VIDEO: Runner Followed For Half-Mile by Bear in Grand Teton National Park, WY I went for a casual run today in the park and ended up being run at and followed for about half mile by this little cinnamon black bear who was fresh out of the den. Related: VIDEO: How to Avoid a Bear Attack | This Video Might Just Save Your Life I’ve seen plenty of bears in the wild, but […] SnowBrains | April 19, 2021 2 Comments
Teton Snowpack Peaked in February, 6-Weeks Earlier Than Normal Boosted by a record breaking February, the snowpack in the Tetons reached depths of 122″ at Grand Targhee, and 117″ at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort towards the end of the month. However, that was as deep as it got. Limited snowfall in March and April has meant the snowpack has gradually declined since then. Related: Jackson Hole, WY Reports Deepest Ever […] Weather WeatherBrains | April 16, 2021 0 Comments
Full Report From the Avalanche in Grand Teton National Park, WY That Killed a Snowboarder A 33-year-old man was carried and killed in an avalanche in Grand Teton National Park on 22nd February 2021. Below is the full report from the Bridger Teton Avalanche Center Foundation: Broken Thumb Avalanche Accident 2/22/2021 Location: USA, WY, Teton Range, 25 Short, Avalanche Canyon, Broken Thumb Couloir State: Wyoming Date: 2/22/2021 Time: 1200 hours Summary Description: 1 snowboarder caught […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 30, 2021 0 Comments
Grand Teton National Park, WY Closes Portion of Backcountry Area to Prevent Waking Grizzly Conflicts Grand Teton National Park has closed a portion of a popular backcountry skiing area, 25 Short, to keep visitors and waking grizzly bears safe. Only a portion of the popular backcountry skiing area is closed. The peak, unnamed 9975, remains open with ridgeline access to Turkey Chute, Chute the Moon, and other Avalanche Canyon routes. Most of these can be accessed […] Backcountry Dominic Gawel | March 25, 2021 0 Comments
The Teton Surf Classic – Where the Surf Meets the Snow at Grand Targhee, WY The ski community never ceases to amaze when it comes to new events. One of these fairly young events, The Teton Surf Classic, hosted at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort has combined surfing, skating, and snowboarding into an event that everyone should experience. The event has been hosted 2 times since starting in 2018 and has lived up to the hype. […] Industry News Ryan Flynn | March 23, 2021 0 Comments
Hunting Efforts Have Reduced Invasive Teton Goat Population To 29 Why are they being hunted? Mountain goats are an invasive species in the Teton Range. An invasive species is an organism that causes ecological harm to an environment in which it is not native. These mountain goats are harming native Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep by increasing competition for extremely limited resources and contributing to disease transmission. Currently, the population of […] Miles Wong | March 17, 2021 1 Comment
Grand Teton National Park, WY Sees Record Number of Visitations in January Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, saw its highest recreational visitation on record for January 2021. January 2021 had a whopping 13,937 more visitors than January 2020 – from 51,648 (2020) to 66,585 (2021). In January 2003, the park came close to this number with 61,043 visitors. Last year, Grand Teton National Park was closed for almost two months from March […] Brains Dominic Gawel | March 11, 2021 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: An Aesthetic Chute in Tough Snow | Our Last Run of the Year in the Tetons? View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from March 1, 2021 On Monday, March 1st, 2021 I’d made up my mind. I wasn’t going to go up high due to the Considerable avalanche danger, rapidly warming temperatures, and rising risk of both wind slab and persistent slab avalanches. I […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 4, 2021 0 Comments
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