Up'n at 'em - early season Indian Paintbrush on High School Butte in Jackson, Wyoming

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Wow!

A great day representing Snow King with colleague Bart Conrad and great powder to boot. Check out this video by Lindsey Dyer.



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Ours was the 10th set of turns from the right.

And another more historical look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkJUD6HwPJ8

Crust Cruising in the Park

With nothing but dry sagebrush all around, I had my doubts. I was about to turn around in search of higher ground and actual snow cover when I saw a ribbon of white leading away from the road and down into the creek. Within a few feet I was crust cruising and it was awesome! I had to bridge a few thin spots, take off my skis once, and slide thru between the cobbles where it was dicey. This thin strip of wind deposited snow overlooks Cottonwood Creek, and offered great conditions and views!... albeit a bit side hilly... Great fun and a score to find skiing with so little of the white stuff around!

Tour from Teton Pass to Teton Village

My best ski buddy Halsey Hewson, and friends from Argentina - Diego Allolio and Carli left Teton Pass about 8:15 on Feb 15, and took the day to ski to Teton Village. Halsey put together some footage which you can check out here. It doesn't have sound, but can give you an idea about some of the terrain we covered.
Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/XLHItAURzoY

Grand Teton e-Climb

Grand Teton e-Climb:

Today's Jackson Hole News and Guide introduced a great new web site by GTNP about climbing the Grand. Descriptions, maps, sounds, and super photos (many by some guy, S. McGee):

Check it out: 

http://www.nps.gov/features/grte/grandteton/eClimb.html

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Crust Cruise in Yellowstone

We call it Crust Cruising when you can ski just about anywhere on your skate skis.

Awesome day yesterday, doing a big loop from Lewis Lake. Snow was PRIMO, and I caught it before it got soft. Fun, fast conditions. Check it out!

Aster Lake tour May 14, 2014
It may seem like there's an awful lot of skiing through open forests on loud snow, and some of my humor might be lost to the music, but hey, I'm still a rookie at this film production stuff - if you can call it that. The thing is, as fast as some of it seems, and as long as it runs, you might think it miles, but it's really just small fraction of the of the long gradual traverse along the foothills of the Sheridan massif, which stretches for several miles. West of Heart Lake, and north of the nascent Snake River, just inside Yellowstone's South Entrance.

It was my first big tour of the year, and barely a scouting mission at that. 12 miles in just under four hours, a not-very-impressive 3 mph average. But that was with a lot of gaping - if I can self-declare. And as much as the gradual grade is fairly ideal for climbing on skate skis, there's matching elevation gain for each vertical foot of the descent, seen in the YouTube downhill footage.

And at the end, I did meet a couple of YNP Rangers who informed me about a Bear Management Area that's on the Park maps, with signage at the snow-covered trailhead. So they graciously educated me about the closure from April 1 to June 30, between the Heart Lake Trailhead, Heart Lake and a big chunk of terrain to the east. For the actual closure map, see: http://www.nps.gov/yell/parkmgmt/bearclosures.htm.

Fall Colors and Smoke on the Waters

Climbing Cube Point today, started smoky and cleared out as the day progressed.

Reflection of the morning sun on Jenny Lake

Who knew huckleberry leaves could be so red!?