Brian Ladd skiing the North face of Mount Hunt. Now that the bighorn sheep closures (Dec 15th-April 15th) have expired in the Grand Teton National Park, it’s a great time to hit peaks like Mount Hunt, Prospectors and Static Peak, which are typically off limits for most of the season. Skiing from the summit of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Mount Hunt: East Shoulder and North Face
by April 29th, 2009Wet Slide on Tuckermans Stirs Critics
by April 28th, 2009Junk show at Tuckerman’s Ravine? Rumors of mayhem and unorthodox backcountry etiquette on the slopes of Tuckerman’s Ravine on Mount Washington last Saturday, buzzed on skiing forums over that last few days. Enough so, that the popular forum based website, TimeForTuckermans.com, ended up removing a thread from a snowboarder caught in a wet-slide (one of [...]
Coke Can Backcountry Stove
by April 27th, 2009I’m more of a coffee guy myself…but I think this is pretty cool. Click Here for ALL On Sale Products from Backcountry.com. Offer Valid While Supplies Last.
Skiing in the Eastern Beartooths Part 2
by April 24th, 2009Randosteve skis in the Eastern Beartooths of Montana. Our second full day skiing out of Goose Lake was the best. Our plan was to head up to Fox Peak and scope out its North Couloir, which was recommend by Kris Erickson, a well known ski mountaineer and photographer. After hopefully a successful descent, would then [...]
Skiing in the Eastern Beartooths Part 1
by April 23rd, 2009Skinning on Goose Lake in the Eastern Beartooths. A few weeks ago, I put a message in the ShoutBox on the sidebar that I was off of work for the next few weeks and was looking for ski partners. Well, I got a lot of responses and few worth pursuing. One that caught my attention [...]
Video TR: Skiing the Newk Couloir
by April 22nd, 2009Back from Skiing in the Eastern Beartooths
by April 21st, 2009Just got home last night from a long weekend skiing in the Eastern Beartooths and camping in the Goose Lake area. Thanks to Nick (who was jacked on cigarettes and Sparks alcoholic beverage) who gave us a tow on his snow-machine for the first five miles of the approach, I didn’t get a chance to [...]
Randosteve’s Backcountry Skiing Haul Sled
by April 16th, 2009Heading out of town and into the mountains for a few days. Be back next week. Have a great weekend. Live to ski!
Fun With Tilt-shift and Miniature Faking Photography
by April 14th, 2009Dustin Lemke rappels the Stettner Couloir on the Grand Teton. So, I saw this thread on the TGR Forums last week and at first I though, “whatever, trick photography, no biggie!” But after reading the entire thread, learning about Tilt-shift, and finding out there is a website to modify your own images with the flare [...]
The Importance of Islands of Safety
by April 13th, 2009Mount Wister: East Ridge
by April 10th, 2009After a week off the skis while in Mexico, I was SO jonesing to get back skiing when I arrived back in Jackson on Monday. Though I found some potential touring partners at the gate in the SLC airport, I started to panic when my first phone call didn’t result in a partner. However, my [...]
Top Ten Reasons Why Skiing is Better than Surfing
by April 9th, 2009After my brief stint at surfing in Mexico, obviously I’m no pro, but it reassured me that skiing is the ultimate sport and way better than surfing. Here’s why: 1. When surfing, one is constantly susceptible to being stung by jellyfish, pricked by sea urchins and other creepy, unseen sea critters. During ski season, most [...]
Photo of the Day
by April 7th, 2009Randosteve skiing the Chouinard Couloir on the Middle Teton. Photo taken by Toby Stegman from West Hourglass Couloir on Nez Perce. Click here for a video from the descent.
Heading Home
by April 6th, 2009I’ve been in San Jose del Cabo for the past week for a wedding and heading back to Wyoming today. It’s been fun, meeting new people, soaking in the sun and warm weather, but it’s been a little hard not to be distracted by all the hype about the insane skiing that was had back [...]
Remembering Doug Coombs
by April 3rd, 2009Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the death of Doug Coombs, one of the greatest skiers to ever have lived. Please remember him with respect and a prayer to whatever spirit you believe in tonight, as you lay down to sleep. I’m sure skiing the clouds is better than skiing powder. You are truly missed [...]






















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