Grand Teton National Park Seeking Public Comment Over Protecting Bighorn Sheep Area Grand Teton National Park is developing an environmental assessment to consider implementing additional management strategies to protect bighorn sheep’s winter habitat within the park. The public is encouraged to comment on the proposed actions by May 20, 2022. Related: 21,233-Acres of Teton, WY Backcountry May Soon be Permanently Closed to Skiers to Protect Bighorn Sheep Bighorn sheep have occupied the […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 21, 2022 0 Comments
Backcountry Skier Forced to Spend Night in the Tetons After Getting Stranded in Whiteout Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) jointly responded to rescue a stranded backcountry skier on the East Prong of Mount Owen at approximately 10:30 am this morning in Grand Teton National Park, WY. On Thursday, a local 27-year-old man solo skied a couloir on Disappointment Peak. Afterward, he climbed the Koven Couloir on Mount Owen, planning to […] SnowBrains | April 4, 2022 1 Comment
Spring Plowing Operations Next Week Will Close Roads in Grand Teton National Park, WY Over-snow access on Teton Park Road ends this weekend Spring plowing will begin in Grand Teton National Park on Monday, 14th March. The plowing operations mark the end of over-snow access on the 14-mile section of the Teton Park Road between Taggart Lake Trailhead and the Signal Mountain area. Rotary snow removal equipment and plows may be working at any […] SnowBrains | March 10, 2022 0 Comments
Jackson, WY, Man Falls to His Death in Apocalypse Couloir, Grand Teton National Park Teton Interagency Dispatch Center received a call the afternoon of February 13 about a skier involved in a fall in the Apocalypse Couloir in Death Canyon. Grand Teton National Park rangers and Teton County Search and Rescue jointly responded to the incident. Related: Skiing Apocalypse Couloir in Grand Teton N.P. with Griffin Post & TGR A climber in Death Canyon […] SnowBrains | February 14, 2022 3 Comments
Update: Body Found in Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY is Gabby Petito | Coroner Rules Death a Homicide Update: 09/22/21 – 03:30 PT – A county coroner has confirmed that the body found in Bridger-Teton National Forest is that of Gabby Petito, 22. The FBI announced last night that the coroner has ruled her death a homicide, but stopped short of disclosing the cause of death until the autopsy has concluded. A forensic search of the camping area where her body was […] SnowBrains | September 22, 2021 0 Comments
Police Searching for Woman Last Seen in Grand Teton National Park, WY | Traveling Partner Refusing to Co-operate Police are searching for a New York woman who was last seen in Grand Teton National Park, WY, while on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé. Gabrielle Petito, 22, from Blue Point, New York, was reported missing by her family on September 11. The last contact her family had with her was in the final week of August. Related: […] SnowBrains | September 14, 2021 1 Comment
Body of Solo Climber Found on Mount Teewinot in Grand Teton National Park, WY Park rangers responded Saturday, September 4, to a report from a climber ascending Teewinot Mountain, WY, of a deceased male at the base of the Black Chimney climbing route. The deceased climber has been identified as 42-year-old Hitoshi Onoe, a Japanese national who worked in San Jose, California. Related: VIDEO: Kai Jones & Zahan Billimoria Call on the Fed to […] Climbing CragBrains | September 7, 2021 1 Comment
Road in Grand Teton National Park, WY, Closed to Allow Bears to Get Fat Eating Berries The northern section of the Moose-Wilson Road, between Murie Ranch Junction and Death Canyon Junction in Grand Teton National Park, WY, is temporarily closed to all visitors including motorists, cyclists, and hikers. The Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve and Death Canyon Trailhead can be accessed from the south. Related: Polar Bears, Now Mating With Grizzly Bears, Might Survive Climate Change Black […] SnowBrains | August 27, 2021 0 Comments