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Bryce Newcomb

Punting Pucker Face: Jackson Hole

Skiing Pucker Face was completely unexpected on this day. We had just received a fair amount of snow and the wind had buffed everything out. I didn’t expect a blue bird day which ended up changing our plans. As we began our hike up the rocky ridge, my friend who works for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Patrick Nelson, was hanging out at the beginning of the boot pack taking photos of random skiers. I stopped and talked with him for a minute and noticed no one had skied Pucker Face yet. Pucker has always been known to slide often and when it does, it is deadly. A super steep, rocky face that has taken lives in the past. I told Patrick I was going to assess it from the top. I got to […]

Bryce Newcomb | January 22, 2015
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Broken Scapula, 3 Ribs, 3 Vertebrae, and a Collapsed Lung: “All For the Love of the Game”

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With winter beginning to move in more and more, excitement for what is to come fills the atmosphere. Snow is falling, people are embracing Ullr, and an enthusiastic vibe runs throughout Teton Village. But for me, I am happy and ecstatic just to be able to ski after I had one of my most life threatening […]

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Bryce Newcomb | January 23, 2014
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Jackson Hole Backcountry Condition Report: 12” of May Powder @ Togwotee Pass

Winter isn’t going away without a fight in the Jackson area. About 6-9″ fell the last day of April and another 4-6″ fell on the first of May. A couple of friends and I headed up to Togwotee Pass and this is what we found. This could have been the last real powder day of the season and only one other […]

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Bryce Newcomb | May 3, 2013
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18 Hours of Hiking for 1 Minute of Skiing | Dartmouth Couloir, Grand Teton N.P.

  The front door slammed and I woke up to my roommates coming home from their night out. I heard one say sympathetically, “Keep it down. Bryce has to wake up at 3,” but at that point it didn’t matter as I looked at my phone that read 2:30. The day before, I got a call my friend Matt Phillipi. He told me […]

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Bryce Newcomb | April 30, 2013
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