https://outdoorbeta.com/2016/04/04/spoon-couloir-avalanche-recovery/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_2806.jpgIMG_2806The helicopter landing at the Sawmill Ponds parking area2023-09-22T02:04:03+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/04/05/surviving-the-spoon/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12552782_10101885324077341_6662095373871416667_n.jpg12552782_10101885324077341_6662095373871416667_nDarren skiing the Apocalypse Couloir. - 2015https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12572939_10101884853445491_3786670408143926838_n.jpg12572939_10101884853445491_3786670408143926838_nDarren was with me during this time, ensuring my survival. I could feel his presence through it all and will never forget that connection!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/32593_10100734154685193_1327362405_n.jpg32593_10100734154685193_1327362405_nhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/attachment-1.jpegAttachment-1Darren, center frame-middle row. Such an amazing soul.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1931226_1037426374782_7005_n.jpg1931226_1037426374782_7005_nDarren and his amazing parents Diane and Larry Johnson - circa 2004https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1179.jpegIMG_1179The "Four Brothers" enjoying a trip into the Elk Refugehttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/darren-and-his-saw1.jpgDarren and his SawDar doing what he loved in the summer...being a man's man!2016-04-12T00:26:27+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/11/24/sample-trip-report-spoon-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_05931.jpgIMG_0593Spoon Couloir2025-03-04T01:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/05/spoon-couloir-disappointment-peak/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-13-22.jpg2015-02-28 15.13.22Beautiful. (photo: Zelie)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-36-19-1.jpg2015-02-28 15.36.19-1Finding the goods. (photo: Zelie)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-31-56.jpg2015-02-28 15.31.56Deep turns in the Spoon Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-28-13.jpg2015-02-28 15.28.13Making some turns on the East Face. (photo: Zelie)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/west-hourglass.jpgWest HourglassWest Hourglass Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-16-48-10.jpg2015-02-28 16.48.10https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-55-44.jpg2015-02-28 15.55.44https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-52-09.jpg2015-02-28 15.52.09Little skier below a huge rock wall.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-50-31.jpg2015-02-28 15.50.31Zelie, in her element.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-02-28-15-50-26.jpg2015-02-28 15.50.26Pretty setting for a ski.2016-02-03T17:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/18/skillet-attempt-mount-moran/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0525.jpgIMG_0525https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0524.jpgIMG_0524https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0455.jpgIMG_0455https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0385.jpgIMG_0385https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2365.pngIMG_2365https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0372.jpgIMG_0372https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0359.jpgIMG_0359https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0350.jpgIMG_0350https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_03581.jpgIMG_0358https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_23642.jpgIMG_23642017-12-07T03:47:12+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/14/banana-couloir-prospectors-mountain/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fullsizerender-2.jpgFullSizeRender 2https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2258.jpgIMG_2258https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2569.jpgIMG_2569https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2553.jpgIMG_2553https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/banana-couloir-vantage.jpgBanana Couloir Vantagehttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2285.jpgIMG_2285https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/banana-couloir.jpgBanana CouloirGPS. You can see that our uptrack was a bit right of the Banana to start.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_21601.jpgIMG_2160https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_21551.jpgIMG_21552016-01-14T22:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/01/22/banana-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/banana-couloir.jpgBanana Couloirhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/banana-couloir-crown.jpgBanana Couloir CrownThe crown of the pocket that ripped out about 50' from where Close made a turn (He was the third one to come down).https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-14-14-13.jpg2015-01-21 14.14.13Brian making his way down to his ski, very luck to be safe.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-58-26.jpg2015-01-21 13.58.26A view up from above the last pitch. What an amazing run.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-53-42.jpg2015-01-21 13.53.42Close, skiing the lower gut.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-53-21.jpg2015-01-21 13.53.21Dane, milking the turnshttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-51-07.jpg2015-01-21 13.51.07A look up the Banana Couloir from around 9500'.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-45-52-21.jpg2015-01-21 13.45.52-21Dane, entering the steep middle section.