When all is said and done, skiing (and snowboarding) us all about the snow. Its is not about how new or expensive our gear is, or how fancy a resort we’re skiing at, or how great we think we look in our new parka, or how steep a pitch we just aced, what it is [...]

Remember last year at this time? The Tetons were getting pounded with heavy snows and the avalanche danger was insane. There was an inbounds avalanche fatality  at Jackson and another avalanche partially buried several of their ski patrol members and damaged an on-mountain restaurant. The danger was so high Jackson had to keep much of [...]

The holidays are great days to ski with friends and family, especially when its bright and sunny and the snow is soft and fun. The old adage that there are no friends on a powder day definitely does not apply. Today,  nobody was in any hurry to grab the best powder line or the last [...]

Yesterday evening a friend mentioned she had received three emails from Grand Targhee announcing the resort had picked up a foot of snow yesterday! I checked my inbox and I too had received three of the same emails. I already knew how good the skiing was during the day yesterday with nice light boot deep [...]

I wonder how many people representing the various sectors of the ski industry are in Copenhagen? Current trends in climate change certainly don’t look good for the ski industry, do they? Yeah, I know, compared to the health insurance industry, or the banking industry, the ski industry is pretty small potatoes, so when its future [...]

Yesterday the National Weather Service posted a Winter Storm Warning for the Tetons. Often, I think they do that to protect their butts, not wanting to get called out for missing a snowstorm that causes accidents, closures,  and economic losses. They’d rather err on the side of caution since most people will be happy if  [...]

Winter storm warning. Such a pregnant with meaning phrase for skiers. Right in there with “I am pregnant” or “I love you”.  So many possibilities and so much hope springs to mind when skiers hear or read these words in this order.  More normal people may cringe and curse at the prospect of dangerous roads, [...]

Infantile and absurd, but soul satisfying, peering out an early morning August window  to check  for snow, and seeing the heads and shoulders of the great Tetons  swathed in glorious white. Yes, an earnest blanket of snow above 9000, not a mere dusting. Transient, sure. But still, it looks great.

It’s May 1st and there’s more fresh powder on the Tetons again this morning, even down to 6000′ in the valley there’s a dusting. If the SNOTEL measuring is to be believed it looks like there’s about 4″ of new snow in the mountains, and the sun is shining! Could be a fun morning to [...]

Winter isn’t done with us yet. The powder keeps falling here in the Tetons. Yesterday the mountains received another 16″ new snow and more is predicted for today and tonight.
So how did this winter turn out for  powder skiers? Pretty good, I’d say- especially good if you ski Alta and Snowbird! Alta is reporting 676″ [...]