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• Griffin Post Drops the Middle Griffin Post Drops the Middle Teton

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    Words by Michael Sudmeier 

    The Tetons are loaded with classic ski descents. It’s one thing to survive these lines—it’s another to destroy them. This, however, is exactly what Griffin Post did when he recently terrorized the Middle Teton. After a seven-hour push to its summit, he laid down a line rich with style and worthy of reverence.

    Post was led by Exum Guides Nat Patridge and Zahan Billimoria and accompanied by a team of filmers and photographers shooting for TGR’s Way of Life. With a 2:00 a.m. start, the crew spent the first few hours of its journey navigating by headlamps and moonlight. “Our route led us up the South Fork of Garnet Canyon to the saddle between the Middle and South Teton, which was a seven mile approach with about 5,000 feet of gain with skins,” explained Patridge. 

    

    As the sun rose, Griffin Post neared the end of the first leg of his journey: skinning 5,000 vertical feet. (Photo compliments of Zahan Billimoria)

    From there, the crew traveled up the Southwest Couloir on the Middle Teton, using ice axes and crampons to climb nearly 1,000 vertical feet. En route to the summit, the group navigated terrain steeper than forty degrees and peppered with rocks and exposure. Adding to the challenge, a spring storm had just hit the Tetons. But unfortunately, this storm failed to leave an abundance of powder. “Despite receiving over ten inches of new snow the day before, the slick surfaces [of the Tetons] resulted in very little new snow up high,” Billimoria said. “The route was clean but very firm.”

    Billimoria and Patridge closely studied the snowpack throughout the ascent, as well as in advance of it. While using automated plots to monitor the snow depth, their concerns for the ascent began to shift. “It became evident that the snow was settling very rapidly,” noted Billimoria. “Instead of dealing with slab avalanches, we started to turn our attention to whether the surface would be too firm. What we found on the route matched that reality—there was little avalanche hazard, but a high hazard in case of a fall.”

    

    While Post and his crew headed up the Middle Teton, a team of filmers--including Chris Kitchen and Pat Mc Dermott--headed up Disappointment Peak to capture the "barbi" angle for Post's descent. (Photo compliments of Greg Von Doersten)

    Throughout the ascent, Post also kept busy trying to avoid thinking about the line he had yet to lay down. “Seven hours is a lot of time to think about one run—so I tried not to worry too much about the descent,” he explained. “I tried to laugh it off as best as I could. I was the only athlete—I think a lot of people would have been pissed off at me should I have crashed.” Although Post was concerned about letting the crew down in the event of a fall, everyone else was simply worried about his ability to survive one. After all, explains photographer Greg Von Doersten, “the top of the Middle Teton is an exposed no fall zone checking in at over fifty degrees.”

    

    Roped-in, Post and Billimoria paused to ready for the descent. (Photo compliments of Zahan Billimoria)

    As is often the case, the same things that made the Middle Teton so challenging also made it so appealing. “When people think of Grand Teton [National Park], they immediately think of the Grand and Bill Briggs’ classic ski descent—which is awesome for sure,” Post explains. “The Middle Teton, however, offers more of a classic big mountain ski descent—it’s more of a full throttle line 2,500 feet down to the drainage below.”

    

    The view from Disappointment Peak revealed that Post's line was more than a walk in the park. (Photo compliments of Greg Von Doersten)

    According to Billimoria, the east face of the Middle Teton provided the perfect canvas for Post. “I’ve known Griffin and skied with him for a few years so I have a sense of his style. He’s a super aggressive fall line skier,” offered Billimoria. “I wanted to line him out on a face that matched his skill set—not a tight couloir but rather a wide-open face where he could open the throttle.” And that’s exactly what Post did.

    “He dropped in off the notch at full tilt and opened it up like a downhill course, bending his ski like he was ripping fresh tracks on the corduroy—only this was a fifty-five degree face with huge exposure,” explained Billimoria. “After two turns, he committed to the blind rollover just above the col—a mistake there would have been entirely unforgiving. Griffin took the center line—aired the cliff and just GS’ed it down into to the canyon.”

    

    Before dropping the Middle Teton, Post and his crew got had the opportunity to contemplate their sanity. Here, Billimoria provides a glimpse of the line. (Photo compliments of Zahan Billimoria)

    For everyone watching Post, the cliff—and the firm landing that accompanied it—served as the crux of the descent. “Everyone held their breath during this because it was a big move and a must-land situation,” filmer Chris Kitchen revealed. “Otherwise, he would have been tomahawking thousands of feet to the basin.” Nonetheless, the entire line was worthy of recognition. “Griffin skied the East Face of the Middle in a way I have not witnessed before in the Tetons,” offered Patridge. “Only heli guiding in Valdez have I seen someone rip the big mountains like Griffin did.”