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-43-29.jpg2015-01-21 13.43.29More powder!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-21-13-42-52.jpg2015-01-21 13.42.52Fun turns down the huge couloir.2022-12-24T19:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/12/four-hour-couloir-shadow-peak/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0235.jpgIMG_0235https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0242.jpgIMG_0242https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0192.jpgIMG_0192https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0197.jpgIMG_0197https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0173.jpgIMG_0173https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2086.jpgIMG_2086https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2087.jpgIMG_2087https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2090.jpgIMG_2090https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2089.jpgIMG_2089https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2092.jpgIMG_20922016-01-12T18:11:07+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/01/10/4-hour-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-12-59-42.jpg2014-12-31 12.59.42Looking up into the 4 Hour Couloir from Avalanche Canyon.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-12-56-24-15.jpg2014-12-31 12.56.24-15B.Close mid turn (or straight-lining?) towards the bottomhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/turkey-chute.jpgTurkey ChuteTurkey Chute off 25 Short across Avalanche Canyon.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-12-49-12.jpg2014-12-31 12.49.12Hank skiing from the halfway point of the 4 Hour Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-12-48-11-29.jpg2014-12-31 12.48.11-29Close making his way down the upper portion of the couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/grand.jpgGrandThe Grand, with a massive crown across it's East face. (Unfortunately, the crown is not visible)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2014-12-31-12-48-49-4.jpg2014-12-31 12.48.49-4Hobbs2016-01-12T16:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/11/west-hourglass-nez-perce/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0253.jpgIMG_0253https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0287.jpgIMG_0287https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0616.jpgIMG_0616https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0615.jpgIMG_0615https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0586.jpgIMG_0586Buck and Wister rising above the cloudshttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0597.jpgIMG_0597https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0587.jpgIMG_0587https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0600.jpgIMG_0600https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2081.jpgIMG_2081https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_2079.jpgIMG_20792016-01-12T02:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/10/the-nugget/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/col-photo.jpgCol Photohttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9996.jpgIMG_9996https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0079.jpgIMG_0079https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0012-2.jpgIMG_0012 2https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0059.jpgIMG_0059https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0093.jpgIMG_0093https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0060.jpgIMG_0060https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_00371.jpgIMG_0037https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_0008-21.jpgIMG_0008 2https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_01331.jpgIMG_01332016-01-11T05:20:31+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/01/apocalypse-couloir-2/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9569.jpgIMG_9569https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9573.jpgIMG_9573https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9577.jpgIMG_9577https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9583.jpgIMG_9583V-Notch looking pretty nice!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9595.jpgIMG_9595Zach dropping in!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9600.jpgIMG_9600Tanner making his way downhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9612.jpgIMG_9612Tanner on the second raphttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9619.jpgIMG_9619Zach coming over into the cave and the start of the skiing!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9636.jpgIMG_9636Zach starting us offhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9649.jpgIMG_9649Top portion2016-01-11T01:26:32+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2016/01/05/southwest-teewinot-mountain/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9816.jpgIMG_9816The south aspect of Teewinot from the bottom of the Red Sentinelhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9466.jpgIMG_9466https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9830.jpgIMG_9830https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9831.jpgIMG_9831Up the moraine with the Grand looming overheadhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9846.jpgIMG_9846On the uphttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9847.jpgIMG_9847Booting up the SWhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9848.jpgIMG_9848https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9850.jpgIMG_9850Looking down the SW towards the valley floorhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9855.jpgIMG_9855Topping out on the shoulderhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_9860.jpgIMG_98602016-01-06T05:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/25/frostnip-hiatus/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-25-10-03-19.jpg2015-03-25 10.03.19https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-25-10-01-36.jpg2015-03-25 10.01.36Zheng Gu Shui2015-12-30T18:06:30+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/about/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc0048.jpg_DSC00482015-12-30T18:02:48+00:00weekly0.6https://outdoorbeta.com/how-to-help/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-09-23-14-42-42.jpg2014-09-23-14-42-42.jpgTaylor in Summer2015-12-30T18:02:20+00:00weekly0.6https://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/05/dike-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2338.jpgIMG_2338The author making a slash.