http://live.tetongravity.com/service/getFeed.kickAction?mediaType=BLOG&quantity=25&as=75233 New blogs from SamPetri on Teton Gravity Research Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:30:41 GMT Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:30:41 GMT dev@tetongravity.com (TetonGravityResearch) dev@tetongravity.com (TetonGravityResearch) KickApps Feed Builder 2013-03-19T18:30:41Z 67 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/searchEverything.kickAction?as=75233&sortType=recent&tags=null 0 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Go-Now-Selkirk-Wilderness-Skiing/blog/6517008/75233.html   [image]“I don’t fuck around.” Dr. Powder says. “This is my 30th week up here. I only get two weeks each year to really ski, and I’m not going to blow it. I come here. I am not fucking around." It’s hard to look directly into Dr. Powder’s intense, near-purple eyes as we chug uphill in one of Selkirk Wilderness Skiing’s bright-yellow snow cats on a bluebird Monday morning. Instead, I look outside in awe of Canada’s pillow-packed mountains. Dr. Powder is actually a heart doctor from California, and he’s serious about skiing. A quivering passion shows on his face when he talks about the sport, and he spends his precious little skiing time here. But he’s not alone.  [image]Fanaticism runs deep in the clientele at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the first cat skiing operation in the world located in Meadow Creek, British Columbia, just two hours north of Nelson. It’s not a mystery why. The cats access more skiable terrain than Whistler/Blackcomb and Vail combined, and only see about 24 skiers per day. They’ve been quietly delivering stellar powder since 1975, when founders Allan and Brenda Drury literally changed the ski world by inventing a new way to ski. It snowed 25 centimeters up high last night. In Freedom Units, that’s 10 inches. SWS lead guide and 20-year veteran Jason Remple, has seen fatter days, but he wasn’t complaining as we ended our first cat-assisted assent.  Ecstatic chatter cracks over the radios: “25 centimeters of new! Whoo Ha!”Our crew of 12 applauds. [image]The cat stops and we file out into knee-deep snow. I just grin while looking the snow-caked, spine-filled mountains with pillow clusters and steep glades. There’s every type of skiing feature imaginable here. I search for my skis. Ian, our cat driver, has already laid them out on the snow for me, as he has with everyone else’s skis. How nice. I click in. Remple, who also owns a business called Stellar Heli-Skiing, rallies the crew. “Follow me.”We’re off. We ski 12-deep in a mob, like some sort of Canadian cat skiing advertisement. “We really are skiing Canadian,” I chuckle to myself. We keep it up until we reach a convex rollover, the top of our main line. We stop. [image]Remple explains the layout of the run, and where people of different abilities need to go. Throughout the trip, Remple, Jeff Gostlin, and Carla Aldinger consistently guide us to the gnar. Every run has features to jump off of, leaving us repeating phrases like: “So sick!”“You’ve got to understand this is a diverse group,” says Remple. “On any given run though, there are a lot of options and we can get into almost anything. There’s something for everyone.”[image]That might be the best thing about SWS—you can go there with your old man and have a blast. In fact, two guys in our cat were a father-son duo from San Francisco. While dad would ski the open powder field, his son, who we nicknamed “Big Air Blair,” would shred pillow lines. Both were fired up at the bottom of every run, ready for more. That’s quality family time.It goes on all day. We ride up, blast down, each time linking back up with the cat. Rarely do you see the other cat out there. Each run from start to finish takes about 40 minutes or so, including time spent in the cat. Depending on the group, it’s possible to ski anywhere from eight to twelve runs in a day. Depending on the group, it's possible to get six to twelve runs per day. Most runs are about 2,000 to 3,000 vertical feet. Helicopter flights jack you up for the next run, while traveling in a snow cat is like a relaxing bus ride through a powder forest. If heli skiing is a stimulant, then cat skiing is an opiate.SWS serves lunch in the snow cat, and it’s one of the best things about the experience. It even comes with tea and cookies. This daily ritual happens every day at SWS. It’s amazing. Skiing needs more tea and cookies. [image]The lodge, located at an elevation of 4,000 feet, has a cool, community-style vibe where guests hangout together and eat together. There’s a pool table, ping-pong table, hot tub, sauna, and a serve-yourself bar stocked full of chronic Canadian microbrews that don’t show up in America. Oh yeah, there’s WiFi, but you’re here to unplug. Just ski. Don’t forget to eat though. The food is healthy, hearty, and delicious. Dinners are served family style, adding to the overall camaraderie one feels while at SWS. The snow in interior BC, while feather-light, has a bit more moisture content than in the Rocky Mountains. This lets mini-AK-style spines, flutes, and pillow features form almost everywhere, allowing for playful bonks off terrain features without fear of dry-docking. I go all day without hitting a rock or crossing a track. [image]Back at the lodge we melt into the cushy chairs, kick our feet up by the fire, pop beers, thumb through Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, play ping-pong, and soak in the tub. This is the place. Tomorrow, we’ll get on a snow cat at 8:15 a.m., and ski the best powder of our lives all over again. It’s no wonder Dr. Powder comes twice a year—he’s in on the Selkirk’s secret. Book NowSelkirk Wilderness Skiing TGR SpecialMarch 24 to March 30. Both 3 and 5 day package are available at 20% off right now. 3 day – normal price/discounted price = $2580/$2150.5 day – normal price/discounted price = $4300/$3440.Photos by Steve Shannon   [image]“I don’t fuck around.” Dr. Powder says. “This is my 30th week up here. I only get two weeks each year to really ski, and I’m not going to blow it. I come here. I am not fucking around." It’s hard to look directly into Dr. Powder’s intense, near-purple eyes as we chug uphill in one of Selkirk Wilderness Skiing’s bright-yellow snow cats on a bluebird Monday morning. Instead, I look outside in awe of Canada’s pillow-packed mountains. Dr. Powder is actually a heart doctor from California, and he’s serious about skiing. A quivering passion shows on his face when he talks about the sport, and he spends his precious little skiing time here. But he’s not alone.  [image]Fanaticism runs deep in the clientele at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the first cat skiing operation in the world located in Meadow Creek, British Columbia, just two hours north of Nelson. It’s not a mystery why. The cats access more skiable terrain than Whistler/Blackcomb and Vail combined, and only see about 24 skiers per day. They’ve been quietly delivering stellar powder since 1975, when founders Allan and Brenda Drury literally changed the ski world by inventing a new way to ski. It snowed 25 centimeters up high last night. In Freedom Units, that’s 10 inches. SWS lead guide and 20-year veteran Jason Remple, has seen fatter days, but he wasn’t complaining as we ended our first cat-assisted assent.  Ecstatic chatter cracks over the radios: “25 centimeters of new! Whoo Ha!”Our crew of 12 applauds. [image]The cat stops and we file out into knee-deep snow. I just grin while looking the snow-caked, spine-filled mountains with pillow clusters and steep glades. There’s every type of skiing feature imaginable here. I search for my skis. Ian, our cat driver, has already laid them out on the snow for me, as he has with everyone else’s skis. How nice. I click in. Remple, who also owns a business called Stellar Heli-Skiing, rallies the crew. “Follow me.”We’re off. We ski 12-deep in a mob, like some sort of Canadian cat skiing advertisement. “We really are skiing Canadian,” I chuckle to myself. We keep it up until we reach a convex rollover, the top of our main line. We stop. [image]Remple explains the layout of the run, and where people of different abilities need to go. Throughout the trip, Remple, Jeff Gostlin, and Carla Aldinger consistently guide us to the gnar. Every run has features to jump off of, leaving us repeating phrases like: “So sick!”“You’ve got to understand this is a diverse group,” says Remple. “On any given run though, there are a lot of options and we can get into almost anything. There’s something for everyone.”[image]That might be the best thing about SWS—you can go there with your old man and have a blast. In fact, two guys in our cat were a father-son duo from San Francisco. While dad would ski the open powder field, his son, who we nicknamed “Big Air Blair,” would shred pillow lines. Both were fired up at the bottom of every run, ready for more. That’s quality family time.It goes on all day. We ride up, blast down, each time linking back up with the cat. Rarely do you see the other cat out there. Each run from start to finish takes about 40 minutes or so, including time spent in the cat. Depending on the group, it’s possible to ski anywhere from eight to twelve runs in a day. Depending on the group, it's possible to get six to twelve runs per day. Most runs are about 2,000 to 3,000 vertical feet. Helicopter flights jack you up for the next run, while traveling in a snow cat is like a relaxing bus ride through a powder forest. If heli skiing is a stimulant, then cat skiing is an opiate.SWS serves lunch in the snow cat, and it’s one of the best things about the experience. It even comes with tea and cookies. This daily ritual happens every day at SWS. It’s amazing. Skiing needs more tea and cookies. [image]The lodge, located at an elevation of 4,000 feet, has a cool, community-style vibe where guests hangout together and eat together. There’s a pool table, ping-pong table, hot tub, sauna, and a serve-yourself bar stocked full of chronic Canadian microbrews that don’t show up in America. Oh yeah, there’s WiFi, but you’re here to unplug. Just ski. Don’t forget to eat though. The food is healthy, hearty, and delicious. Dinners are served family style, adding to the overall camaraderie one feels while at SWS. The snow in interior BC, while feather-light, has a bit more moisture content than in the Rocky Mountains. This lets mini-AK-style spines, flutes, and pillow features form almost everywhere, allowing for playful bonks off terrain features without fear of dry-docking. I go all day without hitting a rock or crossing a track. [image]Back at the lodge we melt into the cushy chairs, kick our feet up by the fire, pop beers, thumb through Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, play ping-pong, and soak in the tub. This is the place. Tomorrow, we’ll get on a snow cat at 8:15 a.m., and ski the best powder of our lives all over again. It’s no wonder Dr. Powder comes twice a year—he’s in on the Selkirk’s secret. Book NowSelkirk Wilderness Skiing TGR SpecialMarch 24 to March 30. Both 3 and 5 day package are available at 20% off right now. 3 day – normal price/discounted price = $2580/$2150.5 day – normal price/discounted price = $4300/$3440.Photos by Steve Shannon Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:26:54 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Go-Now-Selkirk-Wilderness-Skiing/blog/6517008/75233.html SamPetri 2013-03-19T18:30:41Z Teton Gravity Research   [image]“I don’t fuck around.” Dr. Powder says. “This is my 30th week up here. I only get two weeks each year to really ski, and I’m not going to blow it. I come here. I am not fucking around." It’s hard to look directly into Dr. Powder’s intense, near-purple eyes as we chug uphill in one of Selkirk Wilderness Skiing’s bright-yellow snow cats on a bluebird Monday morning. Instead, I look outside in awe of Canada’s pillow-packed mountains. Dr. Powder is actually a heart doctor from California, and he’s serious about skiing. A quivering passion shows on his face when he talks about the sport, and he spends his precious little skiing time here. But he’s not alone.  [image]Fanaticism runs deep in the clientele at Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the first cat skiing operation in the world located in Meadow Creek, British Columbia, just two hours north of Nelson. It’s not a mystery why. The cats access more skiable terrain than Whistler/Blackcomb and Vail combined, and only see about 24 skiers per day. They’ve been quietly delivering stellar powder since 1975, when founders Allan and Brenda Drury literally changed the ski world by inventing a new way to ski. It snowed 25 centimeters up high last night. In Freedom Units, that’s 10 inches. SWS lead guide and 20-year veteran Jason Remple, has seen fatter days, but he wasn’t complaining as we ended our first cat-assisted assent.  Ecstatic chatter cracks over the radios: “25 centimeters of new! Whoo Ha!”Our crew of 12 applauds. [image]The cat stops and we file out into knee-deep snow. I just grin while looking the snow-caked, spine-filled mountains with pillow clusters and steep glades. There’s every type of skiing feature imaginable here. I search for my skis. Ian, our cat driver, has already laid them out on the snow for me, as he has with everyone else’s skis. How nice. I click in. Remple, who also owns a business called Stellar Heli-Skiing, rallies the crew. “Follow me.”We’re off. We ski 12-deep in a mob, like some sort of Canadian cat skiing advertisement. “We really are skiing Canadian,” I chuckle to myself. We keep it up until we reach a convex rollover, the top of our main line. We stop. [image]Remple explains the layout of the run, and where people of different abilities need to go. Throughout the trip, Remple, Jeff Gostlin, and Carla Aldinger consistently guide us to the gnar. Every run has features to jump off of, leaving us repeating phrases like: “So sick!”“You’ve got to understand this is a diverse group,” says Remple. “On any given run though, there are a lot of options and we can get into almost anything. There’s something for everyone.”[image]That might be the best thing about SWS—you can go there with your old man and have a blast. In fact, two guys in our cat were a father-son duo from San Francisco. While dad would ski the open powder field, his son, who we nicknamed “Big Air Blair,” would shred pillow lines. Both were fired up at the bottom of every run, ready for more. That’s quality family time.It goes on all day. We ride up, blast down, each time linking back up with the cat. Rarely do you see the other cat out there. Each run from start to finish takes about 40 minutes or so, including time spent in the cat. Depending on the group, it’s possible to ski anywhere from eight to twelve runs in a day. Depending on the group, it's possible to get six to twelve runs per day. Most runs are about 2,000 to 3,000 vertical feet. Helicopter flights jack you up for the next run, while traveling in a snow cat is like a relaxing bus ride through a powder forest. If heli skiing is a stimulant, then cat skiing is an opiate.SWS serves lunch in the snow cat, and it’s one of the best things about the experience. It even comes with tea and cookies. This daily ritual happens every day at SWS. It’s amazing. Skiing needs more tea and cookies. [image]The lodge, located at an elevation of 4,000 feet, has a cool, community-style vibe where guests hangout together and eat together. There’s a pool table, ping-pong table, hot tub, sauna, and a serve-yourself bar stocked full of chronic Canadian microbrews that don’t show up in America. Oh yeah, there’s WiFi, but you’re here to unplug. Just ski. Don’t forget to eat though. The food is healthy, hearty, and delicious. Dinners are served family style, adding to the overall camaraderie one feels while at SWS. The snow in interior BC, while feather-light, has a bit more moisture content than in the Rocky Mountains. This lets mini-AK-style spines, flutes, and pillow features form almost everywhere, allowing for playful bonks off terrain features without fear of dry-docking. I go all day without hitting a rock or crossing a track. [image]Back at the lodge we melt into the cushy chairs, kick our feet up by the fire, pop beers, thumb through Kootenay Mountain Culture Magazine, play ping-pong, and soak in the tub. This is the place. Tomorrow, we’ll get on a snow cat at 8:15 a.m., and ski the best powder of our lives all over again. It’s no wonder Dr. Powder comes twice a year—he’s in on the Selkirk’s secret. Book NowSelkirk Wilderness Skiing TGR SpecialMarch 24 to March 30. Both 3 and 5 day package are available at 20% off right now. 3 day – normal price/discounted price = $2580/$2150.5 day – normal price/discounted price = $4300/$3440.Photos by Steve Shannon selkirk wilderness skiing nonadult false Go Now: Selkirk Wilderness Skiing text blog selkirk wilderness skiing 195 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false 0 0 6517008 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Interview-Chris-Davenport-On-50-Classic-Ski-Descents-Of-North-America-Book/blog/6459609/75233.html [image]A skier drops in to Terminal Cancer Couloir in Nevada, one of the lines featured in the book 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America is a large-format compilation book of iconic and aesthetic ski descents from Alaska to Baffin Island, from Tuckerman’s Ravine in New Hampshire to eight states in the western U.S. and the three western provinces of Canada. Created by ski mountaineers Chris Davenport, Art Burrows and Penn Newhard, 50 Classic Ski Descents taps into the local knowledge of contributors such as Andrew McLean, Glen Plake, Lowell Skoog, Chic Scott and Ptor Spricenieks with first person descriptions of their favorite ski descents and insightful perspectives on ski mountaineering past, present and future.TetonGravity.com recently sat down with co-author and pioneering skier Chris Davenport in Aspen, Colorado, and flipped through the pages to see what it’s all about. We found it is one of the best hit lists out there, as no one skier has descended them all. As they say, game on![image]A crew stands on top of Polar Star Couloir on Baffin Island and gets ready for a classic descent.Sam Petri: Tell me about how this book came together. Chris Davenport: Penn Newhard, myself and Art Burrows, we were talking about it for a couple of years, but we really started working on it in January of 2010 - getting the framework, building the list of the 50 classics. You know, what were the mountains going to be? Who were we going to get images from? Who were we going to talk to? We really wanted to have a lot of contributors.  Nobody has skied all of these mountains.  There is not one person who has skied all 50 of these. So we really need to rely on the expertise of some of North America’s most well known skiers.  These people right here.  They represent not only a huge amount of history in the sport of skiing and ski mountaineering, but they also represent all the different regions, so we kind of started building this list. Like, who were the people we want to include in the book?  Who has great stories to tell? Who has got great images we can use?  So we went through building that list, talking to people, doing the legwork, and then by April or May we really had everything we needed to sit down and start building the book.  It’s sort of like running a marathon, the first mile you are like, “Oh my god am I ever going to finish this?  This is already hard.”  So the first 10 pages it was like, “holy shit, are we ever going to get through this thing?” We bit off a lot and the more conversations we had with people, the more we realized how much was really out there.  Certainly, I pride myself on knowing a lot about great places to ski.  That’s what I do, but you know, for instance, the Polar Star couloir in Baffin Island, I didn’t really known much about that and we started talking to people like Andrew McClain and Hilary O’Neill and they were just like, “This is just the most incredible line on the east coast.” [image]Skiing Polar Star Couloir. SP: What were the criteria for a classic? What defines a classic?CD: Yeah, that’s a good question.  I think the main thing that defines it is it has got to just grab your eye.  You have to look at this and just go, “Wow, oh my gosh, look at that line.” It really has to jump off the page at you.I think there has to be history to it. I think it’s got to be aesthetic. You know, most importantly for me was the aesthetics.  Take Tuckerman’s Ravine, for example. I mean, it’s a super aesthetic glacial cirque with an incredible amount of history and it’s really popular. A lot of people go up there.  Huntington Ravine as well.  But then there are other ones like Baffin Island.  This couloir has only been skied like half a dozen times, but it’s just in a super striking part of the world. We wanted things that were going to be inspirational or aspirational, where people would go, “Wow, I wonder if I could ever do that?” And things like Tuckerman’s, where people are up there every week in the spring.  It was a nice blend of things.  We didn’t want it to be super exclusive, you know like, “The Gnarliest 50 Descents On The Continent.”   We wanted it to be a good collection – a variety, I guess you’d say.  So we got the east, and then we get to right outside Aspen.  I wrote this story, “Breaking The Glass Ceiling.” I wrote this one because we skied the second decent of the east face here on Pyramid, and this is probably the most classic line in all of Colorado.  SP: Daaaaamnnn.CD: It had only been skied once and it was in 1978.  It sat there for 28 years.  SP: Who skied it first?CD: Chris Landry.  We went up there and it hadn’t been repeated.  This line over here had been skied, but nobody had gone off the summit, down the Landry line. So we did the second decent and once we did it and word got out that we just did the second decent, people flocked and were like that’s the glass ceiling.  It broke and people came down and started doing it, so here is a story that I wrote about that experience and why this face is unique.  It is pretty burley climbing.[image]University Peak in Alaska, "probably the most burley peak in the whole book," Davenport says.[image]Climbing University Peak. SP: Were there any lines that you guys argued about being a classic?CD: I would say there wasn’t any argument, but there was definitely deliberation about things like, “Do we put this in there?”  We originally had like 70 mountains that we needed to chop the list down to 50.  There was deliberation because there were ones we didn’t have good photos of and there were ones we just didn’t know that much about.   This peak is super badass, University, probably the most burley peak in the whole book.  It has only been skied twice.  7,000 vert.  It’s ones like this we were like, “We have to put this in there.”  Even if hardly anyone is ever going to get to do this, it is so rowdy and so awesome, we’ve got to put it in there.  And some expeditionary kind of stuff in Alaska. Pontoon peak in the Valdez area is a super classic peak. [image]Pontoon Peak in Alaska's Chugach Range.SP: I’ve been up there.  Last year I camped up there, sort of near Pontoon. I just went and skinned around for 10 days, just outside of Point’s North Heli’s zone.  Yeah, Kevin Quinn is the man.  CD: Yeah, he knows a ton of people.SP: Pontoon is badass. CD: You’re right.  And this is a super classic photo of Meteorite in Valdez.  This is the first decent.  This is a really good story.  Eric Pehota writes about Trevor Peterson missing out on the first decent because he got wasted the night before.  They couldn’t find him and these guys Scott Markewitz, Eric Pehota and Kirk Jensen, they got it.  Trevor was left behind.  