    Despite the seven-hour approach, Post skied the line in a matter of seconds. “Once Griffin got the notch, he pretty much sent that line like I’ve never seen anybody ski it before. It was a whole other level of athleticism to watch him ski that face in forty-five to fifty seconds,” explained Von Doersten. “It takes a skill level very few ski mountaineers possess to ski a line like Griff did.”

    

    Mid-descent, Post was dwarfed by the Middle Teton. (Photo compliments of Greg Von Doersten)

    Although Post’s mission to the Middle Teton will be remembered for the descent, the crew was quick to emphasize that it should not overshadow everything that led up to it. “With a line like the Middle, it’s about much more than just the skiing,” explained filmer Sam Pope. “We had been up since 1:00 a.m. and hiked 6,000 vertical feet in just over seven miles. It’s a huge ascent and most people are pretty wasted by the time they get to the summit, but for Griffin his work didn’t even start until he was at the top.”

    The approach, however, did nothing to phase Post. “Griffin skied a line with confidence and speed that most people make jump turns down,” noted Pope. “But that’s what makes him a pro.” Billimoria was quick to agree. “My guess is that the Middle Teton has never seen a descent like that,” he explained. “It was as impressive a performance as I think the high peaks have ever seen.”

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• Salvaging a Season Salvaging a Season

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    Salvage - Philippi Spring 2013 from Matt Philippi on Vimeo.

    Matt Philippi’s winter was not the powder-filled fantasy he had hoped for. Instead of chairlifts and sled tracks, Philippi faced a worn-out space on the couch and over ten new screws added to his anatomy. After an entire winter of being bitch-slapped by the sport he loves, it would be logical for him to take it easy. But that just wouldn’t be any fun. We caught up with him to find out how he got so mangled, and how he’s already back in action.

     

    TGR: You broke your wrist early in the season, how did that happen?

    Matt Phillipi: It was December 18th and I was just skiing sidecountry in Jackson and got hung up skiing some trees. The next thing I know I’m waking up from a concussion with a broken wrist, and I don’t even know what happened. My radius was shattered and the joint surface in my wrist was mangled. The next night I went in for surgery. That was the last time I do a surgery without a nerve block.

    TGR: That’s rugged. How long were you out for?

    MP: It was a wrist, so I could keep skiing. I took a week-and-a-half off for Christmas.

    By mid January I was hitting it really hard. I couldn’t snowmobile at all so I was resort skiing and doing big skin days. It was an amazing two weeks of skiing. I was really getting to know the resorts well.

    

    TGR: Two weeks only? Then what happened?

    MP: It was January 27th I was just skiing on the backside of Jackson, skiing Little Targhee headed towards Cardiac Ridge. It was the fourth of fifth skin lap of the day, in blower pow, and I hit a submerged stump. I guess I just wasn’t being careful enough, and hit it, compressed my ankle, and tomahawked down the hill. 

    Right away I knew my ankle was at least sprained pretty bad. It was about 2:30 in the afternoon and the only way out was to skin. I ended up doing a 3.5-hour skin back to the tram. There was a lot of screaming and swearing at myself but ultimately I made it out. It was one of the more intense experiences in the backcountry I’ve ever had. It was an awakening to how gnarly things can be back there.

    TGR: So what was wrong?

    MP: I was skinning with my inner anklebone broken completely off. I had to have a screw drilled into it to reattach it to my tibia.

    

    TGR: So you snapped a bone off, and were still able to ski this year?

    MP: I was back on skis by early April. I was out for about two months, which is pretty damn quick. The sprain was more of a pain than the break.

    TGR: So this edit is kind of a comeback. How’d it get done?

    MP: The sled skiing is in a secret zone south of Jackson. KGB productions had been out there working with a couple of people. I saw some Instagrams and wanted to hit them up. They took me there and it was a go. Before then I was sucking it up on the groomers. I went out there and hadn’t hit any airs yet, or anything, but I was able to get a couple of shots. A week later another storm rolled through. And I was able to get some more shots. The zone is rowdy. It’s one of those zones where you nearly run out of gas.

     

    TGR: It looks rowdy, but that line you did in Grand Teton National Park was nuts.

