Last Friday, I got out with Reed Finlay to ski an obscure line on the southwest side of Teewinot Mountain that drops down into Glacier Gulch. I’m not really sure what to call this route, but we dubbed it the “Son of Southwest”, after Teewinot’s more prominent and more often skied Southwest Couloir, that lies a little further to the east. I hope you like this little video I put together from the day. Still images in remainder of post. Ciao for now!
Still Photos By Reed Finlay and Steve Romeo. Thanks.
Hey Steve,
Love the site, and please don’t take this the wrong way, I just want to learn.
What precautions, mindset, decision making do you do that leads you to ski a line like that with the snow stability being less then perfect right now? Especially if something were to rip it looks like there were rocks all around you to hit yourself on.
Again, not judging at all. We all have our own level of risk we are willing to take, and I think in general yours is much higher than mine. I just want to know if you are going into a situation like above with the mindset, yeah it might be sketchy out but I am willing to take that risk, or we skied this line because of this, that and this, etc.
This is not meant to say you shouldn’t have skied this line, I just want to know the decision making that brought you to the point comfortable with skiing that line. Because maybe you factor in different things when deciding than I do, and I want to know what those are.
Thanks for the site and all the stoke!!
Kind of looks like corn almost…what were the snow conditions like?
Thanks for the post.
Jim…unfortunately the avalanche forcasts don’t tell the whole story and i have been finding stabke snow conditions on some aspects. As you may have seen, they hazard level has dropped to moderate now, so things aren’t nearly as dangerous as they have been.
I find that being in the mountains on a daily basis to be more informative than the avy forcast…and you can learn a lot about stability by using our own eyes and experiences.
IMO…i think things are good enough right now that someone could probably ski the grand teton and be okay. But…i could be totally wrong just the same.
Drew…in the sun, the snow was very spring like, for sure.
Great pictures, what a stunning day to be out skiing!
OK, how many cups of coffee had you drunk before you threw on the Euro Syntho “music”?
Otherwise nice.
The new helmet cam footage blows and makes me nauseas watching it. The original style you used along with a narration was far superior. Just FYI.
I second Stevie’s comment. In addition, when you cant see the horizon line of the snow, there is no reference point.
okay…to each their own. i like the backpack cam perspective.
new camera in the mail…with wider field-of-view. so that might help.