SP: Ha, that’s funny. So you put heli lines in here, too?CD: Yeah, because, I mean, the mountains don’t care how you access them.  Like I said, the aesthetics and the beauty of it all is open to anybody.  And yeah, there are some things that are accessed by helicopters and there are some things that certainly are only human powered access, and we felt like those were both valid ways of going skiing.  We are not trying to say like, “Oh, heli-skiing is bad or you have to be a ski mountaineer to be able to do these things.”  There are plenty of classic lines out there that you can walk up, and there are some you can fly to.  And yeah, we talked about that.  Do we include things that have heli-skiing or not?  That’s just the way it is in Valdez. There is heli-skiing there.  And you can’t just say we’re not going to put that in there just because it’s mechanized.  But that was definitely a discussion, for sure.  Yeah, we wanted a good variety.  We wanted this book to appeal not just a hardcore, but also the beginner, the guy that is just getting into it, and to have it be really inspirational.  We wanted people to have this book and have it be their hit list.SP: We’ll, it’s cool that no one has done all of them yet.  CD: Yeah, I’ve skied like 25 or 24 of them.  That’s a lot.  Maybe someday somebody will be like, “You know what? We’re going to do a project to ski the 50 classics that these guys wrote about.” Get Your Book And Get Out There [image]The Skillet on Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park. [image]A skier drops in to Terminal Cancer Couloir in Nevada, one of the lines featured in the book 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America is a large-format compilation book of iconic and aesthetic ski descents from Alaska to Baffin Island, from Tuckerman’s Ravine in New Hampshire to eight states in the western U.S. and the three western provinces of Canada. Created by ski mountaineers Chris Davenport, Art Burrows and Penn Newhard, 50 Classic Ski Descents taps into the local knowledge of contributors such as Andrew McLean, Glen Plake, Lowell Skoog, Chic Scott and Ptor Spricenieks with first person descriptions of their favorite ski descents and insightful perspectives on ski mountaineering past, present and future.TetonGravity.com recently sat down with co-author and pioneering skier Chris Davenport in Aspen, Colorado, and flipped through the pages to see what it’s all about. We found it is one of the best hit lists out there, as no one skier has descended them all. As they say, game on![image]A crew stands on top of Polar Star Couloir on Baffin Island and gets ready for a classic descent.Sam Petri: Tell me about how this book came together. Chris Davenport: Penn Newhard, myself and Art Burrows, we were talking about it for a couple of years, but we really started working on it in January of 2010 - getting the framework, building the list of the 50 classics. You know, what were the mountains going to be? Who were we going to get images from? Who were we going to talk to? We really wanted to have a lot of contributors.  Nobody has skied all of these mountains.  There is not one person who has skied all 50 of these. So we really need to rely on the expertise of some of North America’s most well known skiers.  These people right here.  They represent not only a huge amount of history in the sport of skiing and ski mountaineering, but they also represent all the different regions, so we kind of started building this list. Like, who were the people we want to include in the book?  Who has great stories to tell? Who has got great images we can use?  So we went through building that list, talking to people, doing the legwork, and then by April or May we really had everything we needed to sit down and start building the book.  It’s sort of like running a marathon, the first mile you are like, “Oh my god am I ever going to finish this?  This is already hard.”  So the first 10 pages it was like, “holy shit, are we ever going to get through this thing?” We bit off a lot and the more conversations we had with people, the more we realized how much was really out there.  Certainly, I pride myself on knowing a lot about great places to ski.  That’s what I do, but you know, for instance, the Polar Star couloir in Baffin Island, I didn’t really known much about that and we started talking to people like Andrew McClain and Hilary O’Neill and they were just like, “This is just the most incredible line on the east coast.” [image]Skiing Polar Star Couloir. SP: What were the criteria for a classic? What defines a classic?CD: Yeah, that’s a good question.  I think the main thing that defines it is it has got to just grab your eye.  You have to look at this and just go, “Wow, oh my gosh, look at that line.” It really has to jump off the page at you.I think there has to be history to it. I think it’s got to be aesthetic. You know, most importantly for me was the aesthetics.  Take Tuckerman’s Ravine, for example. I mean, it’s a super aesthetic glacial cirque with an incredible amount of history and it’s really popular. A lot of people go up there.  Huntington Ravine as well.  But then there are other ones like Baffin Island.  This couloir has only been skied like half a dozen times, but it’s just in a super striking part of the world. We wanted things that were going to be inspirational or aspirational, where people would go, “Wow, I wonder if I could ever do that?” And things like Tuckerman’s, where people are up there every week in the spring.  It was a nice blend of things.  We didn’t want it to be super exclusive, you know like, “The Gnarliest 50 Descents On The Continent.”   We wanted it to be a good collection – a variety, I guess you’d say.  So we got the east, and then we get to right outside Aspen.  I wrote this story, “Breaking The Glass Ceiling.” I wrote this one because we skied the second decent of the east face here on Pyramid, and this is probably the most classic line in all of Colorado.  SP: Daaaaamnnn.CD: It had only been skied once and it was in 1978.  It sat there for 28 years.  SP: Who skied it first?CD: Chris Landry.  We went up there and it hadn’t been repeated.  This line over here had been skied, but nobody had gone off the summit, down the Landry line. So we did the second decent and once we did it and word got out that we just did the second decent, people flocked and were like that’s the glass ceiling.  It broke and people came down and started doing it, so here is a story that I wrote about that experience and why this face is unique.  It is pretty burley climbing.[image]University Peak in Alaska, "probably the most burley peak in the whole book," Davenport says.[image]Climbing University Peak. SP: Were there any lines that you guys argued about being a classic?CD: I would say there wasn’t any argument, but there was definitely deliberation about things like, “Do we put this in there?”  We originally had like 70 mountains that we needed to chop the list down to 50.  There was deliberation because there were ones we didn’t have good photos of and there were ones we just didn’t know that much about.   This peak is super badass, University, probably the most burley peak in the whole book.  It has only been skied twice.  7,000 vert.  It’s ones like this we were like, “We have to put this in there.”  Even if hardly anyone is ever going to get to do this, it is so rowdy and so awesome, we’ve got to put it in there.  And some expeditionary kind of stuff in Alaska. Pontoon peak in the Valdez area is a super classic peak. [image]Pontoon Peak in Alaska's Chugach Range.SP: I’ve been up there.  Last year I camped up there, sort of near Pontoon. I just went and skinned around for 10 days, just outside of Point’s North Heli’s zone.  Yeah, Kevin Quinn is the man.  CD: Yeah, he knows a ton of people.SP: Pontoon is badass. CD: You’re right.  And this is a super classic photo of Meteorite in Valdez.  This is the first decent.  This is a really good story.  Eric Pehota writes about Trevor Peterson missing out on the first decent because he got wasted the night before.  They couldn’t find him and these guys Scott Markewitz, Eric Pehota and Kirk Jensen, they got it.  Trevor was left behind.  SP: Ha, that’s funny. So you put heli lines in here, too?CD: Yeah, because, I mean, the mountains don’t care how you access them.  Like I said, the aesthetics and the beauty of it all is open to anybody.  And yeah, there are some things that are accessed by helicopters and there are some things that certainly are only human powered access, and we felt like those were both valid ways of going skiing.  We are not trying to say like, “Oh, heli-skiing is bad or you have to be a ski mountaineer to be able to do these things.”  There are plenty of classic lines out there that you can walk up, and there are some you can fly to.  And yeah, we talked about that.  Do we include things that have heli-skiing or not?  That’s just the way it is in Valdez. There is heli-skiing there.  And you can’t just say we’re not going to put that in there just because it’s mechanized.  But that was definitely a discussion, for sure.  Yeah, we wanted a good variety.  We wanted this book to appeal not just a hardcore, but also the beginner, the guy that is just getting into it, and to have it be really inspirational.  We wanted people to have this book and have it be their hit list.SP: We’ll, it’s cool that no one has done all of them yet.  CD: Yeah, I’ve skied like 25 or 24 of them.  That’s a lot.  Maybe someday somebody will be like, “You know what? We’re going to do a project to ski the 50 classics that these guys wrote about.” Get Your Book And Get Out There [image]The Skillet on Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:21:20 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Interview-Chris-Davenport-On-50-Classic-Ski-Descents-Of-North-America-Book/blog/6459609/75233.html SamPetri 2012-11-10T09:00:16Z Teton Gravity Research [image]A skier drops in to Terminal Cancer Couloir in Nevada, one of the lines featured in the book 50 Classic Ski Descents of North America.Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America is a large-format compilation book of iconic and aesthetic ski descents from Alaska to Baffin Island, from Tuckerman’s Ravine in New Hampshire to eight states in the western U.S. and the three western provinces of Canada. Created by ski mountaineers Chris Davenport, Art Burrows and Penn Newhard, 50 Classic Ski Descents taps into the local knowledge of contributors such as Andrew McLean, Glen Plake, Lowell Skoog, Chic Scott and Ptor Spricenieks with first person descriptions of their favorite ski descents and insightful perspectives on ski mountaineering past, present and future.TetonGravity.com recently sat down with co-author and pioneering skier Chris Davenport in Aspen, Colorado, and flipped through the pages to see what it’s all about. We found it is one of the best hit lists out there, as no one skier has descended them all. As they say, game on![image]A crew stands on top of Polar Star Couloir on Baffin Island and gets ready for a classic descent.Sam Petri: Tell me about how this book came together. Chris Davenport: Penn Newhard, myself and Art Burrows, we were talking about it for a couple of years, but we really started working on it in January of 2010 - getting the framework, building the list of the 50 classics. You know, what were the mountains going to be? Who were we going to get images from? Who were we going to talk to? We really wanted to have a lot of contributors.  Nobody has skied all of these mountains.  There is not one person who has skied all 50 of these. So we really need to rely on the expertise of some of North America’s most well known skiers.  These people right here.  They represent not only a huge amount of history in the sport of skiing and ski mountaineering, but they also represent all the different regions, so we kind of started building this list. Like, who were the people we want to include in the book?  Who has great stories to tell? Who has got great images we can use?  So we went through building that list, talking to people, doing the legwork, and then by April or May we really had everything we needed to sit down and start building the book.  It’s sort of like running a marathon, the first mile you are like, “Oh my god am I ever going to finish this?  This is already hard.”  So the first 10 pages it was like, “holy shit, are we ever going to get through this thing?” We bit off a lot and the more conversations we had with people, the more we realized how much was really out there.  Certainly, I pride myself on knowing a lot about great places to ski.  That’s what I do, but you know, for instance, the Polar Star couloir in Baffin Island, I didn’t really known much about that and we started talking to people like Andrew McClain and Hilary O’Neill and they were just like, “This is just the most incredible line on the east coast.” [image]Skiing Polar Star Couloir. SP: What were the criteria for a classic? What defines a classic?CD: Yeah, that’s a good question.  I think the main thing that defines it is it has got to just grab your eye.  You have to look at this and just go, “Wow, oh my gosh, look at that line.” It really has to jump off the page at you.I think there has to be history to it. I think it’s got to be aesthetic. You know, most importantly for me was the aesthetics.  Take Tuckerman’s Ravine, for example. I mean, it’s a super aesthetic glacial cirque with an incredible amount of history and it’s really popular. A lot of people go up there.  Huntington Ravine as well.  But then there are other ones like Baffin Island.  This couloir has only been skied like half a dozen times, but it’s just in a super striking part of the world. We wanted things that were going to be inspirational or aspirational, where people would go, “Wow, I wonder if I could ever do that?” And things like Tuckerman’s, where people are up there every week in the spring.  It was a nice blend of things.  We didn’t want it to be super exclusive, you know like, “The Gnarliest 50 Descents On The Continent.”   We wanted it to be a good collection – a variety, I guess you’d say.  So we got the east, and then we get to right outside Aspen.  I wrote this story, “Breaking The Glass Ceiling.” I wrote this one because we skied the second decent of the east face here on Pyramid, and this is probably the most classic line in all of Colorado.  SP: Daaaaamnnn.CD: It had only been skied once and it was in 1978.  It sat there for 28 years.  SP: Who skied it first?CD: Chris Landry.  We went up there and it hadn’t been repeated.  This line over here had been skied, but nobody had gone off the summit, down the Landry line. So we did the second decent and once we did it and word got out that we just did the second decent, people flocked and were like that’s the glass ceiling.  It broke and people came down and started doing it, so here is a story that I wrote about that experience and why this face is unique.  It is pretty burley climbing.[image]University Peak in Alaska, "probably the most burley peak in the whole book," Davenport says.[image]Climbing University Peak. SP: Were there any lines that you guys argued about being a classic?CD: I would say there wasn’t any argument, but there was definitely deliberation about things like, “Do we put this in there?”  We originally had like 70 mountains that we needed to chop the list down to 50.  There was deliberation because there were ones we didn’t have good photos of and there were ones we just didn’t know that much about.   This peak is super badass, University, probably the most burley peak in the whole book.  It has only been skied twice.  7,000 vert.  It’s ones like this we were like, “We have to put this in there.”  Even if hardly anyone is ever going to get to do this, it is so rowdy and so awesome, we’ve got to put it in there.  And some expeditionary kind of stuff in Alaska. Pontoon peak in the Valdez area is a super classic peak. [image]Pontoon Peak in Alaska's Chugach Range.SP: I’ve been up there.  Last year I camped up there, sort of near Pontoon. I just went and skinned around for 10 days, just outside of Point’s North Heli’s zone.  Yeah, Kevin Quinn is the man.  CD: Yeah, he knows a ton of people.SP: Pontoon is badass. CD: You’re right.  And this is a super classic photo of Meteorite in Valdez.  This is the first decent.  This is a really good story.  Eric Pehota writes about Trevor Peterson missing out on the first decent because he got wasted the night before.  They couldn’t find him and these guys Scott Markewitz, Eric Pehota and Kirk Jensen, they got it.  Trevor was left behind.  SP: Ha, that’s funny. So you put heli lines in here, too?CD: Yeah, because, I mean, the mountains don’t care how you access them.  Like I said, the aesthetics and the beauty of it all is open to anybody.  And yeah, there are some things that are accessed by helicopters and there are some things that certainly are only human powered access, and we felt like those were both valid ways of going skiing.  We are not trying to say like, “Oh, heli-skiing is bad or you have to be a ski mountaineer to be able to do these things.”  There are plenty of classic lines out there that you can walk up, and there are some you can fly to.  And yeah, we talked about that.  Do we include things that have heli-skiing or not?  That’s just the way it is in Valdez. There is heli-skiing there.  And you can’t just say we’re not going to put that in there just because it’s mechanized.  But that was definitely a discussion, for sure.  Yeah, we wanted a good variety.  We wanted this book to appeal not just a hardcore, but also the beginner, the guy that is just getting into it, and to have it be really inspirational.  We wanted people to have this book and have it be their hit list.SP: We’ll, it’s cool that no one has done all of them yet.  CD: Yeah, I’ve skied like 25 or 24 of them.  That’s a lot.  Maybe someday somebody will be like, “You know what? We’re going to do a project to ski the 50 classics that these guys wrote about.” Get Your Book And Get Out There [image]The Skillet on Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park. 50 classic ski descents, books, chris davenport, skiing, snowboarding, teton gravity research nonadult false Interview: Chris Davenport On 50 Classic Ski Descents Of North America Book text blog 50 classic ski descents,books,chris davenport,skiing,snowboarding,teton gravity research 348 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States WY Teton Village 0 0 6459609 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-European-Wingsuit-Adventures-Roner-Vision/blog/6394193/75233.html Erik Roner keeps things lighthearted & fun, so fun you might not even notice he's effing flying in this episode—like fy-ing! It all begins at home in Tahoe where Erik preps for his upcoming wingsuit trip to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland in the most unusual way. Once in the Swiss countryside, Erik wallows in the stunning scenery, the gently clanging church bells, immaculate wood stacks, beautiful valleys, church bells, church bells, church bells! It's enough to make you want to jump off a cliff. Which is really why he's here. Erik and friends Brandon Lillard, Jhonathon Florez, and Ted Davenport capture incredible GoPro footage soaring over the Swiss valley. Even little Oskar checks in from back home running loose while dad's away. What extreme adventure does he get up to in this episode? Erik Roner keeps things lighthearted & fun, so fun you might not even notice he's effing flying in this episode—like fy-ing! It all begins at home in Tahoe where Erik preps for his upcoming wingsuit trip to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland in the most unusual way. Once in the Swiss countryside, Erik wallows in the stunning scenery, the gently clanging church bells, immaculate wood stacks, beautiful valleys, church bells, church bells, church bells! It's enough to make you want to jump off a cliff. Which is really why he's here. Erik and friends Brandon Lillard, Jhonathon Florez, and Ted Davenport capture incredible GoPro footage soaring over the Swiss valley. Even little Oskar checks in from back home running loose while dad's away. What extreme adventure does he get up to in this episode? Thu, 11 Oct 2012 22:25:41 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-European-Wingsuit-Adventures-Roner-Vision/blog/6394193/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-11T22:25:41Z Teton Gravity Research Erik Roner keeps things lighthearted & fun, so fun you might not even notice he's effing flying in this episode—like fy-ing! It all begins at home in Tahoe where Erik preps for his upcoming wingsuit trip to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland in the most unusual way. Once in the Swiss countryside, Erik wallows in the stunning scenery, the gently clanging church bells, immaculate wood stacks, beautiful valleys, church bells, church bells, church bells! It's enough to make you want to jump off a cliff. Which is really why he's here. Erik and friends Brandon Lillard, Jhonathon Florez, and Ted Davenport capture incredible GoPro footage soaring over the Swiss valley. Even little Oskar checks in from back home running loose while dad's away. What extreme adventure does he get up to in this episode? erik roner, flying, roner vision, switzerland, wingsuit nonadult false Video: European Wingsuit Adventures - Roner Vision text blog erik roner,flying,roner vision,switzerland,wingsuit 264 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Switzerland 0 0 6394193 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-All-2013-Qualified-Riders-Confirmed-For-Swatch-Freeride-World-Tour-By-The-North-Face/blog/6394151/75233.html Get ready for an epic season: The world’s best big-mountain riders to compete in the new unified world tour Lausanne, Switzerland / Salt Lake City, USA - A host of new faces join the leading skiers and snowboarders from past season, as the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face goes into its first season as a globally unified series. The new tour will combine top riders and most champions of last winter’s Swatch Freeride World Tour, Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding. The line-up will additionally include strong talent emerging from the Freeride World Qualifiers as well as some hotly contended wild cards.  