Teton Range, WY Report: 41″ = The Largest 2-Day Storm Total in Recorded History & High Alpine Wyoming Powder Report from January 30, 2023 Yesterday, Owen Leeper & I went up high to greet the sun. The sun didn’t bring much warmth. NOAA reports showed wind chills of -50ºF and air temps of -18ºF. The Tetons just received the most snow they’ve ever recorded in any 2 day period. 41″ in 48-hours 50″ in 50-hours. 52″ storm total. “The […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 31, 2023 6 Comments
[PHOTOS] Skier Triggered Huge Avalanche on Taylor Mountain Near Teton Pass, WY At 1:45 p.m. yesterday, January 30, Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) was notified of a large avalanche on the south face of Taylor Mountain, just west of the summit of Teton Pass. The avalanche was a D3-R3. “Temperatures dropped overnight and skies cleared but over 4 feet of recent snow sitting on crust. Sun was out, directly on slope, however […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: 52″ Storm Total + A Double Drop in the Teeth of a Mini-Avalanche Report from January 29, 2023 Note: We saw snowpack instability on this day, including two skier-triggered avalanches. We also saw snowpack instability on 1/30/23, some of it surprising. Please be careful out there and consider taking it down a notch. Yesterday was the last day of the storm cycle in the Teton Range, Wyoming. The storm total is now 52″. […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2023 4 Comments
Teton Range, WY Report: 42″ Storm Total, Deep Turns, Fun Hucks View this post on Instagram A post shared by SnowBrains (@snowbrains) Report from January 28, 2023 Yesterday was a wild one in the Teton Mountains of Wyoming. Local ski areas were reporting 42″ of storm snow yesterday morning. Deep snow, fun hucks, good friends. We got out there around noon and the sun was in and out – so was […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 29, 2023 0 Comments
Avalanche Carried Snowboarder 600-Feet into Death Canyon, Grand Teton National Park, WY Teton Interagency Dispatch Center (TIDC) received an emergency call at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, notifying them that a snowboarder was injured off the west side of Albright Peak in Grand Teton National Park. The snowboarder, a local Idaho man, was caught in an avalanche and swept into Death Canyon. A member of the injured man’s party called […] Avalanche AvyBrains | January 19, 2023 0 Comments
Teton Mountains, Wy-Daho, Conditions Report: 10″ Refresh Then Radiant Report from January 14th thru 17th, 2023 Oh man, is it good to be back to skiing in the Tetons! We love it here. Best of all, the conditions right now are straight-up marvelous for skiing or snowboarding. And winter stoke is high. Luckily, we touched down at Old Man Winter’s Teton playground just ahead of a snowy several-day domino […] Conditions Report Paulie | January 17, 2023 0 Comments
Skier Triggered, Carried 1,500-Feet, and Buried Upto Chest by Avalanche on Rendezvous Peak, Tetons, WY On Friday, December 16, two skiers entered the backcountry from the top of Teton Pass to ski a drainage several canyons to the north. At midday, while using climbing skins attached to their skis, they crossed a southeast-facing slope on Rendezvous Peak when they triggered a large avalanche. One skier was caught and carried about 1,500 feet down the hill. […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 19, 2022 0 Comments
Teton Mountains Wy-Daho, Conditions Report: Storm Action and Solitude Report from Dec. 6 through 9, 2022 Skiers and snowboards of the Teton Mountains have enjoyed one helluva week. And there’s more in store. Zesty storm pockets have been ping-ponging around the Teton summits, dropping anything from a couple of inches to a handful on top of the ‘GHEE and JHMR. And Wind has been the playful friend of the […] Conditions Report Paulie | December 11, 2022 0 Comments