Bill Briggs and the Grand Teton: The Most Influential US Ski Descent of All-Time? Every skier, snowboarder, and hiker has that one mountain they have been drooling over to scratch off their checklist. For Bill Briggs, it was skiing down the Grand Teton in Wyoming. Fifty years ago, on June 16, 1971, Briggs became the first skier to ever descend down the Grand Teton. This peak reaches nearly 14,000 feet in elevation and is […] Backcountry Jesse | June 22, 2021 1 Comment
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