The For Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 will kick off at Revelstoke, Canada, January 7, 2013, and then move on to the first European stops at Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc, Italy, and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. After the following events at Kirkwood, California, and Fieberbrunn PillerseeTal, Austria, the qualified riders will prepare for the finals at Verbier, Switzerland. This season will be a season of firsts for the FWT, with new riders, a new unified calendar and a brand new partnership with ABS, who will be the tour’s official air bag system supplier. “Security is key for FWT, so it’s essential to partner with the leading manufacturer in that field,” Freeride World Tour General Manager Europe Nicolas Hale-Woods said. [image]The FWT TwinBag pack with zip-on partner Dakine. For more information about ABS® click here The top 12 male skiers from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are automatically qualified. For female skiers, the top five from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the top three from the Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are eligible to compete. The line-up includes skiers like 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Reine Barkered (SWE), 2012 Freeskiing World Tour champion Josh Daiek (USA), two-time Freeride World Tour champion Aurélien Ducroz (FRA), 2011 Freeskiing World Tour champion Drew Tabke (USA), as well as 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Christine Hargin (SWE) and two-time Freeskiing World Tour champion Angel Collinson (USA). Some tour spots have also been reserved for wild cards. There are two types of wild cards – those given to riders committed to follow the whole tour and local organizer wild cards given to riders for a single event. In skiing, one of the wild cards was given to Markus Eder (ITA) who recently shone at the Swatch Skiers Cup at Valle Nevado, Chile. In the Snowboard division, the top six male riders from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and top four male riders from the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 as well as the top three females from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 are automatically qualified. Confirmed snowboarders include 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Jonathan Charlet (FRA), 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Sammy Luebke (USA), three-time Freeride World Tour champion Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) from the Swatch Proteam, as well as Ralph Backstrom (USA), Flo Orley (AUT), and 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Shannan Yates (USA). In addition, several riders in all categories qualified through the Freeride World Qualifiers 2012. Talents who now have the opportunity to prove themselves in the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 include skiers Wille Lindberg (SWE), Léo Slemett (FRA), and Pia Nic Gundersen (NOR) as well as snowboarders Ludovic Guillot-Diat (FRA), Joel Rouge (SUI), and French sisters Margot and Elodie Mouthon (FRA). [image][image] Read what some of the athletes have to say:[image] Drew Tabke (USA), 2nd Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “I've competed in the sport for nearly a decade and 2013 looks to be the most exciting year yet. I am so stoked the merger between the two tours is finally going down because it means we’ll finally see the best skiers from around the world at the same events. I expect the level of riding at the Freeride World Tour this year to be at the highest it’s ever been because of the incredible athlete roster. I can’t wait to see what countries and riders are dominant this year. I personally have my money on Team America.” [image] Sam Smoothy (NZL), 4th Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “FWT 2013 is going to be one hell of a show, with all the new riders from the FWQ and the Freeskiing World Tour full claiming rights. We have amazing venues and an incredible amount of talented riders so it’s going to be redonkulous. To have one true world tour and one true world champion is an incredible opportunity and I can’t wait to have a crack at taking home the title.”  [image] Xavier de Le Rue (FRA), triple Freeride World Tour winner Snowboard Men: “I'm really happy to see The North Face getting on board of the Freeride World Tourfor the next few years. I'm sure that along with Swatch and the reunification of both tours, the FWT will reach a well-deserved next level. On a personal level, filming will keep me a bit too busy to follow the whole tour, but I'll be excited to come and ride three of the events of the tour.” [image] Christine Hargin (SWE), 2012 Freeride World Tour champion:“Although the best riders from the American tour also participated in previous years, I think a united tour means tougher competition in the races, and a higher level of riding will be required to win. The tour will get better status worldwide. I'm looking forward to see all the skiers that qualified. I think the level will be higher than ever on the tour. I'm also looking forward to ski in Canada and Revelstoke where I couldn’t join in last year, and to re-visit the other ski resorts where we will compete.”SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE 2013Competition Calendar 1. Swatch Freeride World Tour Revelstoke 2013 by The North FaceDates: 7 January; Location: Revelstoke (CAN) Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 2. Swatch Freeride World Tour Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 19 January; Location: Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc (ITA)Disciplines: Men's Ski and Snowboard 3. Swatch Freeride World Tour Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 26 January; Location: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (FRA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard  4. Swatch Freeride World Tour Kirkwood 2013 by The North FaceDates: 27 February; Location: Kirkwood (USA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 5. Swatch Freeride World Tour Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal 2013 by The North FaceDates: 9 March; Location: Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal (AUT)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 6. Swatch Verbier Xtreme 2013 by The North FaceDates: 23 March; Location: Verbier (SUI)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard Get ready for an epic season: The world’s best big-mountain riders to compete in the new unified world tour Lausanne, Switzerland / Salt Lake City, USA - A host of new faces join the leading skiers and snowboarders from past season, as the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face goes into its first season as a globally unified series. The new tour will combine top riders and most champions of last winter’s Swatch Freeride World Tour, Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding. The line-up will additionally include strong talent emerging from the Freeride World Qualifiers as well as some hotly contended wild cards.  The For Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 will kick off at Revelstoke, Canada, January 7, 2013, and then move on to the first European stops at Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc, Italy, and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. After the following events at Kirkwood, California, and Fieberbrunn PillerseeTal, Austria, the qualified riders will prepare for the finals at Verbier, Switzerland. This season will be a season of firsts for the FWT, with new riders, a new unified calendar and a brand new partnership with ABS, who will be the tour’s official air bag system supplier. “Security is key for FWT, so it’s essential to partner with the leading manufacturer in that field,” Freeride World Tour General Manager Europe Nicolas Hale-Woods said. [image]The FWT TwinBag pack with zip-on partner Dakine. For more information about ABS® click here The top 12 male skiers from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are automatically qualified. For female skiers, the top five from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the top three from the Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are eligible to compete. The line-up includes skiers like 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Reine Barkered (SWE), 2012 Freeskiing World Tour champion Josh Daiek (USA), two-time Freeride World Tour champion Aurélien Ducroz (FRA), 2011 Freeskiing World Tour champion Drew Tabke (USA), as well as 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Christine Hargin (SWE) and two-time Freeskiing World Tour champion Angel Collinson (USA). Some tour spots have also been reserved for wild cards. There are two types of wild cards – those given to riders committed to follow the whole tour and local organizer wild cards given to riders for a single event. In skiing, one of the wild cards was given to Markus Eder (ITA) who recently shone at the Swatch Skiers Cup at Valle Nevado, Chile. In the Snowboard division, the top six male riders from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and top four male riders from the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 as well as the top three females from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 are automatically qualified. Confirmed snowboarders include 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Jonathan Charlet (FRA), 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Sammy Luebke (USA), three-time Freeride World Tour champion Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) from the Swatch Proteam, as well as Ralph Backstrom (USA), Flo Orley (AUT), and 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Shannan Yates (USA). In addition, several riders in all categories qualified through the Freeride World Qualifiers 2012. Talents who now have the opportunity to prove themselves in the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 include skiers Wille Lindberg (SWE), Léo Slemett (FRA), and Pia Nic Gundersen (NOR) as well as snowboarders Ludovic Guillot-Diat (FRA), Joel Rouge (SUI), and French sisters Margot and Elodie Mouthon (FRA). [image][image] Read what some of the athletes have to say:[image] Drew Tabke (USA), 2nd Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “I've competed in the sport for nearly a decade and 2013 looks to be the most exciting year yet. I am so stoked the merger between the two tours is finally going down because it means we’ll finally see the best skiers from around the world at the same events. I expect the level of riding at the Freeride World Tour this year to be at the highest it’s ever been because of the incredible athlete roster. I can’t wait to see what countries and riders are dominant this year. I personally have my money on Team America.” [image] Sam Smoothy (NZL), 4th Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “FWT 2013 is going to be one hell of a show, with all the new riders from the FWQ and the Freeskiing World Tour full claiming rights. We have amazing venues and an incredible amount of talented riders so it’s going to be redonkulous. To have one true world tour and one true world champion is an incredible opportunity and I can’t wait to have a crack at taking home the title.”  [image] Xavier de Le Rue (FRA), triple Freeride World Tour winner Snowboard Men: “I'm really happy to see The North Face getting on board of the Freeride World Tourfor the next few years. I'm sure that along with Swatch and the reunification of both tours, the FWT will reach a well-deserved next level. On a personal level, filming will keep me a bit too busy to follow the whole tour, but I'll be excited to come and ride three of the events of the tour.” [image] Christine Hargin (SWE), 2012 Freeride World Tour champion:“Although the best riders from the American tour also participated in previous years, I think a united tour means tougher competition in the races, and a higher level of riding will be required to win. The tour will get better status worldwide. I'm looking forward to see all the skiers that qualified. I think the level will be higher than ever on the tour. I'm also looking forward to ski in Canada and Revelstoke where I couldn’t join in last year, and to re-visit the other ski resorts where we will compete.”SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE 2013Competition Calendar 1. Swatch Freeride World Tour Revelstoke 2013 by The North FaceDates: 7 January; Location: Revelstoke (CAN) Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 2. Swatch Freeride World Tour Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 19 January; Location: Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc (ITA)Disciplines: Men's Ski and Snowboard 3. Swatch Freeride World Tour Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 26 January; Location: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (FRA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard  4. Swatch Freeride World Tour Kirkwood 2013 by The North FaceDates: 27 February; Location: Kirkwood (USA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 5. Swatch Freeride World Tour Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal 2013 by The North FaceDates: 9 March; Location: Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal (AUT)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 6. Swatch Verbier Xtreme 2013 by The North FaceDates: 23 March; Location: Verbier (SUI)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:52:48 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-All-2013-Qualified-Riders-Confirmed-For-Swatch-Freeride-World-Tour-By-The-North-Face/blog/6394151/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-11T21:52:48Z Teton Gravity Research Get ready for an epic season: The world’s best big-mountain riders to compete in the new unified world tour Lausanne, Switzerland / Salt Lake City, USA - A host of new faces join the leading skiers and snowboarders from past season, as the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face goes into its first season as a globally unified series. The new tour will combine top riders and most champions of last winter’s Swatch Freeride World Tour, Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding. The line-up will additionally include strong talent emerging from the Freeride World Qualifiers as well as some hotly contended wild cards.  The For Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 will kick off at Revelstoke, Canada, January 7, 2013, and then move on to the first European stops at Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc, Italy, and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. After the following events at Kirkwood, California, and Fieberbrunn PillerseeTal, Austria, the qualified riders will prepare for the finals at Verbier, Switzerland. This season will be a season of firsts for the FWT, with new riders, a new unified calendar and a brand new partnership with ABS, who will be the tour’s official air bag system supplier. “Security is key for FWT, so it’s essential to partner with the leading manufacturer in that field,” Freeride World Tour General Manager Europe Nicolas Hale-Woods said. [image]The FWT TwinBag pack with zip-on partner Dakine. For more information about ABS® click here The top 12 male skiers from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are automatically qualified. For female skiers, the top five from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the top three from the Freeskiing World Tour 2012 are eligible to compete. The line-up includes skiers like 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Reine Barkered (SWE), 2012 Freeskiing World Tour champion Josh Daiek (USA), two-time Freeride World Tour champion Aurélien Ducroz (FRA), 2011 Freeskiing World Tour champion Drew Tabke (USA), as well as 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Christine Hargin (SWE) and two-time Freeskiing World Tour champion Angel Collinson (USA). Some tour spots have also been reserved for wild cards. There are two types of wild cards – those given to riders committed to follow the whole tour and local organizer wild cards given to riders for a single event. In skiing, one of the wild cards was given to Markus Eder (ITA) who recently shone at the Swatch Skiers Cup at Valle Nevado, Chile. In the Snowboard division, the top six male riders from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and top four male riders from the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 as well as the top three females from the Freeride World Tour 2012 and the Masters of Snowboarding 2012 are automatically qualified. Confirmed snowboarders include 2012 Freeride World Tour champion Jonathan Charlet (FRA), 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Sammy Luebke (USA), three-time Freeride World Tour champion Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) from the Swatch Proteam, as well as Ralph Backstrom (USA), Flo Orley (AUT), and 2012 Masters of Snowboarding champion Shannan Yates (USA). In addition, several riders in all categories qualified through the Freeride World Qualifiers 2012. Talents who now have the opportunity to prove themselves in the Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face 2013 include skiers Wille Lindberg (SWE), Léo Slemett (FRA), and Pia Nic Gundersen (NOR) as well as snowboarders Ludovic Guillot-Diat (FRA), Joel Rouge (SUI), and French sisters Margot and Elodie Mouthon (FRA). [image][image] Read what some of the athletes have to say:[image] Drew Tabke (USA), 2nd Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “I've competed in the sport for nearly a decade and 2013 looks to be the most exciting year yet. I am so stoked the merger between the two tours is finally going down because it means we’ll finally see the best skiers from around the world at the same events. I expect the level of riding at the Freeride World Tour this year to be at the highest it’s ever been because of the incredible athlete roster. I can’t wait to see what countries and riders are dominant this year. I personally have my money on Team America.” [image] Sam Smoothy (NZL), 4th Freeride World Tour 2012 Ski Men: “FWT 2013 is going to be one hell of a show, with all the new riders from the FWQ and the Freeskiing World Tour full claiming rights. We have amazing venues and an incredible amount of talented riders so it’s going to be redonkulous. To have one true world tour and one true world champion is an incredible opportunity and I can’t wait to have a crack at taking home the title.”  [image] Xavier de Le Rue (FRA), triple Freeride World Tour winner Snowboard Men: “I'm really happy to see The North Face getting on board of the Freeride World Tourfor the next few years. I'm sure that along with Swatch and the reunification of both tours, the FWT will reach a well-deserved next level. On a personal level, filming will keep me a bit too busy to follow the whole tour, but I'll be excited to come and ride three of the events of the tour.” [image] Christine Hargin (SWE), 2012 Freeride World Tour champion:“Although the best riders from the American tour also participated in previous years, I think a united tour means tougher competition in the races, and a higher level of riding will be required to win. The tour will get better status worldwide. I'm looking forward to see all the skiers that qualified. I think the level will be higher than ever on the tour. I'm also looking forward to ski in Canada and Revelstoke where I couldn’t join in last year, and to re-visit the other ski resorts where we will compete.”SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR BY THE NORTH FACE 2013Competition Calendar 1. Swatch Freeride World Tour Revelstoke 2013 by The North FaceDates: 7 January; Location: Revelstoke (CAN) Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 2. Swatch Freeride World Tour Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 19 January; Location: Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc (ITA)Disciplines: Men's Ski and Snowboard 3. Swatch Freeride World Tour Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2013 by The North FaceDates: 26 January; Location: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (FRA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard  4. Swatch Freeride World Tour Kirkwood 2013 by The North FaceDates: 27 February; Location: Kirkwood (USA)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 5. Swatch Freeride World Tour Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal 2013 by The North FaceDates: 9 March; Location: Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal (AUT)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 6. Swatch Verbier Xtreme 2013 by The North FaceDates: 23 March; Location: Verbier (SUI)Disciplines: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard 2013, athlete list, freeride world tour, schedule nonadult false News: All 2013 Qualified Riders Confirmed For Swatch Freeride World Tour By The North Face text blog 2013,athlete list,freeride world tour,schedule 232 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States UT Salt Lake City 0 0 6394151 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-Teton-Gravity-Research-Segment-To-Air-On-NBC-World-Of-Adventure-Sports-Oct-14/blog/6392185/75233.html The above Teton Gravity Research clip was featured last year on NBC's World of Adventure Sports. An Adam Clark photo of the line Ian McIntosh is skiing in this clip is featured in this month's issue of The Ski Journal - volume six, number one. [image] NEW YORK, New York - The World of Adventure Sports® (WOAS), an action and adventure sports series, will air on Sunday, October 14th at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT.  Host, Todd Harris of NBC Sports brings viewers the premier episode of the 2012 season from Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado.Footage from Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, will be featured on the show. Fueled by the desire to explore new terrain, the Teton Gravity Research athletes and crew embark on a heli-skiing pilgrimage to a relatively unexplored zone in the northwest corner of the Northern Chugach mountain range in Alaska. Follow TGR on this adventure of exploration as they ski big mountain first descents in Alaska while filming for their 2012 ski and snowboard film “The Dream Factory.” Teton Gravity Research will again be featured on WOAS on Nov. 18. WOAS 2012 broadcast schedule on NBC*:October 14th     2:30 PM ETNovember 4      3:30 PM ETNovember 18    2:00 PM ETDecember 23    4:00 PM ET*Show times are subject to change*For the airing schedule of WOAS on VERSUS and Universal Sports please visit worldofadventuresports.com/schedule About The World of Adventure Sports®:  From adrenaline sports to expedition adventures, the Emmy award winning World of Adventure Sports captures the world’s greatest events and behind the scenes stories that reveal the passion of those who play to the edge. The World of Adventure Sports is managed and produced by Aura360 and 360 Productions and is owned and managed by Aura360, Global Content Partners and Red Bull in conjunction with NBC Sports Ventures.World of Adventure Sports airs throughout the year on NBC Sports, VERSUS and Universal Sports and is syndicated internationally. The above Teton Gravity Research clip was featured last year on NBC's World of Adventure Sports. An Adam Clark photo of the line Ian McIntosh is skiing in this clip is featured in this month's issue of The Ski Journal - volume six, number one. [image] NEW YORK, New York - The World of Adventure Sports® (WOAS), an action and adventure sports series, will air on Sunday, October 14th at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT.  Host, Todd Harris of NBC Sports brings viewers the premier episode of the 2012 season from Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado.Footage from Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, will be featured on the show. Fueled by the desire to explore new terrain, the Teton Gravity Research athletes and crew embark on a heli-skiing pilgrimage to a relatively unexplored zone in the northwest corner of the Northern Chugach mountain range in Alaska. Follow TGR on this adventure of exploration as they ski big mountain first descents in Alaska while filming for their 2012 ski and snowboard film “The Dream Factory.” Teton Gravity Research will again be featured on WOAS on Nov. 18. WOAS 2012 broadcast schedule on NBC*:October 14th     2:30 PM ETNovember 4      3:30 PM ETNovember 18    2:00 PM ETDecember 23    4:00 PM ET*Show times are subject to change*For the airing schedule of WOAS on VERSUS and Universal Sports please visit worldofadventuresports.com/schedule About The World of Adventure Sports®:  From adrenaline sports to expedition adventures, the Emmy award winning World of Adventure Sports captures the world’s greatest events and behind the scenes stories that reveal the passion of those who play to the edge. The World of Adventure Sports is managed and produced by Aura360 and 360 Productions and is owned and managed by Aura360, Global Content Partners and Red Bull in conjunction with NBC Sports Ventures.World of Adventure Sports airs throughout the year on NBC Sports, VERSUS and Universal Sports and is syndicated internationally. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:31:01 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-Teton-Gravity-Research-Segment-To-Air-On-NBC-World-Of-Adventure-Sports-Oct-14/blog/6392185/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-10T20:08:08Z Teton Gravity Research The above Teton Gravity Research clip was featured last year on NBC's World of Adventure Sports. An Adam Clark photo of the line Ian McIntosh is skiing in this clip is featured in this month's issue of The Ski Journal - volume six, number one. [image] NEW YORK, New York - The World of Adventure Sports® (WOAS), an action and adventure sports series, will air on Sunday, October 14th at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 p.m. PT.  Host, Todd Harris of NBC Sports brings viewers the premier episode of the 2012 season from Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado.Footage from Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, will be featured on the show. Fueled by the desire to explore new terrain, the Teton Gravity Research athletes and crew embark on a heli-skiing pilgrimage to a relatively unexplored zone in the northwest corner of the Northern Chugach mountain range in Alaska. Follow TGR on this adventure of exploration as they ski big mountain first descents in Alaska while filming for their 2012 ski and snowboard film “The Dream Factory.” Teton Gravity Research will again be featured on WOAS on Nov. 18. WOAS 2012 broadcast schedule on NBC*:October 14th     2:30 PM ETNovember 4      3:30 PM ETNovember 18    2:00 PM ETDecember 23    4:00 PM ET*Show times are subject to change*For the airing schedule of WOAS on VERSUS and Universal Sports please visit worldofadventuresports.com/schedule About The World of Adventure Sports®:  From adrenaline sports to expedition adventures, the Emmy award winning World of Adventure Sports captures the world’s greatest events and behind the scenes stories that reveal the passion of those who play to the edge. The World of Adventure Sports is managed and produced by Aura360 and 360 Productions and is owned and managed by Aura360, Global Content Partners and Red Bull in conjunction with NBC Sports Ventures.World of Adventure Sports airs throughout the year on NBC Sports, VERSUS and Universal Sports and is syndicated internationally. nbc, skiing, snowboarding, teton gravity research, world of adventure sports nonadult false News: Teton Gravity Research Segment To Air On NBC World Of Adventure Sports Oct. 14 text blog nbc,skiing,snowboarding,teton gravity research,world of adventure sports 165 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NY New York 0 0 6392185 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Origins-Selkirk-Wilderness-Skiing-World39s-First-Snowcat-Skiing-Operation-Seriously/blog/6392169/75233.html This short film is a collaboration between award winning film company Sherpas Cinema and Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the world's first snowcat operation. Written and directed by Sherpas Cinema and featuring athletes Izzy Lynch, Johnny Collinson, Joey Vosburgh and Austin Ross alongside guests and guides, the film highlights SWS's amazing terrain and deep powder. Shot during the 2011-2012 season it also includes snippets of historical footage that help to convey the enduring culture of SWS.Find out more about the world's first snowcat operation at www.selkirkwilderness.com   This short film is a collaboration between award winning film company Sherpas Cinema and Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the world's first snowcat operation. Written and directed by Sherpas Cinema and featuring athletes Izzy Lynch, Johnny Collinson, Joey Vosburgh and Austin Ross alongside guests and guides, the film highlights SWS's amazing terrain and deep powder. Shot during the 2011-2012 season it also includes snippets of historical footage that help to convey the enduring culture of SWS.Find out more about the world's first snowcat operation at www.selkirkwilderness.com   Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:17:29 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Origins-Selkirk-Wilderness-Skiing-World39s-First-Snowcat-Skiing-Operation-Seriously/blog/6392169/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-10T19:46:40Z Teton Gravity Research This short film is a collaboration between award winning film company Sherpas Cinema and Selkirk Wilderness Skiing, the world's first snowcat operation. Written and directed by Sherpas Cinema and featuring athletes Izzy Lynch, Johnny Collinson, Joey Vosburgh and Austin Ross alongside guests and guides, the film highlights SWS's amazing terrain and deep powder. Shot during the 2011-2012 season it also includes snippets of historical footage that help to convey the enduring culture of SWS.Find out more about the world's first snowcat operation at www.selkirkwilderness.com   canada, powder, selkirk wilderness skiing, sherpas cinema, skiing nonadult false Video: Origins - Selkirk Wilderness Skiing World's First Snowcat Skiing Operation, Seriously text blog canada,powder,selkirk wilderness skiing,sherpas cinema,skiing 219 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Canada BC Selkirk Wilderness Skiing 0 0 6392169 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Taking-Flight-With-Theo-Early-Days-At-The-Rendezvous/blog/6380187/75233.html [image] On Sept. 20, 2012, legendary ski guide Theo Meiners, pictured above, died in a fall at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, during the International Snow Science Workshop. He was 59 years old. Theo was the owner and operator of Alaska Rendezvous Heli Ski Guides in Valdez, Alaska. Below is a story about a trip that ski photographer Flip McCririck took with JP Auclair and Kent Kreitler during its first season in operation. Photos by Flip McCririckIt was rugged at first — just a seemingly random roadhouse on the side of the Richardson Highway in Valdez, Alaska, with a helicopter parked out back. It was 2001, the first season Theo Meiners’ Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides operation was open for business. He had four guides, a handful of clients and an endless sea of mountains to explore. Rolling into the Rendezvous in a rented RV in late May was Kent Kreitler, JP Auclair, cinematographer Ben Mullen and then Freeze Magazine photo editor Flip McCririck. They were in search of the magical, mystical “Hatchetland” — a zone made famous in Standard Films’ snowboard movies.It was the crew’s last-ditch effort to finish their segments for Matchstick Productions’ “Ski Movie 2: High Society” and for Poor Boys Productions’ “Royalty.” It was late in the season, conditions were questionable and budgets were blown. But they heard Theo could take them where they wanted to go. “We were throwing all caution to the wind,” Flip McCririck said. “We were trying to save their segments. There wasn’t that much snow in Alaska that year and we were kind of bummed, to be honest. We weren’t that stoked. But then we met up with Mr. Stoke himself, and everything changed.”An extremely excited Theo Meiners welcomed the crew with open arms and a grand smile. Though he had limited resources on his recently purchased land, he set them up and they got down to work. In the big mountain arena, the making of movies is often at odds with risk management. Theo hammered the message of sticking to protocol, making a set of rules and using them, McCririck said. This, along with his stoked ease in the mountains created headspace for the team, critical for the making of compelling imagery. Theo’s method and style of delivery is at the root of how most crews now work and play in big mountain terrain.  “We totally and completely crushed it. The images appeared in Freeze and the next year, the Kreitler shot appeared on the cover of Warren Miller’s SnoWorld. It wouldn’t have been possible with out Theo. Theo saved the day.”McCririck’s images were some of the first to come out of The Rendezvous and keyed skiers in on the fact that there was a new heli operation in Valdez. As the Rendezvous has evolved over the years, it has became less of a place for film crews and ski movies and more of a place where anyone who loves to ride powder can come and have the best day of their life. When Theo passed away, he was in the middle of expanding his lodge for the coming season to accommodate all the skiers and snowboarders who now come every season. Currently the Rendezvous crew, including his son Aidan and daughter Ali, are in Valdez helping finish the expansion and to ready the lodge for winter. “Sad times up here at 45 mile,” Aidan Meiners said. “We are working hard moving forward with my dad's vision for the Rendezvous, gives us something to do while we grieve."Theo Meiners made it happen for so many and in his passing, it seems like the whole ski world is grieving. His unbridled passion and his stoke for a life in the mountains will stay with us forever. He is deeply missed. Please enjoy these photos from the first season at the Rendezvous and be sure to make your way up there — it will be the best riding of your life. [image]The Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides office. [image]Theo's house, also known as "The Billy Club" is perhaps the raddest ski pad on the planet. Inside are maps, guns, skis, and plenty of New Castle in the fridge. [image]When Theo first bought the property it was full of random stuff like wire wheels. Here, Tom Hodge uses his snowcat to help pull one out of the way. Early on, Theo used them as tables. [image]Theo hanging out during what looks like a down day. [image]JP Auclair and Theo. [image]Up, up and away. [image]Theo, Kent Kreitler and JP Auclair. [image]Theo probes the snowpack.[image]JP Auclair sends it. [image]Kent Kreitler skis The Tongue - this shot made the cover of SnoWorld. [image]Can you find Kent Kreitler in this photo? [image]It could have just stayed the Wind River Mountain Lodge, but Theo brought the helis, and for that we are all thankful! Thanks Theo! [image] On Sept. 20, 2012, legendary ski guide Theo Meiners, pictured above, died in a fall at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, during the International Snow Science Workshop. He was 59 years old. Theo was the owner and operator of Alaska Rendezvous Heli Ski Guides in Valdez, Alaska. Below is a story about a trip that ski photographer Flip McCririck took with JP Auclair and Kent Kreitler during its first season in operation. Photos by Flip McCririckIt was rugged at first — just a seemingly random roadhouse on the side of the Richardson Highway in Valdez, Alaska, with a helicopter parked out back. It was 2001, the first season Theo Meiners’ Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides operation was open for business. He had four guides, a handful of clients and an endless sea of mountains to explore. Rolling into the Rendezvous in a rented RV in late May was Kent Kreitler, JP Auclair, cinematographer Ben Mullen and then Freeze Magazine photo editor Flip McCririck. They were in search of the magical, mystical “Hatchetland” — a zone made famous in Standard Films’ snowboard movies.It was the crew’s last-ditch effort to finish their segments for Matchstick Productions’ “Ski Movie 2: High Society” and for Poor Boys Productions’ “Royalty.” It was late in the season, conditions were questionable and budgets were blown. But they heard Theo could take them where they wanted to go. “We were throwing all caution to the wind,” Flip McCririck said. “We were trying to save their segments. There wasn’t that much snow in Alaska that year and we were kind of bummed, to be honest. We weren’t that stoked. But then we met up with Mr. Stoke himself, and everything changed.”An extremely excited Theo Meiners welcomed the crew with open arms and a grand smile. Though he had limited resources on his recently purchased land, he set them up and they got down to work. In the big mountain arena, the making of movies is often at odds with risk management. Theo hammered the message of sticking to protocol, making a set of rules and using them, McCririck said. This, along with his stoked ease in the mountains created headspace for the team, critical for the making of compelling imagery. Theo’s method and style of delivery is at the root of how most crews now work and play in big mountain terrain.  “We totally and completely crushed it. The images appeared in Freeze and the next year, the Kreitler shot appeared on the cover of Warren Miller’s SnoWorld. It wouldn’t have been possible with out Theo. Theo saved the day.”McCririck’s images were some of the first to come out of The Rendezvous and keyed skiers in on the fact that there was a new heli operation in Valdez. As the Rendezvous has evolved over the years, it has became less of a place for film crews and ski movies and more of a place where anyone who loves to ride powder can come and have the best day of their life. When Theo passed away, he was in the middle of expanding his lodge for the coming season to accommodate all the skiers and snowboarders who now come every season. Currently the Rendezvous crew, including his son Aidan and daughter Ali, are in Valdez helping finish the expansion and to ready the lodge for winter. “Sad times up here at 45 mile,” Aidan Meiners said. “We are working hard moving forward with my dad's vision for the Rendezvous, gives us something to do while we grieve."Theo Meiners made it happen for so many and in his passing, it seems like the whole ski world is grieving. His unbridled passion and his stoke for a life in the mountains will stay with us forever. He is deeply missed. Please enjoy these photos from the first season at the Rendezvous and be sure to make your way up there — it will be the best riding of your life. [image]The Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides office. [image]Theo's house, also known as "The Billy Club" is perhaps the raddest ski pad on the planet. Inside are maps, guns, skis, and plenty of New Castle in the fridge. [image]When Theo first bought the property it was full of random stuff like wire wheels. Here, Tom Hodge uses his snowcat to help pull one out of the way. Early on, Theo used them as tables. [image]Theo hanging out during what looks like a down day. [image]JP Auclair and Theo. [image]Up, up and away. [image]Theo, Kent Kreitler and JP Auclair. [image]Theo probes the snowpack.[image]JP Auclair sends it. [image]Kent Kreitler skis The Tongue - this shot made the cover of SnoWorld. [image]Can you find Kent Kreitler in this photo? [image]It could have just stayed the Wind River Mountain Lodge, but Theo brought the helis, and for that we are all thankful! Thanks Theo! Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:09:18 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Taking-Flight-With-Theo-Early-Days-At-The-Rendezvous/blog/6380187/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-04T03:48:14Z Teton Gravity Research [image] On Sept. 20, 2012, legendary ski guide Theo Meiners, pictured above, died in a fall at the Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, during the International Snow Science Workshop. He was 59 years old. Theo was the owner and operator of Alaska Rendezvous Heli Ski Guides in Valdez, Alaska. Below is a story about a trip that ski photographer Flip McCririck took with JP Auclair and Kent Kreitler during its first season in operation. Photos by Flip McCririckIt was rugged at first — just a seemingly random roadhouse on the side of the Richardson Highway in Valdez, Alaska, with a helicopter parked out back. It was 2001, the first season Theo Meiners’ Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides operation was open for business. He had four guides, a handful of clients and an endless sea of mountains to explore. Rolling into the Rendezvous in a rented RV in late May was Kent Kreitler, JP Auclair, cinematographer Ben Mullen and then Freeze Magazine photo editor Flip McCririck. They were in search of the magical, mystical “Hatchetland” — a zone made famous in Standard Films’ snowboard movies.It was the crew’s last-ditch effort to finish their segments for Matchstick Productions’ “Ski Movie 2: High Society” and for Poor Boys Productions’ “Royalty.” It was late in the season, conditions were questionable and budgets were blown. But they heard Theo could take them where they wanted to go. “We were throwing all caution to the wind,” Flip McCririck said. “We were trying to save their segments. There wasn’t that much snow in Alaska that year and we were kind of bummed, to be honest. We weren’t that stoked. But then we met up with Mr. Stoke himself, and everything changed.”An extremely excited Theo Meiners welcomed the crew with open arms and a grand smile. Though he had limited resources on his recently purchased land, he set them up and they got down to work. In the big mountain arena, the making of movies is often at odds with risk management. Theo hammered the message of sticking to protocol, making a set of rules and using them, McCririck said. This, along with his stoked ease in the mountains created headspace for the team, critical for the making of compelling imagery. Theo’s method and style of delivery is at the root of how most crews now work and play in big mountain terrain.  “We totally and completely crushed it. The images appeared in Freeze and the next year, the Kreitler shot appeared on the cover of Warren Miller’s SnoWorld. It wouldn’t have been possible with out Theo. Theo saved the day.”McCririck’s images were some of the first to come out of The Rendezvous and keyed skiers in on the fact that there was a new heli operation in Valdez. As the Rendezvous has evolved over the years, it has became less of a place for film crews and ski movies and more of a place where anyone who loves to ride powder can come and have the best day of their life. When Theo passed away, he was in the middle of expanding his lodge for the coming season to accommodate all the skiers and snowboarders who now come every season. Currently the Rendezvous crew, including his son Aidan and daughter Ali, are in Valdez helping finish the expansion and to ready the lodge for winter. “Sad times up here at 45 mile,” Aidan Meiners said. “We are working hard moving forward with my dad's vision for the Rendezvous, gives us something to do while we grieve."Theo Meiners made it happen for so many and in his passing, it seems like the whole ski world is grieving. His unbridled passion and his stoke for a life in the mountains will stay with us forever. He is deeply missed. Please enjoy these photos from the first season at the Rendezvous and be sure to make your way up there — it will be the best riding of your life. [image]The Alaska Rendezvous Heli-Ski Guides office. [image]Theo's house, also known as "The Billy Club" is perhaps the raddest ski pad on the planet. Inside are maps, guns, skis, and plenty of New Castle in the fridge. [image]When Theo first bought the property it was full of random stuff like wire wheels. Here, Tom Hodge uses his snowcat to help pull one out of the way. Early on, Theo used them as tables. [image]Theo hanging out during what looks like a down day. [image]JP Auclair and Theo. [image]Up, up and away. [image]Theo, Kent Kreitler and JP Auclair. [image]Theo probes the snowpack.[image]JP Auclair sends it. [image]Kent Kreitler skis The Tongue - this shot made the cover of SnoWorld. [image]Can you find Kent Kreitler in this photo? [image]It could have just stayed the Wind River Mountain Lodge, but Theo brought the helis, and for that we are all thankful! Thanks Theo! alaska, alaska rendezvous heli guides, theo meiners, valdez nonadult false Taking Flight With Theo – Early Days At The Rendezvous text blog alaska,alaska rendezvous heli guides,theo meiners,valdez 444 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States AK Valdez 0 0 6380187 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Shit-Alta-Skiers-Say-About-Snowboarders/blog/6379145/75233.html Imagine all the people shredding life in peace You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one Imagine all the people shredding life in peace You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:14:50 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Shit-Alta-Skiers-Say-About-Snowboarders/blog/6379145/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-02T23:46:30Z Teton Gravity Research Imagine all the people shredding life in peace You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one alta, hate, shit skiers say, skiing, snowboarding, utah nonadult false Video: Shit Alta Skiers Say About Snowboarders text blog alta,hate,shit skiers say,skiing,snowboarding,utah 328 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States UT Alta 0 0 6379145 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Teddy-Berr-Stomps-Biggest-Cliff-Jump-Into-Skis/blog/6378193/75233.html While he's not claiming this is a world record, it just might be*. Here, European skier Teddy Berr hucks a huge cliff into a pair of skis. And he's clicking into Dynafit bindings, no less. Looks like the race is on to top this feat that took place in Innsbruck, Austria. Seems like the next logical step is to BASE-jump into your boards.   *Obviously fake. Obviously awesome. While he's not claiming this is a world record, it just might be*. Here, European skier Teddy Berr hucks a huge cliff into a pair of skis. And he's clicking into Dynafit bindings, no less. Looks like the race is on to top this feat that took place in Innsbruck, Austria. Seems like the next logical step is to BASE-jump into your boards.   *Obviously fake. Obviously awesome. Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:41:19 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Teddy-Berr-Stomps-Biggest-Cliff-Jump-Into-Skis/blog/6378193/75233.html SamPetri 2012-10-01T18:32:33Z Teton Gravity Research While he's not claiming this is a world record, it just might be*. Here, European skier Teddy Berr hucks a huge cliff into a pair of skis. And he's clicking into Dynafit bindings, no less. Looks like the race is on to top this feat that took place in Innsbruck, Austria. Seems like the next logical step is to BASE-jump into your boards.   *Obviously fake. Obviously awesome. cliff huck, dynafit, teddy berr nonadult false Video: Teddy Berr Stomps Biggest Cliff Jump Into Skis text blog cliff huck,dynafit,teddy berr 255 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Austria Innsbruck 0 0 6378193 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Thousands-Rage-At-The-Dream-Factory-World-Premiere/blog/6346631/75233.html [image] On Saturday, Teton Gravity Research premiered its newest ski and snowboard film, The Dream Factory, to a few thousand fired-up fans at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort inside Walk Festival Hall. The party kicked off around 3 p.m. with free beer and yard games in front of the TGR production office, right next to the JHMR tram. Yes that’s right, free beer next to the tram. As fans tossed back cool ones on the warm, sunny afternoon, Erik Roner, Ian McIntosh and Marshall Miller buzzed over Teton Village and jumped out of a plane, skydiving in to the venue with smoke trailing off their feet. All three stomped their landings in a rather tight common area between The Mangy Moose and Hotel Terra. That kicked the crowd in to high gear, and the vibe ramped up from there. [image]Marshall Miller, Erik Roner and Ian McIntosh skydive in to the world premiere of The Dream Factory. [image]Marshall Miller gets ready to stomp his landing. To accommodate all the fans who want to see the movie, each year there are two showings of the TGR movie – the early show and the late show. The early show is a bit mellower and the late show is rowdy. With about a thousand people in line to the venue, you could feel the hype in the air. Screw it if it’s still summer – the TGR premiere marks the beginning of winter in the Tetons. There you are, back at the base of the ski area with all your winter friends celebrating the act of sliding on snow. It’s an extraordinary feeling of camaraderie.  