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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,...

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avalanche 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,...

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Rando 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...

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avalanche 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...

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in 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...

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gear 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...

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free 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...

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avy 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...

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avalanche 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...

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Ed 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...

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new 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)...

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avalanche 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...

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massive 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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