Ohfishal Jackson/Targhee/Togwotee Conditions [09-10]

[rideit]

That's NOT in Driggs, my friend.

[Tye 1on]

That's NOT in Driggs, my friend.

[but the Lyrics Born show there Sunday should be kinda fun...]

[MuleSkinner]

Royal Wolf in Driggs. Great burgers.

[schwerty]

Myself and a few other friends/ mags are heading up to Tarhgee this evening if the forecast holds. Neither of us have been before so were hoping to find someone to tag along with. Anyone planning to be there Saturday? We would be happy to return the favor if youre ever in Utah.

Beers/ Buds/ Hookers/ Blow on us?

Is there anywhere decent to eat in Driggs?

I will likely be at Targhee on Sunday...if you're still here???

[rideit]

Seconded, Royal Wolf.
Or (as gone over ad infinitum) Teton Thai in Victor.

Or the Taco Bus, of course!

[babybear]

royal wolf has excellent salmon balls too.
yea- snowing hard now!

[PassTheDutchie]

That's NOT in Driggs, my friend.

I was going to put in a qualifier to that affect, but I didn't want to upset the zen-like simplicity of my post.

[Zeedashbo]

with all the hub bub about pov's. damn. that's was fun to watch. that was some cool pillowfighting.

Here are a few shots from some inbounds stuff yesterday (2/2) morning:
edit- here is the link:

As for the dangers of Central (there are a couple...) I thought I heard stories of someone falling the length of it with skis on backpack after the cornice broke under them. Also, even the tiniest pocket pulling out anywhere above the choke would change your run dramatically. Obviously.

and tacos

[MickeysEars]

3 laps of Pine Dale by 1pm today... Not a single turn that wasn't fresh...was frickin great !

[neckdeep]

Targhee finished the first wave of precip with 8-12 inches by noon. Good snow and not too many people. It's gonna be crazy crowded up there tomorrow. I heard the resort is booked full for the holiday weekend. Plenty of cars with UT plates headed up to check in at 3 when I bailed. If you show up late(11am) tomorrow, expect all the parking and most of the powder to be gone.

[rideit]

SAC was $$$$$ today, deepest 2" EVAR!
Pretty empty today, but yeah, the folks are arriving in droves.

Still good snow to be had if you really poke around, though.

[pogs4ever]

unfortunately, i am one of the drove storm chasers. ill also be solo at the ghee: red pants/yellow jacket/args.

i heard there is good tacos here; brought stretchy sweatpants.

[geomorph]

Well, NOAA whiffed on that forecast. Good times were had skiing in the sun though at Targhee today, so I can't complain. They even opened up Mary's in the afternoon, which was a little crowded but fun.

Lot of 1A and out of state plates in the lot today, sorry it didn't turn out the way they were calling it for you guys.

[Altaholic]

I love Wildlife Brewpub in Victor, across the St. from the Knotty Pine

[passholer]

deep snow over the weekend meant there was plenty to go around

sat.casper, crags,headwall skied well. some slide activity on 4pines,granite.

sun. no lift lines in a.m. clear and cold and no wind,skiing up high was great on north and east,some nw aspects windfucked.

photo sluts were out in force

big lines went down on cody,not so much on no name,looking west lots of large naturals ese aspects

sorry no pics

[passholer]

http://focusproductions.com/
found this little vid of targhee's best side

[passholer]

http://www.jhavalanche.org/summaries.php
your weekly report

[rideit]

If any of you mags are IN Jackson, I have a lot of great hook-ups for Targhee.
PM me for details!

[nate]

soft slab, skier-triggered, small slide (relative to path), could bury/kill a human, slid on old-new snow interface.

upallnight, douche your pms! ive got a question for you.

[passholer]

http://www.tetonat.com/2010/02/skier...e-south-teton/
this sucks

[cliffhucker]

++vibes to family in friends, always saw him around Targhee, it can happen to anyone. careful out there!

[homemadesalsa]

I hate finding out about losing a friend on the internet...

this sucks.

Careful out there please.

[Core Shot]

sorry about Wray Landon's death.

But wow, is it really stable enough to ski shit like that?
Romeo was just there on Friday, so this isn't an attempt to slam the deceased, its just a question about comfort with deep instabilities in very precarious places.

Vibes - I'm sure he touched a lot of you.

[schwerty]

Great guy. He did touch a lot of people.

[randosteve]

But wow, is it really stable enough to ski shit like that?
Romeo was just there on Friday, so this isn't an attempt to slam the deceased, its just a question about comfort with deep instabilities in very precarious places.

on friday, under variable clouds, the snow was bulletproof on the southeast face and amora vida couloir on the south teton. when we skied it, our thoughts were more focused on losing an edge and taking a big fall. i never would have guessed the face would avalanche just two days later...nevermind taking a friend with it. the sun really must have been heating things up on sunday.

everyone's comfort level is different, and everyday...conditions are different. i think most people in the Tetons were starting to feel pretty good about the snowpack and were ready to push things. this may change now though. and the crown was 2' deep...so the slide was more connected to instabilities closer to the surface...instead of deep instabilities near the bottom of the snowpack.

miss you wray!