crash highlights rescue risks
A helicopter ferries searchers in Grand Teton National Park in April. Last year, rangers used a helicopter nearly 30 times on search and rescue missions. As many commenters have pointed out,...
View Articleavalanche kills snowmobiler on Togwotee
View Larger Map A snowmobiler died today after being caught in a slide in the vicinity of Togwotee Pass, the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center reported. The avalanche occurred in the Dry Lake Creek area,...
View ArticleRando Steve missing in park; avalanche feared
Chris Onufer on the Middle Teton. Grand Teton National Park rangers have launched a search for two ski mountaineers missing since yesterday in the northern part of the range. The skiers are Steve...
View Articleavalanche kills 2 on Ranger Peak
This graphic provided by Teton park rangers shows where on Ranger Peak the slide broke and where the bodies were found. The avalanche carried the skiers nearly 3,000 feet. Click to enlarge. More...
View Articlein memoriam: Steve Romeo and Chris Onufer
Steve Romeo and Chris Onufer after skiing Teepe Pillar on one of their first backcountry adventures in the Tetons, winter 1996-97. Steve was using alpine trekker bindings, while Chris wore leather tele...
View Articlegear sale to honor Rando Steve
Steve Romeo died in an avalanche in March with friend Chris Onufer. Steve Romeo lived to ski. He loved the mountains. And boy, did he love his gear that allowed him to ski, run and fish the Tetons. The...
View Articlefree tickets to ‘Further’ screening
With the Tetons freshly capped in snow for the first time this autumn, the timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s screening of Further, the second installment in the backcountry riding trilogy from...
View Articleavy forecast debuts new look
Redesigned forecast page. The Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center began issuing its online forecasts this week loaded with new graphics and features, in what forecaster Bob Comey calls a...
View Articleavalanche claims Jarad Spackman
Jarad Spackman in Alaska in 2010. An avalanche in Grand Teton National Park has claimed the life of snowboard mountaineer Jarad Spackman. Spackman, a well-known Teton County resident and realtor, was...
View ArticleEd runs ski streak to 149 months
Well done, Ed: Bushnell prepares for the descent as clouds envelop the Tetons. On a weekend that saw a Washington racer capture the Town Downhill crown, another skier quietly extended a feat stretching...
View Articlenew features for avalanche forecast
Nov. 10 slide on Jackson Peak. The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center began issuing forecasts several weeks early this year, good timing given considerable snowfall and two avalanches (here and here)...
View Articleavalanche kills skier on Pucker Face
Crown of the avalanche on Pucker Face. Click to enlarge. A massive avalanche on a cliff face killed skier Mike Kazanjy today just south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Kazanjy, 29, who recently came...
View Articlemassive Beaver slide
Beaver Mountain in Hoback Canyon. What, you were expecting this? While many people were oohing and aahing about a slow-mo wet slide that oozed into an Italian village, a cataclysmic avalanche occurred...
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