Inside, almost all of the TGR athletes were there signing posters including: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison, Dylan Hood, Erik Roner, Dana Flahr, Dash Longe, Todd Ligare, Daron Rahlves, Forrest Shearer, Chris Benchetler, Griffin Post, Ralph Backstrom, Angel Collinson, Tim Durtschi, Matt Philippi and Max Hammer. There was a mass amount of giveaways from TGR sponsors like GoPro, The North Face, Atomic, Marker, Volkl, Scott, DNA, Smith Optics, Black Diamond and The Ski Journal. [image]The scene inside Walk Festival Hall.[image] [image]A packed house. [image]Seth Morrison signs posters. [image]Tim Durtschi interacts with a fan. [image]Erik Roner gets the youth fired up to ski. The film looks back to the roots of the freeriding movement in Alaska while at the same time looking to the future of the sport. In that sense, it was very cool to see members of the Jackson Hole Air Force as well as kids from the Jackson Hole Ski and Snowboard club together in attendance. It made for a cohesive vibe where people of all ages were celebrating just how freaking awesome it is to soar down the mountains on snow. The film layers the most current ski footage from Alaska with historical clips. Really, two stories are told – that of the new freeriders and the pioneers before them. In all, the film shows the progression of skiing and snowboarding in Alaska, The Dream Factory. [image]Sam Winship and Daniel Tisi. One technique used this year is side-by-side footage of skiers shredding lines back in the day matched with people skiing the same lines now. Seeing this, you realize how far the sport has come and how monumental it was when people accomplished those feats for the first time. A couple of memorable moments like this come when you see Ralph Backstrom ride a line in Valdez made famous by Johan Olofsson in Totally Board 5. And when Colter Hinchliffe shreds a line in Haines called Dr. Seuss, made famous by Jeremy Jones. There are other stand-out performances by Tim Durtschi, Dash Longe, Dana Flahr, Daron Rahlves … Well, everyone pretty much crushes it – it’s a TGR flick. Not to be missed is the heavy hitting Corbet’s Couloir segment at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. There, John Spriggs kicks off the session with a huge back flip into the line followed by the likes of Daniel Tisi, who, at the age of 13, airs into the line larger than most grown men ever have. In almost every segment the viewer is shown the past, present and future of skiing and snowboarding. [image]Marc-Andre Belliveau plays at the Mangy Moose. [image]Dash Longe joined Marc-Andre on stage. After the movie a party raged at The Mangy Moose. TGR skier Marc-Andre Belliveau – who last appeared in Lost And Found – played an acoustic set as an opener for the headliner American Royalty. While American Royalty rocked hard – playing a triple encore because the crowd would not let them off stage – perhaps one of the best moments came when Dash Longe joined Marc Andre on stage for a rendition of “Raging Alcoholic.” It was a soulful moment that set the vibe for the party and let people send it deep in to the night.Here's to winter. [image]American Royalty effing whaled. Go To A Premiere Near YouGo To The Dream Factory Page [image] On Saturday, Teton Gravity Research premiered its newest ski and snowboard film, The Dream Factory, to a few thousand fired-up fans at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort inside Walk Festival Hall. The party kicked off around 3 p.m. with free beer and yard games in front of the TGR production office, right next to the JHMR tram. Yes that’s right, free beer next to the tram. As fans tossed back cool ones on the warm, sunny afternoon, Erik Roner, Ian McIntosh and Marshall Miller buzzed over Teton Village and jumped out of a plane, skydiving in to the venue with smoke trailing off their feet. All three stomped their landings in a rather tight common area between The Mangy Moose and Hotel Terra. That kicked the crowd in to high gear, and the vibe ramped up from there. [image]Marshall Miller, Erik Roner and Ian McIntosh skydive in to the world premiere of The Dream Factory. [image]Marshall Miller gets ready to stomp his landing. To accommodate all the fans who want to see the movie, each year there are two showings of the TGR movie – the early show and the late show. The early show is a bit mellower and the late show is rowdy. With about a thousand people in line to the venue, you could feel the hype in the air. Screw it if it’s still summer – the TGR premiere marks the beginning of winter in the Tetons. There you are, back at the base of the ski area with all your winter friends celebrating the act of sliding on snow. It’s an extraordinary feeling of camaraderie.  Inside, almost all of the TGR athletes were there signing posters including: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison, Dylan Hood, Erik Roner, Dana Flahr, Dash Longe, Todd Ligare, Daron Rahlves, Forrest Shearer, Chris Benchetler, Griffin Post, Ralph Backstrom, Angel Collinson, Tim Durtschi, Matt Philippi and Max Hammer. There was a mass amount of giveaways from TGR sponsors like GoPro, The North Face, Atomic, Marker, Volkl, Scott, DNA, Smith Optics, Black Diamond and The Ski Journal. [image]The scene inside Walk Festival Hall.[image] [image]A packed house. [image]Seth Morrison signs posters. [image]Tim Durtschi interacts with a fan. [image]Erik Roner gets the youth fired up to ski. The film looks back to the roots of the freeriding movement in Alaska while at the same time looking to the future of the sport. In that sense, it was very cool to see members of the Jackson Hole Air Force as well as kids from the Jackson Hole Ski and Snowboard club together in attendance. It made for a cohesive vibe where people of all ages were celebrating just how freaking awesome it is to soar down the mountains on snow. The film layers the most current ski footage from Alaska with historical clips. Really, two stories are told – that of the new freeriders and the pioneers before them. In all, the film shows the progression of skiing and snowboarding in Alaska, The Dream Factory. [image]Sam Winship and Daniel Tisi. One technique used this year is side-by-side footage of skiers shredding lines back in the day matched with people skiing the same lines now. Seeing this, you realize how far the sport has come and how monumental it was when people accomplished those feats for the first time. A couple of memorable moments like this come when you see Ralph Backstrom ride a line in Valdez made famous by Johan Olofsson in Totally Board 5. And when Colter Hinchliffe shreds a line in Haines called Dr. Seuss, made famous by Jeremy Jones. There are other stand-out performances by Tim Durtschi, Dash Longe, Dana Flahr, Daron Rahlves … Well, everyone pretty much crushes it – it’s a TGR flick. Not to be missed is the heavy hitting Corbet’s Couloir segment at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. There, John Spriggs kicks off the session with a huge back flip into the line followed by the likes of Daniel Tisi, who, at the age of 13, airs into the line larger than most grown men ever have. In almost every segment the viewer is shown the past, present and future of skiing and snowboarding. [image]Marc-Andre Belliveau plays at the Mangy Moose. [image]Dash Longe joined Marc-Andre on stage. After the movie a party raged at The Mangy Moose. TGR skier Marc-Andre Belliveau – who last appeared in Lost And Found – played an acoustic set as an opener for the headliner American Royalty. While American Royalty rocked hard – playing a triple encore because the crowd would not let them off stage – perhaps one of the best moments came when Dash Longe joined Marc Andre on stage for a rendition of “Raging Alcoholic.” It was a soulful moment that set the vibe for the party and let people send it deep in to the night.Here's to winter. [image]American Royalty effing whaled. Go To A Premiere Near YouGo To The Dream Factory Page Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:00:34 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Thousands-Rage-At-The-Dream-Factory-World-Premiere/blog/6346631/75233.html SamPetri 2012-09-17T21:20:47Z Teton Gravity Research [image] On Saturday, Teton Gravity Research premiered its newest ski and snowboard film, The Dream Factory, to a few thousand fired-up fans at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort inside Walk Festival Hall. The party kicked off around 3 p.m. with free beer and yard games in front of the TGR production office, right next to the JHMR tram. Yes that’s right, free beer next to the tram. As fans tossed back cool ones on the warm, sunny afternoon, Erik Roner, Ian McIntosh and Marshall Miller buzzed over Teton Village and jumped out of a plane, skydiving in to the venue with smoke trailing off their feet. All three stomped their landings in a rather tight common area between The Mangy Moose and Hotel Terra. That kicked the crowd in to high gear, and the vibe ramped up from there. [image]Marshall Miller, Erik Roner and Ian McIntosh skydive in to the world premiere of The Dream Factory. [image]Marshall Miller gets ready to stomp his landing. To accommodate all the fans who want to see the movie, each year there are two showings of the TGR movie – the early show and the late show. The early show is a bit mellower and the late show is rowdy. With about a thousand people in line to the venue, you could feel the hype in the air. Screw it if it’s still summer – the TGR premiere marks the beginning of winter in the Tetons. There you are, back at the base of the ski area with all your winter friends celebrating the act of sliding on snow. It’s an extraordinary feeling of camaraderie.  Inside, almost all of the TGR athletes were there signing posters including: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Seth Morrison, Dylan Hood, Erik Roner, Dana Flahr, Dash Longe, Todd Ligare, Daron Rahlves, Forrest Shearer, Chris Benchetler, Griffin Post, Ralph Backstrom, Angel Collinson, Tim Durtschi, Matt Philippi and Max Hammer. There was a mass amount of giveaways from TGR sponsors like GoPro, The North Face, Atomic, Marker, Volkl, Scott, DNA, Smith Optics, Black Diamond and The Ski Journal. [image]The scene inside Walk Festival Hall.[image] [image]A packed house. [image]Seth Morrison signs posters. [image]Tim Durtschi interacts with a fan. [image]Erik Roner gets the youth fired up to ski. The film looks back to the roots of the freeriding movement in Alaska while at the same time looking to the future of the sport. In that sense, it was very cool to see members of the Jackson Hole Air Force as well as kids from the Jackson Hole Ski and Snowboard club together in attendance. It made for a cohesive vibe where people of all ages were celebrating just how freaking awesome it is to soar down the mountains on snow. The film layers the most current ski footage from Alaska with historical clips. Really, two stories are told – that of the new freeriders and the pioneers before them. In all, the film shows the progression of skiing and snowboarding in Alaska, The Dream Factory. [image]Sam Winship and Daniel Tisi. One technique used this year is side-by-side footage of skiers shredding lines back in the day matched with people skiing the same lines now. Seeing this, you realize how far the sport has come and how monumental it was when people accomplished those feats for the first time. A couple of memorable moments like this come when you see Ralph Backstrom ride a line in Valdez made famous by Johan Olofsson in Totally Board 5. And when Colter Hinchliffe shreds a line in Haines called Dr. Seuss, made famous by Jeremy Jones. There are other stand-out performances by Tim Durtschi, Dash Longe, Dana Flahr, Daron Rahlves … Well, everyone pretty much crushes it – it’s a TGR flick. Not to be missed is the heavy hitting Corbet’s Couloir segment at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. There, John Spriggs kicks off the session with a huge back flip into the line followed by the likes of Daniel Tisi, who, at the age of 13, airs into the line larger than most grown men ever have. In almost every segment the viewer is shown the past, present and future of skiing and snowboarding. [image]Marc-Andre Belliveau plays at the Mangy Moose. [image]Dash Longe joined Marc-Andre on stage. After the movie a party raged at The Mangy Moose. TGR skier Marc-Andre Belliveau – who last appeared in Lost And Found – played an acoustic set as an opener for the headliner American Royalty. While American Royalty rocked hard – playing a triple encore because the crowd would not let them off stage – perhaps one of the best moments came when Dash Longe joined Marc Andre on stage for a rendition of “Raging Alcoholic.” It was a soulful moment that set the vibe for the party and let people send it deep in to the night.Here's to winter. [image]American Royalty effing whaled. Go To A Premiere Near YouGo To The Dream Factory Page teton gravity research, the dream factory, world premiere nonadult false Thousands Rage At The Dream Factory World Premiere text blog teton gravity research,the dream factory,world premiere 299 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States WY Teton Village 0 0 6346631 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_The-Dream-Factory-World-Premiere-Weekend-Ramps-Up/blog/6343773/75233.html Alas, premiere season is upon us.  The nights are getting colder, leaves are changing color, and there has even been a dusting of snow in the hills. That hint of winter snaps shredders out of their summer slump to celebrate the coming ski season. If you’re super into blasting through fresh pow, ski movie premieres are the ultimate way to get your head back in the game: You look back at last season, remember how awesome it was, and you get stoked for this season. Tonight, Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, premieres at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. For the past three days TGR athletes have been getting to town and ramping up the level of stoke.  As a company, we hold three main events this weekend: The TGR Dinner on top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola, the TGR Tee-Off Golf Tournament at Teton Pines, and finally the TGR world premiere at Walk Festival Hall with an after party at the Mangy Moose.  Check out the TGR staff iPhone photos from the weekend so far, and if you can’t be here tonight, get to a premiere near you. See More Tour Dates Go To The Dream Factory Page [image] The scene at the TGR Dinner at the top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola. As you can see, things got blurry quick.  [image] Look at that handsome devil Todd Ligare. Cheers!  [image] The three amigos: Ralph Backstrom, Rachael Burks and Dana Flahr.   [image] TGR founder Todd Jones and TGR cinematographer Dustin Handley.   [image] The following day, we went golfing at Teton Pines. It was the 12th Annual TGR Tee-Off Invitational. Always progressing the sport, TGR took its freestyle to the back nine.   [image] Longtime TGR photographer Greg Von Doersten was amped to play.   [image] Getting back into the swing of things with TGR web guru Chris Dunn, editor Blake Campbell and GVD.   [image] Ralphy B putts one in.  [image] Daron Rahlves drains one.   [image] TGR's Dustin Handley, GoPro skydiver Marshall Miller, and TGR Tee-Off event organizer Dave Hudacsko were very, very stoked.   [image] It was all a dream.   [image] We played super late and in the end, there was a tie between two teams. The winner was determined in a chip and putt-off under cellphone strobe lights. It was an epic, head-to-head sudden-death scenario between Tommy Moe, Daron Rahlves, Griffin Post, and Seth Morrison with long distance putts being sunk left and right. It was as if the game would never end. No one was backing down.   [image] In the end, Griffin Post and Seth Morrison's team played to victory. Congratulations boys, you are true champions. See you on the course next year. Stay tuned for more shenanigans from the World Premiere weekend.  Have your own epic weekend: Go To A TGR Premiere Near You Alas, premiere season is upon us.  The nights are getting colder, leaves are changing color, and there has even been a dusting of snow in the hills. That hint of winter snaps shredders out of their summer slump to celebrate the coming ski season. If you’re super into blasting through fresh pow, ski movie premieres are the ultimate way to get your head back in the game: You look back at last season, remember how awesome it was, and you get stoked for this season. Tonight, Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, premieres at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. For the past three days TGR athletes have been getting to town and ramping up the level of stoke.  As a company, we hold three main events this weekend: The TGR Dinner on top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola, the TGR Tee-Off Golf Tournament at Teton Pines, and finally the TGR world premiere at Walk Festival Hall with an after party at the Mangy Moose.  Check out the TGR staff iPhone photos from the weekend so far, and if you can’t be here tonight, get to a premiere near you. See More Tour Dates Go To The Dream Factory Page [image] The scene at the TGR Dinner at the top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola. As you can see, things got blurry quick.  [image] Look at that handsome devil Todd Ligare. Cheers!  [image] The three amigos: Ralph Backstrom, Rachael Burks and Dana Flahr.   [image] TGR founder Todd Jones and TGR cinematographer Dustin Handley.   [image] The following day, we went golfing at Teton Pines. It was the 12th Annual TGR Tee-Off Invitational. Always progressing the sport, TGR took its freestyle to the back nine.   [image] Longtime TGR photographer Greg Von Doersten was amped to play.   [image] Getting back into the swing of things with TGR web guru Chris Dunn, editor Blake Campbell and GVD.   [image] Ralphy B putts one in.  [image] Daron Rahlves drains one.   [image] TGR's Dustin Handley, GoPro skydiver Marshall Miller, and TGR Tee-Off event organizer Dave Hudacsko were very, very stoked.   [image] It was all a dream.   [image] We played super late and in the end, there was a tie between two teams. The winner was determined in a chip and putt-off under cellphone strobe lights. It was an epic, head-to-head sudden-death scenario between Tommy Moe, Daron Rahlves, Griffin Post, and Seth Morrison with long distance putts being sunk left and right. It was as if the game would never end. No one was backing down.   [image] In the end, Griffin Post and Seth Morrison's team played to victory. Congratulations boys, you are true champions. See you on the course next year. Stay tuned for more shenanigans from the World Premiere weekend.  Have your own epic weekend: Go To A TGR Premiere Near You Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:25:37 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_The-Dream-Factory-World-Premiere-Weekend-Ramps-Up/blog/6343773/75233.html SamPetri 2012-09-15T21:52:55Z Teton Gravity Research Alas, premiere season is upon us.  The nights are getting colder, leaves are changing color, and there has even been a dusting of snow in the hills. That hint of winter snaps shredders out of their summer slump to celebrate the coming ski season. If you’re super into blasting through fresh pow, ski movie premieres are the ultimate way to get your head back in the game: You look back at last season, remember how awesome it was, and you get stoked for this season. Tonight, Teton Gravity Research’s newest film, The Dream Factory, premieres at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. For the past three days TGR athletes have been getting to town and ramping up the level of stoke.  As a company, we hold three main events this weekend: The TGR Dinner on top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola, the TGR Tee-Off Golf Tournament at Teton Pines, and finally the TGR world premiere at Walk Festival Hall with an after party at the Mangy Moose.  Check out the TGR staff iPhone photos from the weekend so far, and if you can’t be here tonight, get to a premiere near you. See More Tour Dates Go To The Dream Factory Page [image] The scene at the TGR Dinner at the top of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort gondola. As you can see, things got blurry quick.  [image] Look at that handsome devil Todd Ligare. Cheers!  [image] The three amigos: Ralph Backstrom, Rachael Burks and Dana Flahr.   [image] TGR founder Todd Jones and TGR cinematographer Dustin Handley.   [image] The following day, we went golfing at Teton Pines. It was the 12th Annual TGR Tee-Off Invitational. Always progressing the sport, TGR took its freestyle to the back nine.   [image] Longtime TGR photographer Greg Von Doersten was amped to play.   [image] Getting back into the swing of things with TGR web guru Chris Dunn, editor Blake Campbell and GVD.   [image] Ralphy B putts one in.  [image] Daron Rahlves drains one.   [image] TGR's Dustin Handley, GoPro skydiver Marshall Miller, and TGR Tee-Off event organizer Dave Hudacsko were very, very stoked.   [image] It was all a dream.   [image] We played super late and in the end, there was a tie between two teams. The winner was determined in a chip and putt-off under cellphone strobe lights. It was an epic, head-to-head sudden-death scenario between Tommy Moe, Daron Rahlves, Griffin Post, and Seth Morrison with long distance putts being sunk left and right. It was as if the game would never end. No one was backing down.   [image] In the end, Griffin Post and Seth Morrison's team played to victory. Congratulations boys, you are true champions. See you on the course next year. Stay tuned for more shenanigans from the World Premiere weekend.  Have your own epic weekend: Go To A TGR Premiere Near You premiere weekend, tgr tee off, the dream factory nonadult false The Dream Factory World Premiere Weekend Ramps Up text blog premiere weekend,tgr tee off,the dream factory 225 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States WY Teton Village 0 0 6343773 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-One-Run-In-Las-Lenas-Centinelas/blog/6298589/75233.html Well, these guys are back charging in Las Lenas again. Jordi Tenas, Txema Trull and Adria Millan dropped a bunch of POV edits from South America last year around this time. Now they’re back crushing the same lines, albeit with what looks like a thinner snowpack. These three are pretty damn good at making point of view videos and that is because they are actually good at skiing and editing. Keep it up! Well, these guys are back charging in Las Lenas again. Jordi Tenas, Txema Trull and Adria Millan dropped a bunch of POV edits from South America last year around this time. Now they’re back crushing the same lines, albeit with what looks like a thinner snowpack. These three are pretty damn good at making point of view videos and that is because they are actually good at skiing and editing. Keep it up! Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:09:10 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-One-Run-In-Las-Lenas-Centinelas/blog/6298589/75233.html SamPetri 2012-08-24T22:09:10Z Teton Gravity Research Well, these guys are back charging in Las Lenas again. Jordi Tenas, Txema Trull and Adria Millan dropped a bunch of POV edits from South America last year around this time. Now they’re back crushing the same lines, albeit with what looks like a thinner snowpack. These three are pretty damn good at making point of view videos and that is because they are actually good at skiing and editing. Keep it up! adria millan, jordi tenas, txema trull nonadult false Video: One Run In Las Lenas: Centinelas text blog adria millan,jordi tenas,txema trull 155 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Argentina Las Lenas 0 0 6298589 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Congo-The-Grand-Inga-Project-First-Decent-Of-World39s-Largest-Rapids/blog/6298629/75233.html [image] Red Bull Media House and Fish Munga present 'Congo - The Grand Inga Project' a 77-minute film documenting the historic first descent of the the world's biggest rapids on the Congo River. Starring: Tyler Bradt, Steve Fisher, Ben Marr and Rush Sturges.Adventure photographer Greg Von Doersten, who has shot stills for TGR for the past 15 years, was the photographer for this project. Check out all the action and find out more at ingaproject.com. [image]The Grand Inga Project crew. Our boy GVD is hanging loose in the back center. Yeah boys! [image] Red Bull Media House and Fish Munga present 'Congo - The Grand Inga Project' a 77-minute film documenting the historic first descent of the the world's biggest rapids on the Congo River. Starring: Tyler Bradt, Steve Fisher, Ben Marr and Rush Sturges.Adventure photographer Greg Von Doersten, who has shot stills for TGR for the past 15 years, was the photographer for this project. Check out all the action and find out more at ingaproject.com. [image]The Grand Inga Project crew. Our boy GVD is hanging loose in the back center. Yeah boys! Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:17:14 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Congo-The-Grand-Inga-Project-First-Decent-Of-World39s-Largest-Rapids/blog/6298629/75233.html SamPetri 2012-08-24T20:30:30Z Teton Gravity Research [image] Red Bull Media House and Fish Munga present 'Congo - The Grand Inga Project' a 77-minute film documenting the historic first descent of the the world's biggest rapids on the Congo River. Starring: Tyler Bradt, Steve Fisher, Ben Marr and Rush Sturges.Adventure photographer Greg Von Doersten, who has shot stills for TGR for the past 15 years, was the photographer for this project. Check out all the action and find out more at ingaproject.com. [image]The Grand Inga Project crew. Our boy GVD is hanging loose in the back center. Yeah boys! congo, kayak, paddeling, river, the grand inga project, whitewater nonadult false Video: Congo - The Grand Inga Project - First Decent Of World's Largest Rapids text blog congo,kayak,paddeling,river,the grand inga project,whitewater 403 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Congo 0 0 6298629 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Alana-Blanchard-And-Monyca-Byrne-Wickey-Surfing-Hawaii/blog/6243201/75233.html Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. I guess I chose the wrong sport to be passionate about. Instead of skiing, maybe I should just be a surfer. When I watch this video of arguably the two hottest girls ever having fun slashing waves mostly naked, it makes me question my life choices. … Why am I a skier? Skiing is so expensive! It costs money to buy the equipment, to get to the hill, to stay in a hotel, to buy all the clothes, to buy the lift ticket, just to slide on the snow for a few hours and drink over-priced cocktails at the base area afterward. For surfing, all you need is a board and a bathing suit. What the hell am I doing with my life? …. Wait …. I work at TGR — skiing is mostly free for me. … And wait … I can go surfing on my own time. … Never mind. I’m crushing it. You’re blowing it. I’m calling Alana and Monyca right now, our surf edit will be dropping shortly. And next season, they’re coming to Jackson to snowboard. Things are looking up!Editor's note: I posted this in May, but the video embed got screwed up and never played. I thought I deleted the post, but it never really deleted. Then a bunch of you clicked on it because the thumbnail is two girls wearing thongs. Who would have thought that you guys like girls? Anyway, here it is, again - er, for the first time. This video never gets old. Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. I guess I chose the wrong sport to be passionate about. Instead of skiing, maybe I should just be a surfer. When I watch this video of arguably the two hottest girls ever having fun slashing waves mostly naked, it makes me question my life choices. … Why am I a skier? Skiing is so expensive! It costs money to buy the equipment, to get to the hill, to stay in a hotel, to buy all the clothes, to buy the lift ticket, just to slide on the snow for a few hours and drink over-priced cocktails at the base area afterward. For surfing, all you need is a board and a bathing suit. What the hell am I doing with my life? …. Wait …. I work at TGR — skiing is mostly free for me. … And wait … I can go surfing on my own time. … Never mind. I’m crushing it. You’re blowing it. I’m calling Alana and Monyca right now, our surf edit will be dropping shortly. And next season, they’re coming to Jackson to snowboard. Things are looking up!Editor's note: I posted this in May, but the video embed got screwed up and never played. I thought I deleted the post, but it never really deleted. Then a bunch of you clicked on it because the thumbnail is two girls wearing thongs. Who would have thought that you guys like girls? Anyway, here it is, again - er, for the first time. This video never gets old. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:52:49 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Alana-Blanchard-And-Monyca-Byrne-Wickey-Surfing-Hawaii/blog/6243201/75233.html SamPetri 2012-07-26T02:52:49Z Teton Gravity Research Maybe I’ve got it all wrong. I guess I chose the wrong sport to be passionate about. Instead of skiing, maybe I should just be a surfer. When I watch this video of arguably the two hottest girls ever having fun slashing waves mostly naked, it makes me question my life choices. … Why am I a skier? Skiing is so expensive! It costs money to buy the equipment, to get to the hill, to stay in a hotel, to buy all the clothes, to buy the lift ticket, just to slide on the snow for a few hours and drink over-priced cocktails at the base area afterward. For surfing, all you need is a board and a bathing suit. What the hell am I doing with my life? …. Wait …. I work at TGR — skiing is mostly free for me. … And wait … I can go surfing on my own time. … Never mind. I’m crushing it. You’re blowing it. I’m calling Alana and Monyca right now, our surf edit will be dropping shortly. And next season, they’re coming to Jackson to snowboard. Things are looking up!Editor's note: I posted this in May, but the video embed got screwed up and never played. I thought I deleted the post, but it never really deleted. Then a bunch of you clicked on it because the thumbnail is two girls wearing thongs. Who would have thought that you guys like girls? Anyway, here it is, again - er, for the first time. This video never gets old. alana blanchard, ass, beach, girl, girls, monyca byrne-wickey, surf, surfers, surfing nonadult false Video: Alana Blanchard And Monyca Byrne-Wickey Surfing Hawaii text blog alana blanchard,ass,beach,girl,girls,monyca byrne-wickey,surf,surfers,surfing 678 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States HI 0 0 6243201 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Deeper-Further-Higher-Jeremy-Jones-Interview/blog/6240069/75233.html Jeremy Jones’ Further trailer drops Wednesday, July 25, on TetonGravity.com. The two-year snowboard film project produced by Teton Gravity Research and presented by O’Neill is the second installment of the Jeremy Jones trilogy: Deeper, Further, Higher.Shot in Japan, Norway, Austria, Alaska and California’s Sierra Mountains, this is Jones’ most ambitious film to date. Further explores some of the world's most remote mountain terrain while continuing Jones' mission to camp deep in the backcountry and on the summits of unridden lines to access nearly vertical spines and wide-open powder fields using only human power to get up and down. In light of the trailer release, we caught up with the boss of big mountain snowboarding to give you some insight on the movie, the trilogy and his company Jones Snowboards. [image] What Further trip stands out the most in your mind and why?Jeremy Jones: All the trips were really special to me. It's hard to pick one. I think going up to Svalbard [Norway] with Terje Haakonsen stands out because I was really out of my comfort zone and in a place that I knew very little about. And, I had never ridden with Terje, and I had all this anxiety going on that trip. It was the only time in 17 years that I didn't go to Alaska, and chose to go to this island right next to the North Pole instead, and I just didn't know. … I had heard that there were decent mountains there, but, you know, really didn't know what to expect, and we ended up scoring really good conditions and riding some of the best lines of my life in the middle of the night under pink skies. We were there in the spring, and it never gets dark at that time of year, so three weeks of not seeing the sun set was a trip.What was the biggest challenge you faced while filming Further?JJ: Hiking these lines is the biggest challenge. Primarily because we're trying to get these serious faces, and get them in powder. And there's just no room for error on the calls that you have to make in the mountains. We're on these faces for hours, and if you have one little pocket break on you on the way up it could kill you. And on the contrary, if we were on our boards riding and a little pocket breaks, it’s no big deal. So that just adds this major intensity. Every day. You'll look in the film and see all this happy, cruiser powder and it's … um … That stuff is really serious. Because we're on those slopes for hours, and if something happens, the consequences are high.What do you look for in a location when planning a trip for Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I’m looking for places with a safe snowpack. So that could be … a lot of these locations are maritime snowpacks. Austria isn't, but they had a great winter. A place like Austria can go either way. Some years it's a very dangerous snowpack, some years it's a much more manageable snowpack. This year was a very good snowpack for them. It was still tricky, but not the deep instability that would shut down a location for me. That, good terrain, and a place that still holds a lot of first descents. What Jones snowboard do you ride the most?JJ: I ride the Solution 161 the most.Why?JJ: It's just a great, versatile, all around board that works in all conditions. When you go on these trips, you have no idea if you’re going to be riding bulletproof or bottomless pow, and that board kills it on everything. Actually, in the Japan segment, I'm on a Hovercraft because I had some inspiration from Japan when I designed that board, and I felt like that was the place to ride it. [image] What's your favorite place to ride in the Tahoe backcountry, if you're just going to go for the morning, or on an average Wednesday?JJ: When ever I'm out in the mountains with someone I tell them to tell their friends that we're on Donner Pass.[Laughs] Nice. Over the past two years while filming for Further, who did you ride the most with and why?JJ: Well, I probably ride with Ryland Bell more than anyone just because in the winter we live in the same town, and Ryland is … He rides every day. And so it's just a guarantee. If I need someone to call to go ride, to go do some mission, to go ride bulletproof ice at the resort, a rainy, slushy day in the backcountry, whatever. Ryland's down. He's happy. He's charging.What do you hope to show with the whole trilogy of Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I would say in general, just a general kind of vibe, is to get people fired up to go into the mountains. Inspire them to push themselves. Wherever you are on that spectrum, that could mean different things. I want to give the viewer a really good taste of the mountains, and also hopefully educate some people on the mountains. Because I think that's important. If you're inspiring people to go into the mountains, it comes with a responsibility to also educate them about the mountains.Go To The Further Film PageWatch Episodes Of Further Unplugged Jeremy Jones’ Further trailer drops Wednesday, July 25, on TetonGravity.com. The two-year snowboard film project produced by Teton Gravity Research and presented by O’Neill is the second installment of the Jeremy Jones trilogy: Deeper, Further, Higher.Shot in Japan, Norway, Austria, Alaska and California’s Sierra Mountains, this is Jones’ most ambitious film to date. Further explores some of the world's most remote mountain terrain while continuing Jones' mission to camp deep in the backcountry and on the summits of unridden lines to access nearly vertical spines and wide-open powder fields using only human power to get up and down. In light of the trailer release, we caught up with the boss of big mountain snowboarding to give you some insight on the movie, the trilogy and his company Jones Snowboards. [image] What Further trip stands out the most in your mind and why?Jeremy Jones: All the trips were really special to me. It's hard to pick one. I think going up to Svalbard [Norway] with Terje Haakonsen stands out because I was really out of my comfort zone and in a place that I knew very little about. And, I had never ridden with Terje, and I had all this anxiety going on that trip. It was the only time in 17 years that I didn't go to Alaska, and chose to go to this island right next to the North Pole instead, and I just didn't know. … I had heard that there were decent mountains there, but, you know, really didn't know what to expect, and we ended up scoring really good conditions and riding some of the best lines of my life in the middle of the night under pink skies. We were there in the spring, and it never gets dark at that time of year, so three weeks of not seeing the sun set was a trip.What was the biggest challenge you faced while filming Further?JJ: Hiking these lines is the biggest challenge. Primarily because we're trying to get these serious faces, and get them in powder. And there's just no room for error on the calls that you have to make in the mountains. We're on these faces for hours, and if you have one little pocket break on you on the way up it could kill you. And on the contrary, if we were on our boards riding and a little pocket breaks, it’s no big deal. So that just adds this major intensity. Every day. You'll look in the film and see all this happy, cruiser powder and it's … um … That stuff is really serious. Because we're on those slopes for hours, and if something happens, the consequences are high.What do you look for in a location when planning a trip for Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I’m looking for places with a safe snowpack. So that could be … a lot of these locations are maritime snowpacks. Austria isn't, but they had a great winter. A place like Austria can go either way. Some years it's a very dangerous snowpack, some years it's a much more manageable snowpack. This year was a very good snowpack for them. It was still tricky, but not the deep instability that would shut down a location for me. That, good terrain, and a place that still holds a lot of first descents. What Jones snowboard do you ride the most?JJ: I ride the Solution 161 the most.Why?JJ: It's just a great, versatile, all around board that works in all conditions. When you go on these trips, you have no idea if you’re going to be riding bulletproof or bottomless pow, and that board kills it on everything. Actually, in the Japan segment, I'm on a Hovercraft because I had some inspiration from Japan when I designed that board, and I felt like that was the place to ride it. [image] What's your favorite place to ride in the Tahoe backcountry, if you're just going to go for the morning, or on an average Wednesday?JJ: When ever I'm out in the mountains with someone I tell them to tell their friends that we're on Donner Pass.[Laughs] Nice. Over the past two years while filming for Further, who did you ride the most with and why?JJ: Well, I probably ride with Ryland Bell more than anyone just because in the winter we live in the same town, and Ryland is … He rides every day. And so it's just a guarantee. If I need someone to call to go ride, to go do some mission, to go ride bulletproof ice at the resort, a rainy, slushy day in the backcountry, whatever. Ryland's down. He's happy. He's charging.What do you hope to show with the whole trilogy of Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I would say in general, just a general kind of vibe, is to get people fired up to go into the mountains. Inspire them to push themselves. Wherever you are on that spectrum, that could mean different things. I want to give the viewer a really good taste of the mountains, and also hopefully educate some people on the mountains. Because I think that's important. If you're inspiring people to go into the mountains, it comes with a responsibility to also educate them about the mountains.Go To The Further Film PageWatch Episodes Of Further Unplugged Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:02:26 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Deeper-Further-Higher-Jeremy-Jones-Interview/blog/6240069/75233.html SamPetri 2012-07-23T21:11:27Z Teton Gravity Research Jeremy Jones’ Further trailer drops Wednesday, July 25, on TetonGravity.com. The two-year snowboard film project produced by Teton Gravity Research and presented by O’Neill is the second installment of the Jeremy Jones trilogy: Deeper, Further, Higher.Shot in Japan, Norway, Austria, Alaska and California’s Sierra Mountains, this is Jones’ most ambitious film to date. Further explores some of the world's most remote mountain terrain while continuing Jones' mission to camp deep in the backcountry and on the summits of unridden lines to access nearly vertical spines and wide-open powder fields using only human power to get up and down. In light of the trailer release, we caught up with the boss of big mountain snowboarding to give you some insight on the movie, the trilogy and his company Jones Snowboards. [image] What Further trip stands out the most in your mind and why?Jeremy Jones: All the trips were really special to me. It's hard to pick one. I think going up to Svalbard [Norway] with Terje Haakonsen stands out because I was really out of my comfort zone and in a place that I knew very little about. And, I had never ridden with Terje, and I had all this anxiety going on that trip. It was the only time in 17 years that I didn't go to Alaska, and chose to go to this island right next to the North Pole instead, and I just didn't know. … I had heard that there were decent mountains there, but, you know, really didn't know what to expect, and we ended up scoring really good conditions and riding some of the best lines of my life in the middle of the night under pink skies. We were there in the spring, and it never gets dark at that time of year, so three weeks of not seeing the sun set was a trip.What was the biggest challenge you faced while filming Further?JJ: Hiking these lines is the biggest challenge. Primarily because we're trying to get these serious faces, and get them in powder. And there's just no room for error on the calls that you have to make in the mountains. We're on these faces for hours, and if you have one little pocket break on you on the way up it could kill you. And on the contrary, if we were on our boards riding and a little pocket breaks, it’s no big deal. So that just adds this major intensity. Every day. You'll look in the film and see all this happy, cruiser powder and it's … um … That stuff is really serious. Because we're on those slopes for hours, and if something happens, the consequences are high.What do you look for in a location when planning a trip for Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I’m looking for places with a safe snowpack. So that could be … a lot of these locations are maritime snowpacks. Austria isn't, but they had a great winter. A place like Austria can go either way. Some years it's a very dangerous snowpack, some years it's a much more manageable snowpack. This year was a very good snowpack for them. It was still tricky, but not the deep instability that would shut down a location for me. That, good terrain, and a place that still holds a lot of first descents. What Jones snowboard do you ride the most?JJ: I ride the Solution 161 the most.Why?JJ: It's just a great, versatile, all around board that works in all conditions. When you go on these trips, you have no idea if you’re going to be riding bulletproof or bottomless pow, and that board kills it on everything. Actually, in the Japan segment, I'm on a Hovercraft because I had some inspiration from Japan when I designed that board, and I felt like that was the place to ride it. [image] What's your favorite place to ride in the Tahoe backcountry, if you're just going to go for the morning, or on an average Wednesday?JJ: When ever I'm out in the mountains with someone I tell them to tell their friends that we're on Donner Pass.[Laughs] Nice. Over the past two years while filming for Further, who did you ride the most with and why?JJ: Well, I probably ride with Ryland Bell more than anyone just because in the winter we live in the same town, and Ryland is … He rides every day. And so it's just a guarantee. If I need someone to call to go ride, to go do some mission, to go ride bulletproof ice at the resort, a rainy, slushy day in the backcountry, whatever. Ryland's down. He's happy. He's charging.What do you hope to show with the whole trilogy of Deeper, Further and Higher?JJ: I would say in general, just a general kind of vibe, is to get people fired up to go into the mountains. Inspire them to push themselves. Wherever you are on that spectrum, that could mean different things. I want to give the viewer a really good taste of the mountains, and also hopefully educate some people on the mountains. Because I think that's important. If you're inspiring people to go into the mountains, it comes with a responsibility to also educate them about the mountains.Go To The Further Film PageWatch Episodes Of Further Unplugged backcountry, big mountain, deeper, further, higher, interview, jeremy jones, jones snowbaords, snowboarding, teton gravity research nonadult false Deeper, Further, Higher: Jeremy Jones Interview text blog backcountry,big mountain,deeper,further,higher,interview,jeremy jones,jones snowbaords,snowboarding,teton gravity research 577 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States WY Teton Village 0 0 6240069 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Skiers-Throw-Down-At-Beartooth-Summer-Session/blog/6195745/75233.html The first competitor dropped in double fisting beers. He stomped his air over a cliff, then busted a “screamin’ seaman” off a booter near the base. Thirty bros applauded from the cornice above. Below, a siren rang out from the judges’ stand, prompting the next skier to drop before the first competitor even finished. “We’re running it like this for the next three hours,” judge Trevor Leaf said. [image]A Beartooth Summer Session competitor takes one of the bigger airs of the day Saturday on the upper section of Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp. One of his skis clipped a rock, but stayed on. He double fist-pump claimed it. Photo by Drew Wajer.And so it went Saturday at ON3P Skis’ second annual Beartooth Summer Sessions big mountain freestyle skiing event. The competition took place at Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp — a rugged, remote, tiny nugget of an area with 900-vert and two Poma lifts located off the top of Beartooth Pass in Wyoming, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The event featured a jam-session format where each competitor got three runs. Skiers would drop from a cornice in to a 40-degree face peppered with rocks and cliffs and make their way to a park that featured a couple of booters, a hip jump and a few rails. Skiers were judged on a combined score from the big mountain and freestyle terrain. [image]The park featured a couple of booters, a hip jump, and a few rails. Photo by Drew Wajer. Who won?