    MP: After that second day, it was getting towards late April, and Eric Daft wanted to go ski a gnarly line off the Grand itself, but they bailed and I got convinced to ski Dartmouth Couloir, which is off the south saddle of the Grand. It’s in between the Grand and the Middle. I Google Earth-ed it, and looked doable. But it was the type of day that should have been broken up. We started at like 4am, got to the line at 2:30pm, dropped, and had to hike out. There were grizzly tracks everywhere and a huge wet-slide that scared us. Check out the story at snowbrains.com

    TGR: Totally seems worth it. So where are you now?

    MP: I had a weird season with broken bones, but I’m stoked to end the season skiing how I wanted to, and all my confidence is back. I know I can push it harder next year and ski bigger lines. I’m looking to give it 110 as usual. It won’t be different than any other years; I’ll just start with a couple more scars.

     

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• Filming for TGR's HIGHER Begin Filming for TGR's HIGHER Begins

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    On Monday, March 18th, after a two-day approach and five years of scouting, Jeremy Jones dropped in on the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, kicking off the final leg of a snowboard odyssey that has captivated the world since the premiere of TGR’s Deeper.

    Joined by legendary snowboarder Brian Iguchi, and Exum mountain guides Zahan Billimora and Brendan O’Neill, Jones descended the Grand’s Otterbody face, a high hanging snowfield with hundreds of 

    feet of exposure below it. A massive storm cycle yielded 27 inches of new snow only a few days before the descent, making the line a very touch-and-go operation.

    Just getting to the line was a massive effort. “We broke it up over two days, It’s about 5,000 feet to where we camped on the lower saddle. We spent a day getting to that point.” Says Jeremy Jones. “The next morning it took about five hours for the last 2,100 feet.”

     

    Most of the route was hazardous, not just because of the exposure, but because of the new snow as well. “It was really questionable whether the snow bonded to the previous melt/freeze cycle,” says TGR’s Steve Jones who was onsite directing the shoot. “They went up Sunday night with the notion just to look at it on Monday. The whole decent is a no fall zone. If anything were to slough or slide, it’s game over.”

    Conditions were stable and the group made the descent, but not without a few incredibly tense moments. At one point, Jones, Iguchi, and Billamora had all made an initial repel onto the Otterbody face while O’Neill skied toward them and triggered a large amount of slough. The three below were sheltered as the snow passed over them, but there was no way to tell that from the camera angles.

    “It was pretty emotional in the sense that at a point I wasn’t sure if I was going to watch my brother and two friends get sloughed off the mountain,” says Steve Jones. “From our perspective it looked like the slough was bearing down on them. It was a really tense moment for everyone.”

    

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    The tension didn’t end there. When the group arrived at a mandatory 400-foot rappel, there was so much snow accumulation that the anchor was nowhere to be found. Instead of using a set anchor, they had to make a new one. Testing out a new anchor with a 400-foot drop isn’t exactly ideal.

    These trials are typical for a descent in Grand Teton National Park according to Jeremy Jones. “I’ve tried to have the Tetons in my last two films,” says Jeremy Jones. “[They] are a tricky range, and probably the toughest place that we’ve tried to shoot in the last five years. Two of the last five years I’ve wrote it off right from the get go.”

    Jones says that Grand Teton National Park was one of his main motivations for going to terrain that was only accessed by foot. “I was running out of terrain, but I realized that there is so much terrain in the park.”

    

    When asked where Higher will take him next, Jones’s reply echoed his never-ending sense of adventure. “Higher is an evolution of everything I’ve done in snowboarding. Where that shakes out, I don’t know. We’ll know in a couple of years when it’s done.”

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• Video: Tele Duo Starts Grassro Video: Tele Duo Starts Grassroots Media Outfit - Beans And Rice Freeride

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    Jake Sakson and Paul Kimbrough traded victories on the telemark freeskiing circuit for years and their fluid big mountain skiing is a cornerstone of the Powderwhore films.  They moved to Driggs, ID in November, 2012 to build on synergy they found in the backcountry and explore the vast Teton range.  The result, Beans and Rice Freeride is a grassroots media outfit sprouted from their collaboration.
    
    Beans and Rice Freeride is about skiing for fun; from powder to boilerplate, leather boots to plastic, Jake and Paul want to share this passion.  They spent all their money on a nice camera, so they live in a basement and eat rice and beans.  In a mainstream ski industry powered by jet fuel and crab, Jake and Paul demonstrate that with hard work and a bit of pain tolerance anyone can ski the lines of their dreams.
    
    

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• The Pit Viper Venom Is Strong The Pit Viper Venom Is Strong

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    Hailing from Alta/Snowbird, Chuck Mumford skis naked and travels in his van. Last spring on a ski touring trip in the Tetons, Chuck broke his pricey, top-of-the-line sunglasses and his search for the indestructible began.
    
