I think it’s a good one! [...]
Hot Ride
by May 20th, 2008When I was a youngster and in grade school, I used to love to draw pictures of sports cars and trucks on my notebooks and book covers. Probably when I should have been paying attention to the teacher. Yesterday, a car pulled up in front of the store that had a striking resemblance to those [...]
Cascade Canyon to Paintbrush Canyon Ski Tour
by May 19th, 2008Buckingham Palace Peak After my little scare in the Koven Couloir last Thursday, the high temp predicted for the following days and reading about the big slides happening in the Pacific Northwest, I decided to turn things down a little bit on Friday and try and ski a south facing couloir on McKlintok Peak…located near [...]
Video: Teewinot/Owen Cirque: Tallboy Couloir
by May 16th, 2008Last weekend I got out into Cascade Canyon with Reed Finlay and Brian Harder. We ventured into the Teewinot/Owen Cirque to ski a line I’ve heard referred to as Tallboy Couloir. If you know it as something else…feel free to share. The couloir kinda starts from the col between the East Prong and the next [...]
Close Call in the Koven
by May 15th, 2008Small slab release at the top of the Koven Couloir As Brian Harder and I approached the top of the Koven Couloir and the Koven Col today, the snow changed dramatically. A small slab had formed on the looker’s left. A cornice blocked easy access directly above. Randosteve…”Man…it sure is getting slabby up here” Brain [...]
New Guidebook for Wind River/Cirque of the Towers Rock Climbers
by May 14th, 2008For all those Wind River rock-jocks out there, Joe Josephson has teamed up with Steve Bechtel to put out a new pocket/pack sized guidebook for the “Cirque of the Towers and Deep Lake” region. I’ve checked it out at the shop and they are nicely done, with informative trail and route maps, as well as [...]
Guest TR: Skiing the Nokhu Crags, Rock for Brains Couloir
by May 13th, 2008Rock for Brains Couloir. I never really thought I would be saying this…but man…there looks like there is some cool skiing to be done in the Laramie area. This is the second trip report from Galen Woelk (see Airline Couloir post), who seems to be doing a good job of keeping the ski mountaineering spirit [...]
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