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_2335.jpgIMG_2335Park Powder.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-15-12-30.jpg2015-01-31 15.12.30The Grand, Owen and a shoulder of Teewinot looming large in Glacier Gulch.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-15-06-48.jpg2015-01-31 15.06.48Dike Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-15-02-31.jpg2015-01-31 15.02.31https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-14-59-11.jpg2015-01-31 14.59.11Looking down the bottom half of the couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-14-59-01.jpg2015-01-31 14.59.01Fun turns in the heart of the Dike Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-14-58-56.jpg2015-01-31 14.58.56Zelie making some some pow turns.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-14-55-09.jpg2015-01-31 14.55.09Top of the Black Dike Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-31-14-11-31.jpg2015-01-31 14.11.31Middle Teton Glacier and the East Face of the Middle.2015-12-30T18:00:48+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/05/olive-oil/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9962.jpgIMG_9962Skiing the upper face.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_9276.jpgIMG_9276https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_7991.jpgIMG_7991Magical soft breakable crust.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-14-01-53.jpg2015-01-27 14.01.53Tristan took a diggerhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-13-53-59.jpg2015-01-27 13.53.59Shot through the cliff band below the upper face.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-13-38-53.jpg2015-01-27 13.38.53Granite Canyon from the north. Look at all those runs. https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-13-26-28.jpg2015-01-27 13.26.28Good vantage of the Banana Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-13-25-46.jpg2015-01-27 13.25.46Looking up Granite Canyon.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-13-03-00.jpg2015-01-27 13.03.00Dane, working his way up to the summit "block".https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-01-27-10-41-05.jpg2015-01-27 10.41.05The skin track to the north ridge of Olive Oil.2019-10-10T16:48:31+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/18/apocalypse-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_50371.jpgIMG_5037Trist, making his way into the crux.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5037.jpgIMG_5037The author making his way into the crux.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-50-28.jpg2015-02-11 12.50.28https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-12-15-05-35.jpg2015-02-12 15.05.35Darren, aka @yellowstoneclubturdhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-13-03-48.jpg2015-02-11 13.03.48Apocalypse Couloir apron.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-57-19.jpg2015-02-11 12.57.19The fun lower section of the run.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-54-13.jpg2015-02-11 12.54.13What a couloir!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-51-16.jpg2015-02-11 12.51.16Tristen slashing the couloir powder as he exits the crux.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-43-50.jpg2015-02-11 12.43.50Working our way down to the crux of the run.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-11-12-39-49.jpg2015-02-11 12.39.49Tristen, working his way down the steepest portion of the run.2015-12-30T17:58:43+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/18/buck-mountain-east-face/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5138.jpgIMG_5138Tristan contemplating life.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5134-1.jpgIMG_5134-1Yup, it drops off a bit here...https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-11-38-54-copy1.jpg2015-02-17 11.38.54 copyViews north, the East Face of Wister looks to be skiable.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-13-03-09.jpg2015-02-17 13.03.09A few powder turns were had.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-13-01-39.jpg2015-02-17 13.01.39Working our way to the north facing shots.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-12-51-12.jpg2015-02-17 12.51.12Dane making a few last turns on the East Face.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-12-48-26.jpg2015-02-17 12.48.26Tristen, skiing down to the "entry" couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-12-47-45.jpg2015-02-17 12.47.45Some fun turns in the "belly".https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-12-47-37-1.jpg2015-02-17 12.47.37-1Powder 8's on the East Face.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-17-12-40-49.jpg2015-02-17 12.40.49Approaching the rollover.2015-12-30T17:57:48+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/25/amora-vida-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/south-teton.jpgSouth TetonSouth Face of the South Teton.