“No official results yet,” ON3P’s Kip Kirol said Tuesday. “I started tallying them but they are such chicken scratch I need to confirm a few things.”In the end, it doesn’t really matter who won — the whole event was an amateur throw down of progressive ski trickery way out in the hills, far away from cell phone reception. Picture a homegrown Red Bull Cold Rush or Red Bull Supernatural type of event happening in June on corn snow. What you have is a rendezvous of 20-year-old Rocky Mountain redneck ski thugs who are more passionate about the sport than a lot of people who make a decent living off it. In short, it was core. Core as fuck. [image]ON3P's Trevor Leaf was the great orator of the event. Photo by Drew Wajer. The solid crew of competitors made a weekend out of it, camping at a Westmintser Spires Church Camp in Red Lodge, Montana, watching pig racing at a bar in Bear Creek at night and skiing during the day. “Basically the whole idea was to keep everyone as cohesive as possible without forcing anything,” Kip Kirol said. “What I was trying to do was for it to be like a summer camp where you’re not paying for après. Just a really really cheap, bad-ass ski experience.” [image]Pig racing in Montana. Photo by Drew Wajer. Although ON3P is based out of Portland, Oregon, they throw the event on Beartooth Pass because it offers steep, rocky terrain, allowing for the “big mountain” portion of the event. On top of that, it’s a fun road trip for the ON3P crew.“We got back last night,” Kirol said. “It was great. The ride home was good. We stopped in Hood River and stomped on Sammy Carlson’s trampoline.” [image]Kip Kirol of ON3P Skis. Photo by Drew Wajer.  Although relatively obscure, Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp has been operating on Beartooth Pass since 1968, co-owner and operations manager Austin Hart said. Over the years, its name has changed several times. Many locals still refer to it as Red Lodge Race Camp, he said. Next season, Hart hopes to change the name to something shorter: Beartooth Basin, perhaps. [image]Looking out at the whole ski area from the top. Photo by Drew Wajer. The area is typically open to the public from Memorial Day Weekend to the Fourth of July, although this year the last day of operations will be July 1. The hill has hosted racers, mogul skiers, and even acted as a training ground for Tanner Hall. Hart, who is 27 years old, took over his uncle Rob Hart’s share of the ski area in 2009 after Rob Hart died in a skiing accident. “I kind of got thrown into it,” Hart said. “ But I feel like a pretty lucky to employ my friends and ski around all June.” [image]A skier drops in to big mountain section of the course, with the park below. Courtesy photo.  Hart wants ON3P to come back next year.“It’s awesome dude, I love it,” Hart said. “We need these events to bring the crowd who wants to ski there. It’s definitely a big mountain free ride venue. The ON3P guys brought a lot of energy into it. I’m stoked on those guys. They’re cool.” [image]Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]This is the top of the mountain, which acts as a "base" area. ON3P gave away almost $7,000 worth of swag from Trew, Saga, Bloom and more to about 30 people. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]The Bear's Tooth on Beartooth Pass. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]Peace! Photo by Drew Wajer. For more, visit www.on3pskis.com and rlissc.com The first competitor dropped in double fisting beers. He stomped his air over a cliff, then busted a “screamin’ seaman” off a booter near the base. Thirty bros applauded from the cornice above. Below, a siren rang out from the judges’ stand, prompting the next skier to drop before the first competitor even finished. “We’re running it like this for the next three hours,” judge Trevor Leaf said. [image]A Beartooth Summer Session competitor takes one of the bigger airs of the day Saturday on the upper section of Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp. One of his skis clipped a rock, but stayed on. He double fist-pump claimed it. Photo by Drew Wajer.And so it went Saturday at ON3P Skis’ second annual Beartooth Summer Sessions big mountain freestyle skiing event. The competition took place at Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp — a rugged, remote, tiny nugget of an area with 900-vert and two Poma lifts located off the top of Beartooth Pass in Wyoming, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The event featured a jam-session format where each competitor got three runs. Skiers would drop from a cornice in to a 40-degree face peppered with rocks and cliffs and make their way to a park that featured a couple of booters, a hip jump and a few rails. Skiers were judged on a combined score from the big mountain and freestyle terrain. [image]The park featured a couple of booters, a hip jump, and a few rails. Photo by Drew Wajer. Who won?“No official results yet,” ON3P’s Kip Kirol said Tuesday. “I started tallying them but they are such chicken scratch I need to confirm a few things.”In the end, it doesn’t really matter who won — the whole event was an amateur throw down of progressive ski trickery way out in the hills, far away from cell phone reception. Picture a homegrown Red Bull Cold Rush or Red Bull Supernatural type of event happening in June on corn snow. What you have is a rendezvous of 20-year-old Rocky Mountain redneck ski thugs who are more passionate about the sport than a lot of people who make a decent living off it. In short, it was core. Core as fuck. [image]ON3P's Trevor Leaf was the great orator of the event. Photo by Drew Wajer. The solid crew of competitors made a weekend out of it, camping at a Westmintser Spires Church Camp in Red Lodge, Montana, watching pig racing at a bar in Bear Creek at night and skiing during the day. “Basically the whole idea was to keep everyone as cohesive as possible without forcing anything,” Kip Kirol said. “What I was trying to do was for it to be like a summer camp where you’re not paying for après. Just a really really cheap, bad-ass ski experience.” [image]Pig racing in Montana. Photo by Drew Wajer. Although ON3P is based out of Portland, Oregon, they throw the event on Beartooth Pass because it offers steep, rocky terrain, allowing for the “big mountain” portion of the event. On top of that, it’s a fun road trip for the ON3P crew.“We got back last night,” Kirol said. “It was great. The ride home was good. We stopped in Hood River and stomped on Sammy Carlson’s trampoline.” [image]Kip Kirol of ON3P Skis. Photo by Drew Wajer.  Although relatively obscure, Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp has been operating on Beartooth Pass since 1968, co-owner and operations manager Austin Hart said. Over the years, its name has changed several times. Many locals still refer to it as Red Lodge Race Camp, he said. Next season, Hart hopes to change the name to something shorter: Beartooth Basin, perhaps. [image]Looking out at the whole ski area from the top. Photo by Drew Wajer. The area is typically open to the public from Memorial Day Weekend to the Fourth of July, although this year the last day of operations will be July 1. The hill has hosted racers, mogul skiers, and even acted as a training ground for Tanner Hall. Hart, who is 27 years old, took over his uncle Rob Hart’s share of the ski area in 2009 after Rob Hart died in a skiing accident. “I kind of got thrown into it,” Hart said. “ But I feel like a pretty lucky to employ my friends and ski around all June.” [image]A skier drops in to big mountain section of the course, with the park below. Courtesy photo.  Hart wants ON3P to come back next year.“It’s awesome dude, I love it,” Hart said. “We need these events to bring the crowd who wants to ski there. It’s definitely a big mountain free ride venue. The ON3P guys brought a lot of energy into it. I’m stoked on those guys. They’re cool.” [image]Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]This is the top of the mountain, which acts as a "base" area. ON3P gave away almost $7,000 worth of swag from Trew, Saga, Bloom and more to about 30 people. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]The Bear's Tooth on Beartooth Pass. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]Peace! Photo by Drew Wajer. For more, visit www.on3pskis.com and rlissc.com Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:43:13 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Skiers-Throw-Down-At-Beartooth-Summer-Session/blog/6195745/75233.html SamPetri 2012-06-27T20:43:13Z Teton Gravity Research The first competitor dropped in double fisting beers. He stomped his air over a cliff, then busted a “screamin’ seaman” off a booter near the base. Thirty bros applauded from the cornice above. Below, a siren rang out from the judges’ stand, prompting the next skier to drop before the first competitor even finished. “We’re running it like this for the next three hours,” judge Trevor Leaf said. [image]A Beartooth Summer Session competitor takes one of the bigger airs of the day Saturday on the upper section of Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp. One of his skis clipped a rock, but stayed on. He double fist-pump claimed it. Photo by Drew Wajer.And so it went Saturday at ON3P Skis’ second annual Beartooth Summer Sessions big mountain freestyle skiing event. The competition took place at Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp — a rugged, remote, tiny nugget of an area with 900-vert and two Poma lifts located off the top of Beartooth Pass in Wyoming, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The event featured a jam-session format where each competitor got three runs. Skiers would drop from a cornice in to a 40-degree face peppered with rocks and cliffs and make their way to a park that featured a couple of booters, a hip jump and a few rails. Skiers were judged on a combined score from the big mountain and freestyle terrain. [image]The park featured a couple of booters, a hip jump, and a few rails. Photo by Drew Wajer. Who won?“No official results yet,” ON3P’s Kip Kirol said Tuesday. “I started tallying them but they are such chicken scratch I need to confirm a few things.”In the end, it doesn’t really matter who won — the whole event was an amateur throw down of progressive ski trickery way out in the hills, far away from cell phone reception. Picture a homegrown Red Bull Cold Rush or Red Bull Supernatural type of event happening in June on corn snow. What you have is a rendezvous of 20-year-old Rocky Mountain redneck ski thugs who are more passionate about the sport than a lot of people who make a decent living off it. In short, it was core. Core as fuck. [image]ON3P's Trevor Leaf was the great orator of the event. Photo by Drew Wajer. The solid crew of competitors made a weekend out of it, camping at a Westmintser Spires Church Camp in Red Lodge, Montana, watching pig racing at a bar in Bear Creek at night and skiing during the day. “Basically the whole idea was to keep everyone as cohesive as possible without forcing anything,” Kip Kirol said. “What I was trying to do was for it to be like a summer camp where you’re not paying for après. Just a really really cheap, bad-ass ski experience.” [image]Pig racing in Montana. Photo by Drew Wajer. Although ON3P is based out of Portland, Oregon, they throw the event on Beartooth Pass because it offers steep, rocky terrain, allowing for the “big mountain” portion of the event. On top of that, it’s a fun road trip for the ON3P crew.“We got back last night,” Kirol said. “It was great. The ride home was good. We stopped in Hood River and stomped on Sammy Carlson’s trampoline.” [image]Kip Kirol of ON3P Skis. Photo by Drew Wajer.  Although relatively obscure, Red Lodge International Summer Ski And Snowboard Camp has been operating on Beartooth Pass since 1968, co-owner and operations manager Austin Hart said. Over the years, its name has changed several times. Many locals still refer to it as Red Lodge Race Camp, he said. Next season, Hart hopes to change the name to something shorter: Beartooth Basin, perhaps. [image]Looking out at the whole ski area from the top. Photo by Drew Wajer. The area is typically open to the public from Memorial Day Weekend to the Fourth of July, although this year the last day of operations will be July 1. The hill has hosted racers, mogul skiers, and even acted as a training ground for Tanner Hall. Hart, who is 27 years old, took over his uncle Rob Hart’s share of the ski area in 2009 after Rob Hart died in a skiing accident. “I kind of got thrown into it,” Hart said. “ But I feel like a pretty lucky to employ my friends and ski around all June.” [image]A skier drops in to big mountain section of the course, with the park below. Courtesy photo.  Hart wants ON3P to come back next year.“It’s awesome dude, I love it,” Hart said. “We need these events to bring the crowd who wants to ski there. It’s definitely a big mountain free ride venue. The ON3P guys brought a lot of energy into it. I’m stoked on those guys. They’re cool.” [image]Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]This is the top of the mountain, which acts as a "base" area. ON3P gave away almost $7,000 worth of swag from Trew, Saga, Bloom and more to about 30 people. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]The Bear's Tooth on Beartooth Pass. Photo by Drew Wajer. [image]Peace! Photo by Drew Wajer. For more, visit www.on3pskis.com and rlissc.com beartooth pass, competition, cooke city, montana, on3p, red lodge, ski, skiing, summer session, wyoming nonadult false Skiers Throw Down At Beartooth Summer Session text blog beartooth pass,competition,cooke city,montana,on3p,red lodge,ski,skiing,summer session,wyoming 231 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States WY Beartooth Pass 0 0 6195745 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-Second-Annual-Beartooth-Pass-Summer-Session-June-20-23/blog/6144211/75233.html From June 20-23, ON3P Ski Company is holding its second annual Beartooth Summer Session at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp on Beartooth Pass in Montana. Check the press release below and try to come up to this remote, spring skiing paradise for this small, core competition that's sure to be a freaking blast. If skiing in June isn't enough for you, ON3P says they have about $6,000 of gear and cash to give away. The Beartooth Mountains are a magical place on the Montana-Wyoming border, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The range is part of the Beartooth Plateau, the largest area above 10,000 feet in the United States. The Beartooth Highway cuts through this area from Cooke City, Montana, to Red Lodge. Once this pass opens, there’s backcountry skiing easily accessed right off the road and at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp, which is open for skiing in May, June and July.  Read below for more details on the Beartooth Summer Session. After a successful introductory year, the Beartooth Summer Session is back with a three-day session, June 20-23 in Red Lodge, Montana. The event includes lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, guided backcountry skiing with Beartooth Mountain Guides, a big mountain slopestyle competition, and a free demo from ON3P Ski Company.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, the session’s host, is open for the season and will be operating daily through July.  The ski area features two high speed poma lifts, chutes, cornices, drops, jumps, and rails.  The ski area provides a unique venue for steep and big mountain skiing and is one of the steepest summer ski destinations in North America.The Beartooth Mountains provide a great opportunity for summer backcountry skiing. [image]Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp. On Thursday, June 21, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be leading a snow safety clinic at the ski area.  Participants will learn about proper travel technique, rescue technique, and snow depth analysis. On Friday, June 22, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be offering guided backcountry skiing.  Clients will travel with certified backcountry guides in groups with a 4:1 client to guide ratio.  Participants interested in skiing with the group need to have a transceiver, shovel, and backpack.  Participants must be able to hike and ski proficiently at 11,000’. On Saturday, June 23, the session comes to a finale with a big mountain slopestyle competition with a prize purse totaling $6,000 worth of cash and gear. Competitors will ski top to bottom laps on Twin Lakes Headwall.  The course will feature natural and manmade features including cornices, chutes, drops, rails, and jumps.  Classes and categories will be determined closer to the event, once registration has begun.European Style lodging is available at the Westminster Spires Camp.  If you book through ON3P, you get four nights nights of lodging, three free lift tickets and a free t-shirt for $270. The camp is located 10 miles from Red Lodge and 13 miles from Beartooth Pass. The camp features a communal kitchen, bunk beds, showers, and toilets.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp is located 23 miles from Red Lodge Montana near the Beartooth Pass.  The top of the headwall is near 11,000′ in elevation.  Advanced skiing ability is strongly recommended as there is a mandatory 30 degree run into the ski area. [image]Gardner Headwall in the Beartooths Mountains.ITINERARYWednesday, June 20 — Check in, meet and greet bbqThursday, June 21 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional snow safety clinic $10, free ON3P demoFriday, June 22 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional guided backcountry skiing $70, free ON3P demoSaturday, June 23 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, big mountain slopestyle comp Price TBD, free ON3P demo, afterparty in Red LodgeSunday, June 24 — Check out, optional ski day From June 20-23, ON3P Ski Company is holding its second annual Beartooth Summer Session at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp on Beartooth Pass in Montana. Check the press release below and try to come up to this remote, spring skiing paradise for this small, core competition that's sure to be a freaking blast. If skiing in June isn't enough for you, ON3P says they have about $6,000 of gear and cash to give away. The Beartooth Mountains are a magical place on the Montana-Wyoming border, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The range is part of the Beartooth Plateau, the largest area above 10,000 feet in the United States. The Beartooth Highway cuts through this area from Cooke City, Montana, to Red Lodge. Once this pass opens, there’s backcountry skiing easily accessed right off the road and at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp, which is open for skiing in May, June and July.  Read below for more details on the Beartooth Summer Session. After a successful introductory year, the Beartooth Summer Session is back with a three-day session, June 20-23 in Red Lodge, Montana. The event includes lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, guided backcountry skiing with Beartooth Mountain Guides, a big mountain slopestyle competition, and a free demo from ON3P Ski Company.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, the session’s host, is open for the season and will be operating daily through July.  The ski area features two high speed poma lifts, chutes, cornices, drops, jumps, and rails.  The ski area provides a unique venue for steep and big mountain skiing and is one of the steepest summer ski destinations in North America.The Beartooth Mountains provide a great opportunity for summer backcountry skiing. [image]Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp. On Thursday, June 21, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be leading a snow safety clinic at the ski area.  Participants will learn about proper travel technique, rescue technique, and snow depth analysis. On Friday, June 22, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be offering guided backcountry skiing.  Clients will travel with certified backcountry guides in groups with a 4:1 client to guide ratio.  Participants interested in skiing with the group need to have a transceiver, shovel, and backpack.  Participants must be able to hike and ski proficiently at 11,000’. On Saturday, June 23, the session comes to a finale with a big mountain slopestyle competition with a prize purse totaling $6,000 worth of cash and gear. Competitors will ski top to bottom laps on Twin Lakes Headwall.  The course will feature natural and manmade features including cornices, chutes, drops, rails, and jumps.  Classes and categories will be determined closer to the event, once registration has begun.European Style lodging is available at the Westminster Spires Camp.  If you book through ON3P, you get four nights nights of lodging, three free lift tickets and a free t-shirt for $270. The camp is located 10 miles from Red Lodge and 13 miles from Beartooth Pass. The camp features a communal kitchen, bunk beds, showers, and toilets.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp is located 23 miles from Red Lodge Montana near the Beartooth Pass.  The top of the headwall is near 11,000′ in elevation.  Advanced skiing ability is strongly recommended as there is a mandatory 30 degree run into the ski area. [image]Gardner Headwall in the Beartooths Mountains.ITINERARYWednesday, June 20 — Check in, meet and greet bbqThursday, June 21 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional snow safety clinic $10, free ON3P demoFriday, June 22 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional guided backcountry skiing $70, free ON3P demoSaturday, June 23 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, big mountain slopestyle comp Price TBD, free ON3P demo, afterparty in Red LodgeSunday, June 24 — Check out, optional ski day Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:43:34 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_News-Second-Annual-Beartooth-Pass-Summer-Session-June-20-23/blog/6144211/75233.html SamPetri 2012-06-04T18:30:47Z Teton Gravity Research From June 20-23, ON3P Ski Company is holding its second annual Beartooth Summer Session at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp on Beartooth Pass in Montana. Check the press release below and try to come up to this remote, spring skiing paradise for this small, core competition that's sure to be a freaking blast. If skiing in June isn't enough for you, ON3P says they have about $6,000 of gear and cash to give away. The Beartooth Mountains are a magical place on the Montana-Wyoming border, just northeast of Yellowstone National Park. The range is part of the Beartooth Plateau, the largest area above 10,000 feet in the United States. The Beartooth Highway cuts through this area from Cooke City, Montana, to Red Lodge. Once this pass opens, there’s backcountry skiing easily accessed right off the road and at Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp, which is open for skiing in May, June and July.  Read below for more details on the Beartooth Summer Session. After a successful introductory year, the Beartooth Summer Session is back with a three-day session, June 20-23 in Red Lodge, Montana. The event includes lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, guided backcountry skiing with Beartooth Mountain Guides, a big mountain slopestyle competition, and a free demo from ON3P Ski Company.