In advance of the official resort opening day on Saturday November 28, 2009 we need to respectfully remind residents that due to pre-opening daily operations, the mountain is closed at this time. Heavy equipment, snowmaking equipment, trucks and ATVs are moving around on the mountain making it unsafe to be skiing and snowboarding. Signs are [...]
Archive for October, 2009
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by October 31st, 2009W.L. Gore/Gore-Tex Question and Answer
by October 30th, 2009Okay folks, I hammered the crew from W.L. Gore with some of the questions you gave me and here’s what their responses were. And while many of the future technologies were kept secret, they say that in the future, they are continuing to focus on developing new products for light-and fast endeavors and increasing durability [...]
W.L. Gore and PTFE: The Miracle Material
by October 29th, 2009Just a quick shout out from the east coast and W.L. Gore. I forgot my camera in all the craziness in my life right now, so I’m limping along with the camera in my Crackberry. But the one thing that is for sure is that if you thought W.L. Gore only made Gore-Tex fabrics for [...]
Antarctica/Aconcagua Gear List: Solar Chargers, Tents, Stoves, Altimeter Watches, Nutrition
by October 28th, 2009I’m headed to the east coast for Gore-Tex camp today and I figure this will be the last gear list update before I head back to Jackson and then jump on a plane (or five) on Sunday to head southward to Antarctica and then on to Aconcagua. My mind has been racing and no matter [...]
“Epic” Televison Series to be Produced in Jackson Hole
by October 27th, 2009Okay Jackson Hole ski bums, now’s your chance for fame…at least as an extra. Yesterday, Jackson Hole News and Guide reported that Better Wings Entertainment out Los Angeles has an interest in producing a television series here in Jackson…and more specific…at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. No doubt a huge score marketing-wise for JHMR. The series, [...]
Ski Norway Under the Midnight Sun With White Blue
by October 26th, 2009White Blue offers summit-to-sea skiing along Norway’s west coast. Now I know Norway is the birth place of telemark and all, but hey, there’s no reason us AT skiers can’t take advantage of the mid-night sun and ski amongst the fjords and channels both above and below the Arctic Circle. And after watching this video [...]
Antarctica/Aconcagua Gear List: Sunglasses, Water Purification, Backpack, Sleeping Bag, and Down Booties
by October 23rd, 2009T-minus 9 days until I leave for over 6 weeks on this epic adventure to ski on the Antarctic Peninsula and Aconcagua, one of the seven summits. And for sure…I’m felling the pressure. I’ve had these Julbo Explorer glacier glasses for about three years, waiting for the right opportunity to bust them out. Well, it’s [...]
Video: North Face of the Breithorn Ski Descent
by October 22nd, 2009The north side of the Breithorn in the Pennine Alps. The Breithorn is a huge Swiss peak with no less than five summits to it’s name, and sits on the border between Switzerland and Italy…not too far from the Matterhorn. At 40164m (13.661ft), the Breithorn is a pretty big peak by European standards, but it’s [...]
Antarctica/Aconcagua Gear List: Clothing and Layers
by October 20th, 2009More packing and refining of the gear-list for Antarctica and Aconcagua going on lately, and it’s fast approaching less than two weeks away! Today we’ll touch base on the clothing, outwear and base layers that I will bring. I’ll be taking a mixture of hard and soft-shells (both jackets and pants), a couple insulating layers [...]
“The Edge of Never” Trailer
by October 19th, 2009
In 1996, Canadian extreme skier Trevor Petersen died while skiing the Couloir des Cosmiques in Chamonix, France. His body was found on the Glacier Ronde, two days after his death. Trevor’s skiing style was classic for the time and often ripped around with Eric Peota, who I was [...]
TetonAT.com Visors and ‘Live To Ski’ Croakies!
by October 16th, 2009Yes, yes, yes! It’s taken some time, but after much demand, I’ve finally gotten some more TetonAT visors in…and they are also improved! In addition, I threw a few bucks towards Croakies and had them make some ‘Live to Ski’ sunglass retainers as well! Fun, fun, fun! Return of the TetonAT.com visor and now…’Live To [...]
Antarctica/Aconcagua Gear List: Helmet, Headlamps, Gloves and Avalanche Gear
by October 15th, 2009I know these next few weeks are going to fly by with a busy schedule of working, traveling to the east coast and getting my gear ready for the upcoming trip to Antarctica and Aconcagua. It’s a little tough to pack for this trip, because really, one almost wants two completely different setups to deal [...]
Ode To “The Herminator”, By Randosteve
by October 14th, 2009Legendary Austrian ski racer, Hermann Maier, announced his retirement from ski racing yesterday, after winning 54 World Cup races, 4 Overall World Cup titles, 3 World Championship titles and 2 Olympic gold medals. He is 37 years of age and fought back tears as he announced his decision to retire. Though Hermann was sent home [...]
Antarctica/Aconcagua Gear Check: Medications/Perscriptions
by October 13th, 2009If there is one thing I hate…it’s taking pills. I don’t really like to mess with my body, I rarely get sick enough to warrant taking prescription medications and I often to prefer to feel like crap than mask what my body is going through. That being said, you also want to stack the odds [...]
Dynafit Website Video
by October 12th, 2009If any of you out there visit the Dynafit home website by using the link on the North American microsite as much as I do, then you’ve seen this video intro a few thousand times now. But I figure many of those who visit TetonAT may have missed it. It’s kinda stokey…and gets me pumped [...]
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