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5432.jpgIMG_5432Making my way down.. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5409.jpgIMG_5409Beautiful couloir. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5383.jpgIMG_5383The entry into the Amora Vida Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5369.jpgIMG_5369Staring down the South Face.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5363.jpgIMG_5363Making my way through the upper rock bands (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5342.jpgIMG_5342https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5331.jpgIMG_5331Almost into to the top. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-23-13-57-01.jpg2015-02-23 13.57.01Turkey Chute, hacked!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-23-13-55-17.jpg2015-02-23 13.55.17Skiing out Avalanche Canyon.2015-12-30T17:55:57+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/26/mayan-apocalypse/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5557.jpgIMG_5557Working my way down to the middle of the run. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5549.jpgIMG_5549Steep. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5543.jpgIMG_5543Almost done with the steep upper portion of the Mayan. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5507.jpgIMG_5507Just look at that form! (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5498.jpgIMG_5498First turn on the steep upper pitch. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5495.jpgIMG_5495Almost to the top. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5484.jpgIMG_5484Making my way up the lichen couloir. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-24-14-41-32.jpg2015-02-24 14.41.32Deep snow in the apron.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-24-14-41-18-3.jpg2015-02-24 14.41.18-3Arching some nice powder turns.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2015-02-24-14-41-07.jpg2015-02-24 14.41.07Dane, coming out of the couloir proper.2015-12-30T17:55:01+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/05/southeast-couloir-bivouac-peak/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-16-49-20.jpg2015-03-03 16.49.20Mount Moran from the northwest.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-12-40-37.jpg2015-03-04 12.40.37Southeast Couloir - Bivouac Peakhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0016.jpgIMG_0016Skiing down to the first pinch after making it down the steep upper "bowl" (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0015.jpgIMG_0015https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0014.jpgIMG_0014https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0013.jpgIMG_0013On the up. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0012.jpgIMG_0012Tristan, taking in the views and getting "stung".https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-17-14-43-21.jpg2015-03-03 17.14.43-21Working our way down and out of the couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-17-14-32.jpg2015-03-03 17.14.32Tristan, enjoying some turns on the deep skiers right side of the run.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-17-09-51.jpg2015-03-03 17.09.51Dane, soaking in the Southeast Couloir.2023-09-28T16:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/05/adventure-skiing-in-northern-gtnp/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-11-49-49.jpg2015-03-03 11.49.49The Southeast Couloir, off Bivouac Peak from just outside our camp.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0011.jpgIMG_0011Entering Moran Bay.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0008.jpgIMG_0008https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-13-35-36.jpg2015-03-04 13.35.36https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-12-24-54.jpg2015-03-04 12.24.54https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-06-44-28.jpg2015-03-04 06.44.28https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-08-43-11.jpg2015-03-03 08.43.11https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-08-29-08.jpg2015-03-03 08.29.08Clouds Lifting...https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-03-07-13-32.jpg2015-03-03 07.13.32View past Donoho Point, at the start of the lake crossing.2015-12-30T17:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/05/sickle-couloir-attempt-mount-moran/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_00081.jpgIMG_0008Reveling in the beauty of the most beautiful mountain range North America has to offer. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0005.jpgIMG_0005Powder turns.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0004.jpgIMG_0004Mount Moran. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0001.jpgIMG_0001The view of Eagles Rest Peak from above Jackson Lake.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dotted-sickle.jpgDotted SickleSickle Couloir, off Mount Moran.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-13-35-361.jpg2015-03-04 13.35.36Working our way home.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-10-10-10.jpg2015-03-04 10.10.10Wiggles.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-10-04-49.jpg2015-03-04 10.04.49Tristan loves powder skiing, even after a heart wrenching bail.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-09-58-18.jpg2015-03-04 09.58.18Dane, "living to ski another day".https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-04-09-48-04.jpg2015-03-04 09.48.04Looking up the Sickle with the wind creating near whiteout conditions.2015-12-30T17:51:57+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/03/11/grand-teton-fordstettner-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0028.jpgIMG_0028Skiing Teepee Glacier. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0019.jpgIMG_0019Making my way down the Ford. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0017.jpgIMG_0017East Face of Grand Teton. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0026.jpgIMG_0026Rappel #3. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0015-2.jpgIMG_0015-2Summit. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0027.jpgIMG_0027Skiing Teepee Glacier. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0006.jpgIMG_0006Up at the pinch in Stettner Couloir. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0004-2.jpgIMG_0004-2Panorama from Glencoe Col. (photo: Dane Etter-Garrette)https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_0001-2.jpgIMG_0001-2Early morning walk.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-03-10-12-07-161.jpg2015-03-10 12.07.162015-12-30T17:51:04+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/12/14/disappointment-peak/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9232.jpgIMG_9232https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9234.jpgIMG_9234https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9253.jpgIMG_9253https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9235.jpgIMG_9235https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1742.jpgIMG_1742https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_17401.jpgIMG_1740https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1736.jpgIMG_1736https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1737.jpgIMG_1737https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1734.jpgIMG_17342015-12-30T17:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/12/28/sliver-couloir-nez-perce/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1772.jpgIMG_1772Skiing the POW around JHMRhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9488.jpgIMG_9488https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9456.jpgIMG_9456https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9496.jpgIMG_9496Nearing the top.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/google-earth-sliver-nez-perce.jpgGoogle Earth Sliver - Nez Percehttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9501.jpgIMG_9501https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9515.jpgIMG_9515https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9528.jpgIMG_9528https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_9547.jpgIMG_9547Skinning up the Shadow.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1787.jpgIMG_17872015-12-30T17:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/12/29/turkey-chute-25-short/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/turkey-chute.jpgTurkey Chute2015-12-30T17:47:00+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/02/25/west-hourglass/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5242.jpgIMG_5242West Hourglass Couloirhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5228.jpgIMG_5228https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5217.jpgIMG_5217https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5197.jpgIMG_5197https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5190.jpgIMG_5190https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5184.jpgIMG_5184https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5180.jpgIMG_5180https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5169.jpgIMG_5169https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/img_5165.jpgIMG_51652015-02-26T17:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/12/17/turkey-shoot/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-11-41-38.jpg2014-12-16 11.41.3825 Short Summit.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nugget.jpgNuggetThe Nugget.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-13-01-05.jpg2014-12-16 13.01.05XC Skiing across Taggarthttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-06-20.jpg2014-12-16 12.06.20View from the large boulder at the entrance to Turkey Shoot.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-30-27.jpg2014-12-16 12.30.27Last turns down to the traverse out.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-16-201.jpg2014-12-16 12.16.20https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-09-34-58.jpg2014-12-16 09.34.5825 Short from the valley floor.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-22-58-3.jpg2014-12-16 12.22.58-3https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-13-32.jpg2014-12-16 12.13.32The Nugget.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-16-12-12-54.jpg2014-12-16 12.12.542015-02-25T17:36:38+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/12/03/mavericks/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderMaverickshttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-13-24-28.jpg2014-12-02 13.24.28Panorama - Prospectors, Albright, Whimpy's, Maverickhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-13-00-47.jpg2014-12-02 13.00.47December 2nd Powderhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-12-56-57-15.jpg2014-12-02 12.56.57-15Making early season turnshttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-12-25-54.jpg2014-12-02 12.25.5410,696's East facehttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-09-38-57.jpg2014-12-02 09.38.57Dane crossing the fieldhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-09-38-55.jpg2014-12-02 09.38.55Crossing the field2015-02-18T23:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/01/19/mavericks-2/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-03-15-30-26-26.jpg2015-01-03 15.30.26-26Powder time, excellent!https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-03-15-25-06-30.jpg2015-01-03 15.25.06-30https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-03-15-19-09.jpg2015-01-03 15.19.09The upper portion of Albright.