    He found what he was looking for in these military grade, adjustable, protective glasses made right here in the U.S.A. Oh, and in case you were wondering, they also happen to be bullet proof. Chuck bought thousands of these glasses, hand paints each pair and transforms them into his own brand of shades that demands respect and authority: Pit Viper.
    
    “Pit Viper is an organic movement,” Chuck said. “The stars aligned the day Pit Viper was born. The glasses met my hands and the alliance was formed.”
    
    The 1993.
    
    In its young life, existing only since the spring of 2012, Pit Viper has caught on fast with a rogue following around the ski industry with its powerful, retro look.
    
    “Pit Viper tickles an era that everyone in snow sports can relate too,” said Chuck. “Pointy tipped skis and snowboards were the jam, and everyone was having a really radical time. It’s very important to keep the fun alive and Pit Viper is dedicated to doing its part.”
    
    Whether he and his team are mobbing the streets of Aspen or getting new product on the website, Pit Viper has arrived. As Chuck puts it, “Pit Viper is hatched but it is still juvenile. This means the venom is very strong.”
    
    Want to get rad with a pair? Check out the different designs and purchase online at pitvipersunglasses.com. If you and your buddies want to custom order, you can do so with a purchase of 10 or more. Look out for Chuck, his van and his Pit Vipers this winter.
    
    

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• Through The Lens Of Tristan Gr Through The Lens Of Tristan Greszko

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    “Through The lens” is a regular column on TetonGravity.com that highlights the work of a photographer in the ski and snowboard industries. The series exists to celebrate the photographers who bring us extraordinary imagery, to get to know who they are, and to understand their process.
    
    Tristan Greszko, a gifted athlete and photographer based in Jackson, Wyo., is known for his creation and adaptation of unique angles in photo and art imagery. Greszko enjoys working in various artistic mediums including alternate photo processes, screen-printing projects, film, and other creative outlets. His work on projects like the Tiny Jackson Hole video in 2011 catapulted him overnight into the public realm. And, as local lore goes, he is one of a handful of skiers to straight-line “Once is Enough,” a serious and steep line in the JHMR backcountry.
    
    Greszko took art classes in high school and later began to develop his photo skills through on-snow work in Vermont. After moving to Jackson in 2006, Tristan co-created the Teton Artlab, developing this multi-purpose, non-profit venue to provide affordable workspace for local artists. The lab maintains a quirky and creative atmosphere in which artists congregate and collaborate.
    
    Keep an eye out: With his distinctive captures and creativity, Greszko explores new ways to share his world of photo and art from a deep well of talent.
    
    
    1. The Start.
    
    In 2005, I moved from Atlanta to Vermont for a job snow reporting at Okemo and was in charge of shooting “Photo of the Day.” I also bought my first camera and shot the now-defunct Vermont Freeskiing Open. The years between 2005 and 2010, I spent almost every waking hour immersing myself in photography, learning, failing a lot, and collecting a few decent images here and there.
    
    In 2010, after 4 years working in the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort marketing department, I left my job to devote more time and energy to being a professional photographer. By that spring, I felt I had a strong portfolio and a skill set competent enough to finally, truly call myself a photographer. And now, two years later, I feel like I'm starting to produce some great images. So, I feel like, in many ways, I'm just getting going.
    
    
    2. The Inspiration.
    
    The most obvious choice is my dad, though it comes with a big footnote. The older I get the more I realize how similar we are in so many ways. He had a rare, boundless curiosity about the world, a mischievous sense of adventure, and was obsessive about his interests, which I very clearly inherited. He was a technically perfect, beautiful skier, had a dark sense of humor, tinkered with art and photography, and had a passion for the mountains that bordered on religious fanaticism.
    
    The footnote is that both of my parents died when I was 14. I was just a naive little kid in 9th grade when it happened, so I say all this after many years of reflection, coming to terms with it all, and you know, building up a bit of a mythology about who he was.  It's hard to say if I'd be as driven or independent as I am today if I had a more normal, happy childhood, but his influence is undeniable and I couldn't imagine a better life in spite of it all. 
    
    There are a few industry people that inspire me, too, right now.
    
    Steve Casimiro of Adventure Journal has a wonderfully articulate way with words and images that explain this eternal search and the insatiable lust for adventure that we're all seeking. He does it casually and poetically, and very well.
    
    Curt Morgan of Brain Farm Cinema … Well, there's no one like Curt out there.  We went to the same high school back in New York. He has accomplished some very big things to say the least.
    
