The Red Helmet is a fun short film that was highlighted in last year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival. When watching the trailers picking out the films for the festival here in Jackson last year, I remember this one as one that definitely made the cut. Although there is no skiing in it, it has some [...]
Archive for September, 2009
The Red Helmet
by September 30th, 2009Teton Climbing History Saved Forever
by September 28th, 2009This is the register from the first ascent of Mount Moran in 1922… …though not discovered until 1964. If there is one thing for sure, there is a ton of climbing history here in the Teton Range. Some of it is well known, yet some of it is also lost forever. However, great pains have [...]
FREE Tram Rides And Lodging at JHMR This Weekend
by September 26th, 2009Well…the tram rides are free for locals, and the 100,000th tram rider wins a 3 night stay in a condo at Teton Village! See, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has had over 90,000 tram riders this summer (its second busiest) and to celebrate, they are giving away free lodging. So head on out to JHMR and [...]
Cody Townsend Slays It!!!
by September 25th, 2009Just in case you missed this video of Cody Townsend slaying a “secret” couloir …as it seems to be blowing up on Facebook and the skier’s-web in general. Please support TetonAT and get SNOW ON THE MIND at Backcountry.com.
Antarctica…HELLS YEAH!!!
by September 24th, 2009If you told me a year ago that I’d be preparing to go to ski in Antarctica in just over a month from now…I would have said…“bullshit”. But low and behold, the stars have come into alignment and I will be joining the IceAxe.TV crew on their Antarctic Ski Cruise which sets sail from Ushuaia, [...]
The Black Book, An Addition to Your Teton Library
by September 23rd, 2009About once a month, someone suggests that I put together an updated Teton Range backcountry skiing guidebook. Some big time publishers included. IMHO however, with Tom Turiano’s: Teton Skiing, A History and Guide and Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone, as well as Jackson and Ortenburger’s: A Climbers Guide to the Teton Range, I feel like [...]
Dynafit Titan: Hands On AT Boot Review
by September 22nd, 2009The red and white hot, Dynafit Titan. There is only one new ski boot wanted to try out this year, the Dynafit Titan, and I was excited when they arrived last week. I did a couple demo runs on Titan at last year’s demo day at Outdoor retailer, and I could tell that the boot [...]
Teton Boulder Project Welcomes Jack Tackle, Conrad Anker and Steve House
by September 21st, 2009Even though I’m not much of a climber, never mind a boulderer, I can really see how the Teton Boulder Project would benefit the Jackson Hole Community as a whole. Please come and learn about this project and hear some of the greatest alpinists of our time, Jack Tackle, Conrad Anker and Steve House, talk [...]
Hey Gore-Tex…What’s up?
by September 18th, 2009Recently, I was invited by W.L. Gore and Associates (makers of Gore-Tex, Windstopper and other high-tech fabrics and fibers) to attend a media fact finding event at the their headquarters in Maryland. So I accepted and will be heading to the east coast at the end of October for a short visit of the GORE [...]
One Mountain Movie Project
by September 17th, 2009I found out about the One Mountain project last winter while researching some stuff on the web and hearing about the filming up on the Grand Teton. The movie is a feature length documentary that focuses on two Jackson skiers’, Hunter Wood and Dan Petrus, dreams of skiing the Grand Teton. (Kind of like the [...]
Fly Free Into Jackson Hole This Winter
by September 16th, 2009Have you been thinking about coming out to ski in Jackson Hole with the family, another couple, or your bros this winter? Well just a heads up that if you book your reservations with Jackson Hole Central Reservations, from now until January 1, 2010, you can take advantage of their “4th Flies Free” program. And [...]
TR: First Descent of the Archangel Ridge on Mount Foraker
by September 15th, 2009When I originally posted about the first descent of the Archangel Ridge on Mount Foraker, it was questioned by some. Thanks to Marcus Waring for putting this trip report together and setting the record straight, and congratulations on a successful first descent of an amazing ski line. -Steve. Photo courtesy of Doglotion.com. “…Now that we [...]
Sweetgrass Productions: Signatures
by September 14th, 2009It’s rare when a ski movie is all shot is one location, but in the new Sweetgrass Productions film “Signatures”, the crew from Breckenridge really captures what skiing is all about with nearly all the footage shot in Japan. What is skiing all about you say? Well…its’ about the turn…the power…and the soul. Now, “Signatures” [...]
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