May 27th, 2010
This spring I swaggered out the van with a Thule Ascent box and Revolver bike rack and hit the road with the family for corn skiing, climbing and camping in the Eastern Sierra of California. As it rained and snowed in Teton Valley, we had a little respite from mud season with sunny California weather in the 70s.
I spent a few days guiding with my old friend Tim Villanueva from the Bardini Foundation, which was founded in the memory of my good friend Allan Bard who died while guiding the Grand. For over 15 years I’ve spend my spring in the Eastern Sierra. By far, it has the best spring corn skiing in the west and excellent apres skiing on Tim’s back porch.
We spent some time bouldering and climbing in the Buttermilks. Check out Leo’s moves. He loved the Black Diamond Wiz Kid harness that he can grow in to. We also cruised down to Mt. Whitney and camped for a few days. We tried our Mountain Hardware Habitat 5 which was spacious enough for the four of us and the kids’ ability to sleep perpendicular. It was also bomber enough to withstand some super wind gusts. The kids stayed nice and warm in their Mountain Goat sleeping bags.Finally, we ended our trip with a steam engine ride on the historic Northern Nevada Railway in Ely, NV.
When we got back to Teton Valley, I took advantage of the cool spring with powder skiing. Chris Lander and I had some sweet turns at GT, check it out.
Rich
Leo @ Whitney
Rich getting a spot from Jack
Climbing in the Buttermilks
big rocks
Leo's rap
cheers!
Big rocks and cozy Mountain Goat
tickets!
spring powder @ GT
rich cruising the powder
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April 7th, 2010
AJ had an unbelievable tour with Greg Young on April 6th–fat, fast powder with bigger and bigger face shots as the day progressed. Seems winter was just a little late.
Tags: Backcountry Skiing, powder, Teton Pass
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February 27th, 2010
Jake with our G3 rep Newby
So many skis, so little time...
New G3 skis for next year
Mt. Broken Top in Background
Jake enjoys the view
Hike up with G3 Soulfly
Turns in 3 sisters backcountry
Jake just back from 3 days in the Three Sisters Wilderness, Oregon. Backcountry Demo of New G3 skis for next year. Stop on in and see what he thought….
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February 27th, 2010
AJ got to do some exploring up Teton Canyon with Greg for a couple of gorgeous days, and finally got to go snowboarding with two riders! Rob and Justin were vacationing from Virginia, and spent their first day in the backcountry south of Teton Pass.
Greg aims for Table Mountain, with the Grand Teton in the background.
Greg and AJ on the summit of Table Mountain
Greg finds wind-buffed powder in the NW Bowl of Table Mountain
Justin makes it to the top of Edelweiss, with Rob right behind.
Justin goes heelside out behind Edelweiss.
Greg steams off on the skintrack up to Chicken Knob.
Sweet powder turns on Chicken Knob.
Greg skins past wind-sculpted skeletons of whitebark pine on the final climb to the summit of Treasure Mountain.
Exiting the bottom of the main Eddington Chute--sweet, fast powder.
Tags: Backcountry Skiing, backcountry snowboarding, powder
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February 21st, 2010
Big Mike turned mountain guide and took Viv & Scott (our favourite Snarling Fish Man) out on their inaugural back country tour.
Not sure if smiles get much bigger!
Oh they will after those turns.
Viv loving those Dynafit Manaslu skis & the G3 Onyx binding. Ofcourse your pace isnt too fast Mike.
and the smiles get bigger throughout the day!
Tags: Thanks Mike
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February 15th, 2010
Epic shots! Another great day of powder skiing with Yostmark Backcountry Tours with AJ Linnell.
Join us today (President’s Day) in Teton Canyon for FREE skate and classic lessons with Teton Valley Trails and Pathways “Meet and Greet”. Get your stride and glide down with the pros – Lars and Rich.
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January 29th, 2010
Perfect blue skies, perfect powder conditions, what could be better? We love the Mt. Oliver area…..so did Greg yesterday. Have fun out there and stay safe.
Farmer Greg
Greg on the skin track
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January 10th, 2010
Ever wonder the mysteries of wax? Blue, red, yellow, klister, liquid, rub on?
Join us this Friday, Jan. 15th at 6p for a FREE waxing clinic to unravel the mysteries of ski waxing. It’s perfect timing with the Teton Ridge Classic the very next morning (Saturday, Jan. 16th). We’ll be focusing on waxing classic skis to help make your skis extra fast for the TRC, but bring your questions for waxing skate, backcountry and alpine skis/boards as well.
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December 10th, 2009
Last weekend Yostmark wrapped up its first Avalanche Course of the season and the last for 2009. Look for more avalanche courses in January (Level 1) and February (Level 2).
Instructor Don Carpenter explains the subtleties of snow layers
Students test their knowledge on identifying weak layers
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November 21st, 2009
| December 1, 2009 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Title: Avalanche Awareness Night
Location: Teton High School Auditorium
Link out: Click here
Description: A free avalanche course is being offered to the public by Yostmark Mountain Equipment. Great info, fun & door prizes.
Start Time: 7 PM
Date: December 1, 2009
End Time: 9 PM
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