    Tahoe photographer Andy Bardon is a good friend of mine who shares a similar aesthetic and work ethic, and is a machine in the mountains. It's been awesome seeing him start to blow up.
    
    
    3. The Future.
    
    I think my goals are pretty simple. I'd like to sustain a lifetime of exploring, adventuring, and being curious about the world, and working really hard and dreaming big. I'd like to think that my work inspires people to live better, and seek out richer, more rewarding experiences too.  Hopefully, I can continue to find amazing people along the way to share the adventure with — finding and keeping interesting, passionate people around me is always an important necessity.  And, as for my dreams, well, I'll just keep those to myself for now. I like it better that way.
    
    I'm at a point where I'm confident, have some momentum, and feel like I can do some big things if I start pushing and putting my work out there.  I like to fly under the radar and evade unnecessary attention but when I think about where I've come from in the past few years — and what I'm capable of now — I'm really excited for the future. I'd like to step up into a much bigger arena and work with bigger clients: The North Faces, Patagonias, Red Bulls and National Geographics of the outdoor/adventure world.
    
    
    4. The Business.
    
    I like this quote by artist Chuck Close:
    
    “The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you. If you’re sitting around trying to dream up a great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens. But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.”
    
    The most important thing I've learned is to get out and actually DO what you want to do. It’s important to go out and TAKE it instead of sitting around waffling about it.  If you pursue something long enough, you'll find an audience, and you'll definitely find a way to get by, and probably thrive.  A lot of people think giving it all up and moving to the mountains is crazy but I think the opposite is true. It’s crazy how most people live —working in an anonymous job in an anonymous city.  I work hard to stay afloat but it rarely feels like I'm truly working, at least not in the way it felt before I moved to Jackson.
    
    
    5.  The Source.
    
    I like shooting with the unknowns — the people who you've never heard of and who ski harder than most and keep their mouth shut about it.  Skier Andrew Whiteford and I shot a lot when we moved to Jackson and he's done really well for himself. Good friend and ripper AJ Puccia has been another favorite athlete. There are a few other shots of people you've probably never heard of that are some of my favorite photos ever. These are all athletes that can do anything you ask, happy to shoot, look good while doing it, and are super humble at the same time.
    
    I crave frequent change, stimulation, and novelty. Lately, I've been shooting a lot of random personal projects like some short videos of this summer's crazy wild fires (in Big Piney, WY and Jackson) and photos of the Northern Lights that were going off in Jackson in the early fall. I've also been road tripping all over the West for the past two years shooting a whole range of weird, amazing locations. And, I just completed an exciting Teton aerial shoot that I've wanted to do forever.
    
    
    6. The Industry.
    
    Remote control/drone platforms are definitely next in line to blow up big time.  Where the military goes, so goes civilian technology. I bought a Cinestar 8 multi-rotor helicopter this past spring. It's already allowed me to shoot some stunning photos and video, but I'm basically still operating with training wheels. When it all comes together, the cinematography and unique perspectives are really stunning.
    
    
    7. Career Highlights.
    
    -Construction of the JH Tram - I have thousands of shots of every step of building the new JH tram over the two-year construction period.  No idea what I'll ever do with them but it's awesome to have been the sole photographer on such a piece of history that's so close to the community.
    
    -Tiny Jackson Hole - I spent a ton of time, 400-plus hours making that video and the response blew me away.  It was a labor of love for sure and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
    
    -Alpinist Spread - Alpinist 33 featured the Grand Teton as that issue's mountain profile. One of my favorite shots ever run was a double-page spread on the opening page of the article, Grand Teton: A Map of the Wild by Renny Jackson.  Given the Grand's influence on American alpinism, it was an honor to be in such legendary company.
    
    -JH Tram Heli Shoot, 2009 - We did a sunrise shoot of the new tram with Corey Gavitt of TGR. It was my first time shooting out the door of a helicopter, with patrollers throwing bombs below us, patrollers dropping into Corbet's, and the new Tram in perfect morning light.
     
    -TGR/Erik Roner ski-BASE of Cajun Couloir - Erik Roner is an amazing guy and completely nuts. So, seeing him ski base Cajun while perched up above in the old tram was a really special thing though the anxious anticipation beforehand was really intense.
    
    -Aerials in Indian Creek - the first time I shot climbing with the “Octokopter “- also completely terrifying flying the helicopter off the top of a giant boulder and trying to ease up next to a climber 80 feet off the deck but overall it was a great success and learning experience. It took me another three months before my first epic crash!
    