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-03-15-18-45.jpg2015-01-03 15.18.45Zelie, making some powder turns down the first section of Albright's East face. https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-03-11-34-34.jpg2015-01-03 11.34.34The fork: Death Canyon (Whimpy's, Albright, Stewarts Draw) left, Mavericks right.2015-01-20T06:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/01/20/son-of-apocalypse/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-14-26-35.jpg2015-01-17 14.26.35The far avalanche path is the "normal" starting point of the skin.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-14-06-23.jpg2015-01-17 14.06.23Field to the west of Phelps Lake.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/son-of-apocalypse-entry.jpgSon of Apocalypse EntryAlternative entry couloir into Son of Apocalypse.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/son-of-apocalyspe.jpgSon of ApocalyspeSon of Apocalypse.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-39-47.jpg2015-01-17 13.39.47Exit of Apocalypse Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-37-39.jpg2015-01-17 13.37.39https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-35-22.jpg2015-01-17 13.35.22Chase, looking nothing like a Colorado skier.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-29-26.jpg2015-01-17 13.29.26Looking down to the pinch.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-28-23.jpg2015-01-17 13.28.23Son of Apocalypse Cruxhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-17-13-23-17.jpg2015-01-17 13.23.17More couloir powder turns please.2015-01-20T06:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2015/01/17/peak-10686/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/good.jpgBlack Hole Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-12-44-00.jpg2015-01-14 12.44.00Black Hole Couloir.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10686.jpg10686https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-16-08-55-9.jpg2015-01-14 16.08.55-9Views of the Tetons from Jackson Lake.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-14-29-09.jpg2015-01-14 14.29.09https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-14-29-05.jpg2015-01-14 14.29.05Zigzags.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-14-20-08.jpg2015-01-14 14.20.08Getting into the gully.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-14-16-25.jpg2015-01-14 14.16.25The upper bowl of 10,686 was skiing nice.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-14-08-44.jpg2015-01-14 14.08.44Grizz getting ready to ski.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-01-14-13-27-23-2.jpg2015-01-14 13.27.23-2"Unnamed Couloir", Waterfalls Canyon2015-01-17T05:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/12/18/northeast-couloir-off-mount-wister/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-13-49-35.jpg2014-12-17 13.49.35Crossing Lake Taminah.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-13-46-28.jpg2014-12-17 13.46.28Powder Fields Forever.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-13-42-03.jpg2014-12-17 13.42.03The Northeast " Couloir off Wister.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-13-39-09.jpg2014-12-17 13.39.09Skiing is fun.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-13-34-46-7.jpg2014-12-17 13.34.46-7Dane making his way through the pinch.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-12-36-06.jpg2014-12-17 12.36.06Wisterhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-12-25-50.jpg2014-12-17 12.25.50Bootpack mode.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-09-21-18.jpg2014-12-17 09.21.18Morning Sun.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-08-55-54.jpg2014-12-17 08.55.54https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-17-08-53-46.jpg2014-12-17 08.53.462014-12-18T16:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/11/27/25-short/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-13-31-33-1.jpg2014-11-25 13.31.33-1It was pretty deep for Novemberhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-13-36-14-copy.jpg2014-11-25 13.36.14 copyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-13-31-36.jpg2014-11-25 13.31.36Making some fun turnshttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-13-36-21.jpg2014-11-25 13.36.21Not a bad way to start the season.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-09-36-131.jpg2014-11-25 09.36.13A family of moose at the intersection of Mavericks and 25 Shorthttps://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014-11-25-13-31-35-2.jpg2014-11-25 13.31.35-2November Powder2014-12-12T04:16:56+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.com/2014/12/11/sliver-couloir/https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-40-19.jpg2014-12-10 12.40.19https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-39-57.jpg2014-12-10 12.39.57https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-39-50.jpg2014-12-10 12.39.50https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-39-28.jpg2014-12-10 12.39.28https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-39-03.jpg2014-12-10 12.39.03https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-39-02.jpg2014-12-10 12.39.02https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-32-55.jpg2014-12-10 12.32.55https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-32-46.jpg2014-12-10 12.32.46https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-32-40.jpg2014-12-10 12.32.40Noah working his way down the bottom half.https://outdoorbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-10-12-28-05.jpg2014-12-10 12.28.052014-12-12T04:08:32+00:00monthlyhttps://outdoorbeta.comdaily1.02025-03-04T01:17:43+00:00