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, the session’s host, is open for the season and will be operating daily through July.  The ski area features two high speed poma lifts, chutes, cornices, drops, jumps, and rails.  The ski area provides a unique venue for steep and big mountain skiing and is one of the steepest summer ski destinations in North America.The Beartooth Mountains provide a great opportunity for summer backcountry skiing. [image]Red Lodge International Summer Ski Camp. On Thursday, June 21, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be leading a snow safety clinic at the ski area.  Participants will learn about proper travel technique, rescue technique, and snow depth analysis. On Friday, June 22, Beartooth Mountain Guides will be offering guided backcountry skiing.  Clients will travel with certified backcountry guides in groups with a 4:1 client to guide ratio.  Participants interested in skiing with the group need to have a transceiver, shovel, and backpack.  Participants must be able to hike and ski proficiently at 11,000’. On Saturday, June 23, the session comes to a finale with a big mountain slopestyle competition with a prize purse totaling $6,000 worth of cash and gear. Competitors will ski top to bottom laps on Twin Lakes Headwall.  The course will feature natural and manmade features including cornices, chutes, drops, rails, and jumps.  Classes and categories will be determined closer to the event, once registration has begun.European Style lodging is available at the Westminster Spires Camp.  If you book through ON3P, you get four nights nights of lodging, three free lift tickets and a free t-shirt for $270. The camp is located 10 miles from Red Lodge and 13 miles from Beartooth Pass. The camp features a communal kitchen, bunk beds, showers, and toilets.Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp is located 23 miles from Red Lodge Montana near the Beartooth Pass.  The top of the headwall is near 11,000′ in elevation.  Advanced skiing ability is strongly recommended as there is a mandatory 30 degree run into the ski area. [image]Gardner Headwall in the Beartooths Mountains.ITINERARYWednesday, June 20 — Check in, meet and greet bbqThursday, June 21 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional snow safety clinic $10, free ON3P demoFriday, June 22 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, optional guided backcountry skiing $70, free ON3P demoSaturday, June 23 — Lift accessed skiing at Red Lodge Summer Ski Camp, big mountain slopestyle comp Price TBD, free ON3P demo, afterparty in Red LodgeSunday, June 24 — Check out, optional ski day beartooth pass, competition, cooke city, montana, on3p, red lodge, ski, skiing, summer session, wyoming nonadult false News: Second Annual Beartooth Pass Summer Session June 20-23 text blog beartooth pass,competition,cooke city,montana,on3p,red lodge,ski,skiing,summer session,wyoming 178 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States MT 0 0 6144211 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Kilian-Martin-Skates-A-Deserted-Water-Park-In-Altered-Route/blog/6140365/75233.html Kilian Martin is like the Michael Jackson of skateboarding, and I mean that in the best possible way. In this video where he skates an abandoned water park in the desert, he’s dancing on his board creating new moves like it’s 1982 and it's the Thriller music video. I don’t know, maybe he’s more like Antonio Banderas in the movie Desperado — a mariachi of skateboarding — again, I mean that in the best possible way. Set to the music of Patrick Watson, "Adventures In Your Own Backyard," it’s just a beautiful video you can watch again and again. A pretty epic solo performance. Can you believe it's sponsored by Mercedes-Benz? Kilian Martin is like the Michael Jackson of skateboarding, and I mean that in the best possible way. In this video where he skates an abandoned water park in the desert, he’s dancing on his board creating new moves like it’s 1982 and it's the Thriller music video. I don’t know, maybe he’s more like Antonio Banderas in the movie Desperado — a mariachi of skateboarding — again, I mean that in the best possible way. Set to the music of Patrick Watson, "Adventures In Your Own Backyard," it’s just a beautiful video you can watch again and again. A pretty epic solo performance. Can you believe it's sponsored by Mercedes-Benz? Sat, 02 Jun 2012 22:16:40 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Kilian-Martin-Skates-A-Deserted-Water-Park-In-Altered-Route/blog/6140365/75233.html SamPetri 2012-06-02T22:16:40Z Teton Gravity Research Kilian Martin is like the Michael Jackson of skateboarding, and I mean that in the best possible way. In this video where he skates an abandoned water park in the desert, he’s dancing on his board creating new moves like it’s 1982 and it's the Thriller music video. I don’t know, maybe he’s more like Antonio Banderas in the movie Desperado — a mariachi of skateboarding — again, I mean that in the best possible way. Set to the music of Patrick Watson, "Adventures In Your Own Backyard," it’s just a beautiful video you can watch again and again. A pretty epic solo performance. Can you believe it's sponsored by Mercedes-Benz? desert, kilian martin, skate, skateboard nonadult false Video: Kilian Martin Skates A Deserted Water Park In Altered Route text blog desert,kilian martin,skate,skateboard 284 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States NV 0 0 6140365 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Givin-Crew-Drops-Teaser-For-New-Snowboarding-Movie-39Too39/blog/6140311/75233.html Last year, the Givin crew came out with one of the best snowboard trailers of the season for their movie “One.” This year, they’re back with an equally hesh teaser for their movie “Too” that should get you fired up for winter even though it’s June. "Too" stars Keegan Valaika, Wyatt Stasinos, Forest Bailey, Alex Stathis, E Man Anderson, Forrest Burki, Layne Treeter, Doran Laybourn, Chris Bradshaw, Alex Tank, Timmy Ronan, Nick Russell, and a bunch of other dudes. Watch the trailer for both “One and “Too” right here. Last year, the Givin crew came out with one of the best snowboard trailers of the season for their movie “One.” This year, they’re back with an equally hesh teaser for their movie “Too” that should get you fired up for winter even though it’s June. "Too" stars Keegan Valaika, Wyatt Stasinos, Forest Bailey, Alex Stathis, E Man Anderson, Forrest Burki, Layne Treeter, Doran Laybourn, Chris Bradshaw, Alex Tank, Timmy Ronan, Nick Russell, and a bunch of other dudes. Watch the trailer for both “One and “Too” right here. Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:12:19 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Givin-Crew-Drops-Teaser-For-New-Snowboarding-Movie-39Too39/blog/6140311/75233.html SamPetri 2012-06-02T17:12:19Z Teton Gravity Research Last year, the Givin crew came out with one of the best snowboard trailers of the season for their movie “One.” This year, they’re back with an equally hesh teaser for their movie “Too” that should get you fired up for winter even though it’s June. "Too" stars Keegan Valaika, Wyatt Stasinos, Forest Bailey, Alex Stathis, E Man Anderson, Forrest Burki, Layne Treeter, Doran Laybourn, Chris Bradshaw, Alex Tank, Timmy Ronan, Nick Russell, and a bunch of other dudes. Watch the trailer for both “One and “Too” right here. alex stathis, alex tank, chris bradshaw, core, doran laybourn, e man anderson, forest bailey, forrest burki, givin, hesh, keegan valaika, layne treeter, nick russel, one, snowboarding, timmy ronan, too, wyatt stasinos nonadult false Video: Givin Crew Drops Teaser For New Snowboarding Movie 'Too' text blog alex stathis,alex tank,chris bradshaw,core,doran laybourn,e man anderson,forest bailey,forrest burki,givin,hesh,keegan valaika,layne treeter,nick russel,one,snowboarding,timmy ronan,too,wyatt stasinos 174 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States 0 0 6140311 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Eero-Ettala39s-and-Heikki-Sorsas-Cooking-With-Gas-Slam-Section/blog/6130635/75233.html Eero Ettala’s and Heikki Sorsa’s Slam Section to their web series Cooking With Gas. It’s set to “Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)” By Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, which makes it a lot more dramatic and funny than setting it to customary death metal.   Eero Ettala’s and Heikki Sorsa’s Slam Section to their web series Cooking With Gas. It’s set to “Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)” By Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, which makes it a lot more dramatic and funny than setting it to customary death metal.   Thu, 31 May 2012 02:02:53 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Eero-Ettala39s-and-Heikki-Sorsas-Cooking-With-Gas-Slam-Section/blog/6130635/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-31T00:51:35Z Teton Gravity Research Eero Ettala’s and Heikki Sorsa’s Slam Section to their web series Cooking With Gas. It’s set to “Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro)” By Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, which makes it a lot more dramatic and funny than setting it to customary death metal.   cooking with gas, crash segment, eero ettala, heikki sorsa, slam section, snowboard, snowboarding nonadult false Video: Eero Ettala's and Heikki Sorsa’s Cooking With Gas Slam Section text blog cooking with gas,crash segment,eero ettala,heikki sorsa,slam section,snowboard,snowboarding 172 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States 0 0 6130635 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Watch-The-Red-Bull-Supernatural-Snowboarding-Event-In-Its-Entirety/blog/6124393/75233.html Here it is in its entirety: The Red Bull Supernatural event at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia. Sit back, pop it on full-screen mode and pretend like it's the Super Bowl of snowboarding. Here it is in its entirety: The Red Bull Supernatural event at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia. Sit back, pop it on full-screen mode and pretend like it's the Super Bowl of snowboarding. Mon, 28 May 2012 17:12:35 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Watch-The-Red-Bull-Supernatural-Snowboarding-Event-In-Its-Entirety/blog/6124393/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-28T17:12:35Z Teton Gravity Research Here it is in its entirety: The Red Bull Supernatural event at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia. Sit back, pop it on full-screen mode and pretend like it's the Super Bowl of snowboarding. baldface lodge, british columbia, competition, john jackson, red bull supernatural, snowboard, snowboarder, snowboarding, travis rice nonadult false Video: Watch The Red Bull Supernatural Snowboarding Event In Its Entirety text blog baldface lodge,british columbia,competition,john jackson,red bull supernatural,snowboard,snowboarder,snowboarding,travis rice 208 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Canada BC Baldface Lodge 0 0 6124393 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Wingwan-Gary-Connery-Becomes-First-Skydiver-To-Land-Safely-Without-Parachute/blog/6110039/75233.html Here's Gary Connery, 42, of Oxfordshire, England, jumping out of a helicopter at 2,400-feet and landing with out a parachute on a pad of 18,600 cardboard boxes 350-feet long, 40-feet wide and 12-feet high. Balls of steel, Gary, balls of steel. Connery's buddy, Mark Sutton, filmed the feat with a follow cam until the last minute. Can't wait to see the second angle. Here's Gary Connery, 42, of Oxfordshire, England, jumping out of a helicopter at 2,400-feet and landing with out a parachute on a pad of 18,600 cardboard boxes 350-feet long, 40-feet wide and 12-feet high. Balls of steel, Gary, balls of steel. Connery's buddy, Mark Sutton, filmed the feat with a follow cam until the last minute. Can't wait to see the second angle. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:53:10 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Wingwan-Gary-Connery-Becomes-First-Skydiver-To-Land-Safely-Without-Parachute/blog/6110039/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-24T00:53:10Z Teton Gravity Research Here's Gary Connery, 42, of Oxfordshire, England, jumping out of a helicopter at 2,400-feet and landing with out a parachute on a pad of 18,600 cardboard boxes 350-feet long, 40-feet wide and 12-feet high. Balls of steel, Gary, balls of steel. Connery's buddy, Mark Sutton, filmed the feat with a follow cam until the last minute. Can't wait to see the second angle. england, gary connery, helicopter, no parachute, skydive, stunt, wingman nonadult false Video: Wingwan Gary Connery Becomes First Skydiver To Land Safely Without Parachute text blog england,gary connery,helicopter,no parachute,skydive,stunt,wingman 456 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United Kingdom Oxfordshire 0 0 6110039 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Sebastien-Toutant-Triple-Cork-Backside-1440-At-Superpark-16/blog/6110369/75233.html This was Sebastien’s third attempt at a triple cork backside 1440 and he stomps it so clean. Not much else to say except, “sick, dude.” This was Sebastien’s third attempt at a triple cork backside 1440 and he stomps it so clean. Not much else to say except, “sick, dude.” Thu, 24 May 2012 00:26:04 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Sebastien-Toutant-Triple-Cork-Backside-1440-At-Superpark-16/blog/6110369/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-24T00:26:04Z Teton Gravity Research This was Sebastien’s third attempt at a triple cork backside 1440 and he stomps it so clean. Not much else to say except, “sick, dude.” 1440, mount bachelor, sebastien toutant, superpark 16, triple cork nonadult false Video: Sebastien Toutant Triple Cork Backside 1440 At Superpark 16 text blog 1440,mount bachelor,sebastien toutant,superpark 16,triple cork 79 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States OR Mount Bachelor 0 0 6110369 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Steve-Corbett-First-Ever-Quadruple-Backflip-On-Skis/blog/6110361/75233.html On April 13, 1974, at Whistler Mountain, Steve Corbett skied off a jump and traveled a distance of 170 feet, at a height of 80 feet, turning four revolutions in the air, landed and skied away. While Steve’s feat of being the first-ever skier to do a quadruple backflip has largely been lost in history due to the fact that Guinness World Records never recognized it, we now have this classic video to watch on YouTube. It’s hard to tell if he stomps it clean, but even if it was a backslap situation, you’ve got to respect the dude for really giving’er back in the day. On April 13, 1974, at Whistler Mountain, Steve Corbett skied off a jump and traveled a distance of 170 feet, at a height of 80 feet, turning four revolutions in the air, landed and skied away. While Steve’s feat of being the first-ever skier to do a quadruple backflip has largely been lost in history due to the fact that Guinness World Records never recognized it, we now have this classic video to watch on YouTube. It’s hard to tell if he stomps it clean, but even if it was a backslap situation, you’ve got to respect the dude for really giving’er back in the day. Thu, 24 May 2012 00:21:43 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Video-Steve-Corbett-First-Ever-Quadruple-Backflip-On-Skis/blog/6110361/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-24T00:21:43Z Teton Gravity Research On April 13, 1974, at Whistler Mountain, Steve Corbett skied off a jump and traveled a distance of 170 feet, at a height of 80 feet, turning four revolutions in the air, landed and skied away. While Steve’s feat of being the first-ever skier to do a quadruple backflip has largely been lost in history due to the fact that Guinness World Records never recognized it, we now have this classic video to watch on YouTube. It’s hard to tell if he stomps it clean, but even if it was a backslap situation, you’ve got to respect the dude for really giving’er back in the day. backflip, classic, ski, skier, skiing, steve corbett, vintage, whistler nonadult false Video: Steve Corbett First-Ever Quadruple Backflip On Skis text blog backflip,classic,ski,skier,skiing,steve corbett,vintage,whistler 102 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false Canada BC Whistler Blackcomb 0 0 6110361 33945536 Silver 13133 http://live.tetongravity.com/_Wolf-Creek-Utah-Ski-Resort-Up-For-Auction/blog/6107029/75233.html Ever want to own a ski resort? Well, now you can. Er, you just have to have a $100,000 cashiers check to participate in the auction of tiny, bankrupt Wolf Creek Utah ski resort in Eden, Utah. The highest bidder on Jun 1, 2012, will get the hill, the 18-hole golf course, the clubhouse and more. The ski area’s website boasts that: “Wolf Mountain offers a variety of skill levels to accommodate each skier, and snowboarder. Approximately 20 percent of the mountain is appropriate for beginners, 50 percent for intermediate skiers and 20 percent for advanced skill levels. Wolf Mountain also boasts the best slopes in Utah for night skiing with the entire mountain lit up each evening.”However, looking at the trail map indicates that there may be less than 20 percent of terrain for advanced skill levels. ... [image]I like to imagine buying this place and keeping it all to my self, kind of like Eric Cartman in that South Park episode where he buys his own amusement park. ... Wouldn’t it be sick to have your own ski area, even if it was one of those tiny bumps of a hill, like Wolf Creek Utah? Read below for more information on the auction:Wolf Creek Resort Ski and Golf Course for AuctionReal Estate Bankruptcy Auction Wolf Creek Resort3926 N Wolf Creek Dr. Eden Utah 84310This includes The 18-hole championship golf courseThe Clubhouse (restaurant, snack bar, golf shop)State of the Art Golf Course Maintenance BuildingPineview Lodge Event Center (event center and corporate offices)Discovery Center (workout facilities, retail space, corporate offices, etc.)Wolf Mountain Ski Resort800+ acres of open dedicated spaceDevelopment acreage for aprox 850-950+ mixed use units (single family homes, condos, townhomes and retail/commercial) among many different development parcelsAll the personal property to operate the businesses. Over 3,000 Total Acres!Working business! A turnkey operation!Minutes away from Olympic Venues!This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!$100,000.00 Cashiers Check payable to Erkelens & Olson required to bid.3% Buyers PremiumPreview by Appointment Only.Call 801-355-6655 to Schedule Appointment Click Here To Go To The Auction Site Ever want to own a ski resort? Well, now you can. Er, you just have to have a $100,000 cashiers check to participate in the auction of tiny, bankrupt Wolf Creek Utah ski resort in Eden, Utah. The highest bidder on Jun 1, 2012, will get the hill, the 18-hole golf course, the clubhouse and more. The ski area’s website boasts that: “Wolf Mountain offers a variety of skill levels to accommodate each skier, and snowboarder. Approximately 20 percent of the mountain is appropriate for beginners, 50 percent for intermediate skiers and 20 percent for advanced skill levels. Wolf Mountain also boasts the best slopes in Utah for night skiing with the entire mountain lit up each evening.”However, looking at the trail map indicates that there may be less than 20 percent of terrain for advanced skill levels. ... [image]I like to imagine buying this place and keeping it all to my self, kind of like Eric Cartman in that South Park episode where he buys his own amusement park. ... Wouldn’t it be sick to have your own ski area, even if it was one of those tiny bumps of a hill, like Wolf Creek Utah? Read below for more information on the auction:Wolf Creek Resort Ski and Golf Course for AuctionReal Estate Bankruptcy Auction Wolf Creek Resort3926 N Wolf Creek Dr. Eden Utah 84310This includes The 18-hole championship golf courseThe Clubhouse (restaurant, snack bar, golf shop)State of the Art Golf Course Maintenance BuildingPineview Lodge Event Center (event center and corporate offices)Discovery Center (workout facilities, retail space, corporate offices, etc.)Wolf Mountain Ski Resort800+ acres of open dedicated spaceDevelopment acreage for aprox 850-950+ mixed use units (single family homes, condos, townhomes and retail/commercial) among many different development parcelsAll the personal property to operate the businesses. Over 3,000 Total Acres!Working business! A turnkey operation!Minutes away from Olympic Venues!This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!$100,000.00 Cashiers Check payable to Erkelens & Olson required to bid.3% Buyers PremiumPreview by Appointment Only.Call 801-355-6655 to Schedule Appointment Click Here To Go To The Auction Site Wed, 23 May 2012 14:59:16 GMT http://live.tetongravity.com/_Wolf-Creek-Utah-Ski-Resort-Up-For-Auction/blog/6107029/75233.html SamPetri 2012-05-22T22:51:19Z Teton Gravity Research Ever want to own a ski resort? Well, now you can. Er, you just have to have a $100,000 cashiers check to participate in the auction of tiny, bankrupt Wolf Creek Utah ski resort in Eden, Utah. The highest bidder on Jun 1, 2012, will get the hill, the 18-hole golf course, the clubhouse and more. The ski area’s website boasts that: “Wolf Mountain offers a variety of skill levels to accommodate each skier, and snowboarder. Approximately 20 percent of the mountain is appropriate for beginners, 50 percent for intermediate skiers and 20 percent for advanced skill levels. Wolf Mountain also boasts the best slopes in Utah for night skiing with the entire mountain lit up each evening.”However, looking at the trail map indicates that there may be less than 20 percent of terrain for advanced skill levels. ... [image]I like to imagine buying this place and keeping it all to my self, kind of like Eric Cartman in that South Park episode where he buys his own amusement park. ... Wouldn’t it be sick to have your own ski area, even if it was one of those tiny bumps of a hill, like Wolf Creek Utah? Read below for more information on the auction:Wolf Creek Resort Ski and Golf Course for AuctionReal Estate Bankruptcy Auction Wolf Creek Resort3926 N Wolf Creek Dr. Eden Utah 84310This includes The 18-hole championship golf courseThe Clubhouse (restaurant, snack bar, golf shop)State of the Art Golf Course Maintenance BuildingPineview Lodge Event Center (event center and corporate offices)Discovery Center (workout facilities, retail space, corporate offices, etc.)Wolf Mountain Ski Resort800+ acres of open dedicated spaceDevelopment acreage for aprox 850-950+ mixed use units (single family homes, condos, townhomes and retail/commercial) among many different development parcelsAll the personal property to operate the businesses. Over 3,000 Total Acres!Working business! A turnkey operation!Minutes away from Olympic Venues!This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!$100,000.00 Cashiers Check payable to Erkelens & Olson required to bid.3% Buyers PremiumPreview by Appointment Only.Call 801-355-6655 to Schedule Appointment Click Here To Go To The Auction Site auction, for sale, golf course, ski area, ski resort, skiing, utah, wolf creek utah nonadult false Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort Up For Auction text blog auction,for sale,golf course,ski area,ski resort,skiing,utah,wolf creek utah 104 0 0.0 http://live.tetongravity.com/service/displayKickPlace.kickAction?u=33945536&as=75233 http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/75233/photos/PHOTO_18172567_75233_33945536_ap_160X120.jpg false United States UT Wolf Creek Utah 0 0 6107029 33945536 Silver 13133