    
    To follow Tristan:
    
    http://www.tristangreszko.com
    http://instagram.com/tgreszko
    http://blog.tetonartlab.com

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• The Northern Lights Over the T The Northern Lights Over the Tetons

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    The Northern Lights Over the Tetons
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• The Tetons by Tristan Greszko The Tetons by Tristan Greszko

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    The Tetons by Tristan Greszko
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• 2012 TGR Fall Line Camp At Jac 2012 TGR Fall Line Camp At Jackson Hole

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    Forget reaching for the stars, come and shred with them – Tim Durchi and Matt Philippi and many other Jackson Hole athletes to be exact. Now in it’s second winter the TGR Fall Line Camp is the ultimate freeride experience held in the big mountain Mecca of Jackson Hole for middle and high schoolers who aspire to join the next generation of big mountain rippers and park & pipe superstars. Up and coming skiers and snowboarders will spend 3 days improving their fundamentals and learning to drop cliffs, jib features and rip turns with members of the TGR cast, the Jackson Hole Mountain Sports School’s premier youth coaches, and TGR Grom contest winner Daniel Tisi.
    
    The days start early, including one morning on the pre-public “Hollywood” Tram, rubbing shoulders and testing helmet cams with action sports stars Tim Durchi, Matt Philippi, Max Hammer and more. TGR Grom contest winner Daniel Tisi, will also join for a day of big mountain shredding, sharing his lessons-learned from years of competing and filming, and finally achieving his dream of shooting with TGR.
     
    After full throttle sessions of slashing turns and burning quads under the tutelage of the best instructors and pro athletes in the world of big mountain skiing, the up and comers will pull up a chair in the TGR studios and get after it, editing the epic footage they captured during the day. Production magicians from behind the TGR curtain will reveal simple secrets of turning low budget footage into sponsor-worthy final content.
     
    If you aren’t salivating yet, this might not be for you. But, if your idea of ‘the High Life’ (TGR 2003) involves clocking air time in the Tetons, learning to stick your spin or stomp your jib, while hanging out with TGR & JH Mountain Sports School pros, you might not want to wait. The TGR Fall Line Camp takes the meaning of “taking it to the next level” — to the next level.
     
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    A ski and snowboard camp for middle and high school aged kids who dream big, and know they need to start small to get there. The camp focuses on building the incremental skills necessary for making good decisions and riding big mountains safely. Skiers & snowboarders with intermediate to advanced skills, able to ski a strong parallel turn in varied snow conditions, and all terrain.
     
    Details
    
    December 29-31, 2012.  $775 for camp and lift tickets or $655 camp only. 

    Sign Up For The TGR Fall Line Camp Now

    For more information call 307-739-2686.
     

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• Big Red's Open for the Winter Big Red's Open for the Winter

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    On Saturday, December 8, the Jackson Hole Aerial Tram opened thanks to massive snowfall blanketing the Tetons over the last two weeks.Come on out and enjoy! Video by KGB Productions
    
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• Casper Lift Is Now Open! Casper Lift Is Now Open!

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    The new Casper Lift is scheduled to open Thursday this week! Check out this quick edit of skiing shot earlier this week. Another storm is expected to bring over 20 more inches of snow to the Tetons, making for great conditions. Get here!
    
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• #instahashtagmagramstormski201 #instahashtagmagramstormski2012 Headed Right For Us!

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    Many are saying Tahoe and the rest of the West is about to get pummeled with snow. Naysayers predict rain. #whatever #itson #7feetbitches !!
    
    Social media platforms, blogs, and websites are a-buzz, and the chatter in dive bars from Tahoe City to Santa Cruz has been incessant about the series of storms barreling down on the Sierra Nevada. While professional meteorologists—and a few amateur radar watchers—were talking about this four-storm system weeks ago, the general public has just recently become privy to the news: Tahoe is about to get buried!
    
    Over beers in Northern California’s dives and on headlines throughout the area, naysayers and sandbaggers are predicting rain. But those that know know that the first storm of the season—being dubbed “JW” by Kirkwood’s marketing guru Coop Cooper—signifies the actual beginning of winter in Tahoe.
    
