Jeremy Jones Stories

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    Deeper: Shredding Steeps in the Southern Sierra. Feb, '09

    July 11th, 2009 | By ChrisEdmands

    Finding the right objectives in the Sierra is tough. There are so many great spots which are known, but there are more unknown waiting to be discovered. Our trip south began reading Backcountry Skiing... Read More

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    Deeper: Powder in California! Late Jan, '09

    July 11th, 2009 | By ChrisEdmands

    POWDER! We finally got some. A great cycle came in and gave us chest deep pow in Tahoe. We'd been waiting a long time for it and Jones knew exactly where to go. We started with a day of low hanging fruit... Read More

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    Deeper: Steep, But Not Yet Deep, in Tahoe. Early Jan, '09

    July 10th, 2009 | By ChrisEdmands

    I have bronchitis and a sinus infection. Is that even possible!? It's early January and apparently the perfect time to have a cold. It's also the perfect time to head into the Tahoe backcountry to test... Read More

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    Deeper: High and Dry in the Sierra, Dec. 2008

    June 13th, 2009 | By ChrisEdmands

    It's been a real bleak winter so far. We've had just a couple of storms but nothing substantial. Jones and I decide to check the conditions of a coulior near the south shore of Tahoe for our first trip... Read More

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    Deeper - The Alps. Going for Gold, Round Two

    June 10th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Everything was going as planned. We did the 3 am rappel, climbed to the col, down climbed into “no mans land,” crossed under multiple seracs, climbed over half a dozen bergschrunds. Just as... Read More

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    Deeper-The Alps. Going for Gold

    June 4th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    The hike to our bivouac was suppose to take 2 to 3 hours. An exposed knife edge ridge turned it into 6. I thought for sure we were lost only to find the bivouac, a glorified portaledge, bolted to the side... Read More

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    Deeper: The Alps. Extreme Camp

    May 28th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Standing at the bottom of the line I was feeling sick.  No amount of water could wet my pallet and I started to wonder if I might throw up or crap my pants.  Xavier was pointing up to a line that he wanted... Read More

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    Deeper. An Alps All Nighter

    May 28th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Xavier has been showing me pictures of this one line for a few months and it was finally in form. In order to hit it we would have to hike 6600 vertical feet before the sun heated up the face. Our big... Read More

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    Deeper- The Alps Project

    May 27th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Europe has been a annual stop for me since fist coming here over fifteen years ago. From the first time I laid eyes on these mountains, until now, I have been blown away at the size. Stack Jackson Hole... Read More

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    Alaska - Deeper: A Dream Day

    May 22nd, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Today was the pinnacle of a lifetime of snowboarding for me. Hope was starting to slip away earlier in the day.. The wind has stripped almost all aspects of snow. We finally make it to the one bowl that... Read More

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    Alaska - Deeper, Mt McConkey

    May 18th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    I have never been one to name first descents, but now that I am hiking and riding these unnamed and unclimbed peaks, I have started to name the special ones. Since Shane’s death, I have been looking... Read More

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    AK Deeper, Down Days

    May 12th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Our crew endured some serious weather in our month on the ice. Down days were not that hard. We had blower powder right out our door . A combination of chess, cards, books, snow-caves, journals, and storm... Read More

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    Alaska - Deeper, A Big One Goes Down...

    May 8th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    Ticked a big one off today. It was the North West Face of the biggest peak in the area and has been on my mind since first seeing it 12 days ago. The face was clearly holding the best snow in the area... Read More

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    AK - Deeper, “Mission Accomplished”

    April 30th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    We are finally out of the mountains after 27 days camped on the ice. It was the most incredible experience of my. The challenges were large but the rewards were larger. In 20 years of snowboarding,... Read More

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    TGR OFFSETS THEIR WINTER FOOTPRINT

    April 28th, 2009 | By tgrweb

    TETON GRAVITY RESEARCH OFFSETS THEIR WINTER FOOTPRINT JACKSON, WY (March 30, 2009) - Jackson Hole based Teton Gravity Research provided funds to the national environmental organization, Protect Our Winters... Read More

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    TGR & Jeremy Jones partner on Snowboard Film

    April 28th, 2009 | By tgrweb

    March 5th, 2009 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming Teton Gravity Research is proud to announce a partnership with Jeremy Jones on a two-year snowboard project titled Deeper. The legendary eight-time Big Mountain... Read More

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    Deeper: High Sierra Chute Out

    April 20th, 2009 | By JeremyJones

    I drove four hours to a different country. At least that was what my eyes were telling me as I looked at a towering wall of granite with long endless couloirs piercing threw them. The night before doubt... Read More

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    Snow Camp

    January 8th, 2009 | By PeteO

    Snow CampStory & Photos by Pete O’BrienAfter experiencing a sketchy continental snowpack in the last few weeks, Jeremy Jones put together a camping trip focused on earning turns on some bomber sierra... Read More

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    TGR Pro Rider Avalanche Workshop

    December 16th, 2008 | By tgrweb

    TGR’s International Pro Rider Workshop is Running December 15th to December 17th at Grand Targhee Ski Resort. The three day course is a comprehensive avalanche and film safety course lead by Jim... Read More

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    TGR Pro Rider Avalanche Workshop

    December 16th, 2008 | By Todd Jones

    TGR’s International Pro Rider Workshop is Running December 15th to December 17th at Grand Targhee Ski Resort. The three day course is a comprehensive avalanche and film safety course lead by Jim Conway.... Read More

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    Turkey, The origins of snowboarding discovered

    June 18th, 2008 | By TGR420

    The following is a summer hold over excerpt from a classic Jeremy Jones' blog entry this past winter on jeremyjones.info . EnjoyIt is so hard to explain what happen today so I will just stick to the facts.... Read More

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