    “Everyone in Tahoe keeps saying ‘wet’ because the newspapers keep writing that,” says Bryan Allegretto, the mastermind behind Tahoe’s preeminent weather website TahoeWeatherDiscussion.com — which will soon be joining forces with OpenSnow to create the dream resource for skiers and riders by skiers and riders. “That’s why I keep saying on my site, ‘don’t give in to this media trap.’ Some of the best and most fun days of riding in Tahoe are when the snow level is at like 7,500 feet. Most of these ski resorts — like Squaw who has a ton of lifts up high — have chairlifts that start at like 8,200 feet and go up from there. Everyone looks out their window downtown at lake level, around 6,000 feet, and sees rain and says, ‘It’s wet, I’m not going skiing.’ Meanwhile, up top some of us are skiing powder all by ourselves.”

    A series of four consecutive storms over a five to six day window are forecasted for the Tahoe region. The first system rolled through yesterday dropping anywhere from 6 to 8 inches. The next storm moves in Thursday night and will settle over Tahoe into Friday night. And, the biggest storm rolls in Saturday and into Sunday, with the possibility of precipitation lingering into Monday.
    
    “I’ve been telling people that we’re looking at a 7,000-foot snow level through Friday with a couple feet of snow and more on Saturday,” says Allegretto. “You have anywhere from 1,000 to 2,500 feet of vertical on these mountains that is going to get 3 to 7 feet of snow!”

    The good news for pow-starved skiers not located in the Sierra Nevada or Pacific Northwest — which looks to be getting hammered, too—is that these strong storms will be traveling east toward the Tetons and Rockies.
    
    “The strongest piece of the main west-coast storm will head east on Sunday night and Monday,” writes the prescient weather resource OpenSnow, “and should bring decent snow to many Colorado mountains, primarily from Aspen north to I-70 and the Wyoming border.”
    
    So, be patient and brace yourself for the unavoidable onslaught of blower Instagram pics and ubiquitous hashtags from Tahoe and the PNW that will be clogging your feeds this weekend. This beast of a storm is headed your way soon enough.
    
    Check back early next week for a recap from Tahoe. Until then, be safe, think cold, positive thoughts, and share your early season storm photos with us on Twitter and Instagram (@TetonGravity) by using the hashtag: #StormWatch. We’re eager to see those pow pics.

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• News: Utah Snow And Avalanche News: Utah Snow And Avalanche Workshop Pro Session Nov. 3

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    Utah Snow And Avalanche Workshop Pro Session This Saturday, November 3

    Location: SouthTowne Exposition Center, 9575 South State Street, Sandy, UT
    See map: Google Maps
    Time: Saturday, November 3, 2012 - 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Cost: $41.00
    
    Join the Utah Snow and Avalanche Center on Saturday, Nov 3, 2012, at the South Towne Center in Sandy for the 4th annual Utah Snow and Avalanche Workshop. 

    Avalanche professionals from around the west will gather to talk about avalanche issues and share knowledge, including latest information from the International Snow Science Workshop in Anchorage.  As in previous years, they will begin the day with a morning pro-only session to discuss the issues we work with.  Lunch will be provided and the afternoon will be open to the public, with more focus on backcountry and recreationist issues. The day will end with a happy hour social.  Once again, sponsors have provided a swag bag filled with goodies and discounts for those who preregister. 

    Buy your tickets online to save a few bucks and some time getting in.  Tickets at the door will be $45.
    
    Note:  The morning session is for those working in the avalanche field only.  Please be prepared to show a business card, pay stub, note from your patrol director, or some other proof of professional status.  If you are a recreational user, please join us for the open afternoon session.
    
    Agenda:
    
    08:00-08:05 Welcome
    
    08:05-08:25 ISSW Update- Bruce Tremper
    The Cliff’s Notes version of ISSW
    
    08:30-08:50 In Area Close Call- Kellie Hunsaker/Eric Murakami
    Insight to a close call through the eyes of a veteran patroller
    
    08:55-09:15 The Effectiveness of Boot Packing for Snowpack Stabilization- Matt Wieland
    This project compares a boot packed study area vs. a non boot packed study area for changes in layer density, hand hardness and ECT scores over the course of a winter in south west Montana.
    
    09:20-09:30 - Avalanche Warning on a Sunny Day- Drew Hardesty
    Case study of Sunday March 4, 2011. All the natural and human triggered slides that stemmed from Heat/Solar Radiation induced deformation on a conditionally unstable snowpack
    
    09:35-09:55 Bridger Bowl Wet Slab Cycle- Pete Maleski, Bridger Bowl Snow Safety
    
    10:00-10:20 Comparing Stream Flow and Wet Slab Activity- Mark Saurer
    An update from ISSW and lessons learned from past events
    
    10:20-10:35 Break
    
    10:40-11:00 Guiding in Terrain With Persistent and Deep Slab Instabilities- Johnathon Spitzer
    An overview of Ruby Mountain Heli-Ski Operations
    
    11:05-11:25 Idaho Transportation Dept. Avalanche Mitigation Program- Chantel Astorga
    A history and overview of the Avalanche Mitigation Program on SH21 and US12
    
    11:30-11:50 Little Cottonwood Canyon Gaz Ex Project- UDOT
    Project update on Gaz-Ex installation in LCC and future sites
    
    11:50-13:00 Lunch
    
    13:00-16:00 Public Session
    
    13:00-13:05 Welcome
    
    13:10-13:20 Utah Winter Review 2011-12
    A look back at the events that shaped the winter of 2011-12
    
    13:25-13:45 Nov. 13th in Upper Little Cottonwood Canyon- Gabe Garcia, Brett Kobernik
    Review of how things went haywire
    
    13:50-14:10 Taylor Mountain Wyoming- Bob Comey
    A Close Call in the Tetons with the potential for multiple deaths… what did we learn?
    
    14:15-14:35 Jan. 29th Accident on Kessler Peak- Josh Anderson
    A rescuers viewpoint
    
    14:40-15:00 Information Overload- Jake Hutchinson
    More than ever before, today's backcountry user has a wealth of info at their fingertips. How to filter out the noise and focus on the important stuff influencing your go/no go decision.
    
    15:00-15:15 Break
    
    15:20-15:40 Send Lawyers, Guns, and Money-Rich Mrazik
    Backcountry Litigation Issues
    
    15:45-16:55 Backcountry Roundtable-UAC, UDOT, Teton Pass, Red Mtn. Pass, Galena Summit
    An open discussion focusing on how the professional avalanche and backcountry communities can communicate more effectively
    
    17:00-17:30 Mistakes Revisited- 18 Years Later - Doug Richmond
    Common mistakes made by avy professionals
    
    17:30-18:30 Social in the main foyer of the South Town Expo Center… woohoo!

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• Old Man Winter & The Women Tha Old Man Winter & The Women That Love Him

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    Jackson Hole is a famous place: home to the mighty Tetons, the Aerial Tram and the legions of single men that have flocked here to live out their mid-life 'bro-mantasies.' But watch here and you'll hear another tale as Lynsey Dyer and friends talk and turn their way through their own wintry wonderland. Over to you, ladies of Jackson Hole...

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• Launching The Jackson Hole Bik Launching The Jackson Hole Bike Park

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    Spring has arrived in the Tetons and the Jackson Hole Bike Park is drying out quickly. Here is a video we shot last fall of our NEW network of downhill trails -- inspired and designed by Gravity Logic. Six newly designed trails from beginner to expert, and accessible from the Teewinot chairlift. Stop in to JH Sports to rent a downhill specific bike, and sign up for a day with our mountain bike guides. We open June 16th -- see you then!

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• Looking for love in the Jackso Looking for love in the Jackson Hole backcountry, Sawyer Thomas

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    Rider: Sawyer Thomas Filmed By: Carson Meyer My winter so far has been fairly dismal, with bad condition and stagering absences I've only got in about 2 weekends of actual filming. But I've put together what I have into a mid season edit that ended up fairly pretty.
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• Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jere Jackson Shutdown Part 1 - Jeremy Jones' Further Unplugged Episode 3

  • From: TetonGravityResearch
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    In episode 3 of Further Unplugged, Jeremy Jones teams up with The North Face athletes Jimmy Chin and Xavier De Le Rue for a late-season backcountry mission in Grand Teton National Park, just outside Jackson, Wyoming. The crew makes plans at Jimmy's house near the Tetons and then heads into the park to get some beta on the area. After a successful descent of the Sliver Couloir on Nez Perce, they run into some trouble. This two-part episode will be continued.
    
    Further Unplugged takes you behind the scenes of Jeremy Jones' two-year snowboarding film, Further. Get an inside glimpse of what goes on between the lines as Jones and other top riders including Terje Haakonsen, Xavier De Le Rue and Josh Dirksen travel to exotic locations such as Japan, the Arctic Circle and the Wrangell-St. Elias Wilderness. Challenges arise around every corner as this crew attempts to push their minds and bodies further.

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• Video: Snowboarder Josh Mandel Video: Snowboarder Josh Mandel Rips 700 Inches Of Teton Powder

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    Is it better to stay home and watch POV edits from the 2010-’11 season, or get out and shred the ice of ‘12? Well, it’s always better to get out and ride, but this edit by Wyoming native Josh Mandel reminds us of how sick last season was.  
    
    Song is “That Ain’t Classy” by Classified.

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