Squaw Boys get to ski The North Shore of Jackson Hole - Lo POV video

**Gopher** · 02-07-2011, 05:14 PM

Hey guys,

My buddy, eric, and I decided to escape the Taboe ice age and check out Jackson for the first time 10 days ago. It was unreal. Check out this video with, yes, actual footage not just crappy pov.

Some good photos along with the post:

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2011/0...-jackson-hole/

Here's the video: [ame="http://vimeo.com/19679557"]Squaw Boys Surfing The North Shore of Jackson Hole on Vimeo[/ame]

Here's the write up:

Tahoe has been a rough go for the past 37 days. A rough go. It wouldn’t have been so rough had other places in the Big 4 (ie Tahoe, Jackson, Utah, and Whistler) been getting nailed. Of those other locales, Jackson had been doing the best. They got the same pre-season insanity that we got in Tahoe…but, the snowfall there never stopped. It just kept coming.

After the about 24 days of no snow in Tahoe Eric Bryant and I began to feel the horrible effects of CPD (Chronic Powder Deprivation). So we loaded up Eric’s Chevy 3500 diesel pickup truck and hit the road.

Neither of us had ever been to Jackson and we literally had no idea what we were getting into nor what to expect of the conditions. All I knew is that there is this place I’ve seen in all the movies called “The North Shore” that I’ve been dying to ski for about 10 years now.

Here’s a quick breakdown of our trip, Jan 25-28

Day One: With no one available to show us around, we were told to go thru the gates to the South. We skied 4 Pines, Cody Bowl, Break Neck, and Pinedale just by walking out there, eyeballing things and going for it. It worked out and we were able to ski our first powder in weeks. Our CPD symptoms began to subside.

Day Two: While hiking Cody Bowl the previous day I spotted The North Shore, a zone that I’d been drooling on for years. On this day Andrew Whiteford took us out there and showed us how it’s done. The TGR guys were out there filming as well and it was great for us to watch them, see how to ski the zone, and see what the conditions were like. We got two laps and it was the best day of the trip.

Day Three: We were pretty wasted from the previous days of hiking. Squaw local and High Camp extraordinaire, Benjamin Brackett, guided us out to the Endless Chute off the Granite zone. We got some good footage up high, then descended into dense fog and variable conditions. The Endless Couloir feels like it’s about 4,000 feet long. After the most heinous sidestep of my life, I was over Granite, forever, and we did two laps in Mario Land, one of the most fun zones I’ve ever skied.

Day Four: Teton Pass was something we’d heard too much about to pass up. We booted up the 40 minute ’20 minute’ bootpack and basked in the glory of a hot sunny Teton day. Unfortunately, all that sun and heat had funkdified all the snow up high and we weren’t able to get too wild. We did find some amazing powder skiing in the trees down low. We almost got lost in the Wyoming wilderness on our way out, but my gps saved the day (gapers).

Day Five: We battled back through the bleakness of Nevada to our beloved jewel, Lake Tahoe. We found some extremely friendly deer along the way and a crazy ice-coverd slide that Ben had told us about the day before in Twin Falls, Idaho.

It was one helluva trip and it’s certainly ranks within the top 5 ski trips of my life.

**Jim S** · 02-07-2011, 05:23 PM

Epic and all time on so many levels!~!

loJack · 02-07-2011, 05:29 PM

Well that was fuckn sweet.

**nickwm21** · 02-07-2011, 05:50 PM

Nice! I made the trek from Tahoe to SLC around that time... Had to get away from the mid 50s temps.

**powbmps** · 02-07-2011, 05:51 PM

Mario Land segment is sweet. My kids heard that and came over to check it out.

**JayPowHound** · 02-07-2011, 05:53 PM

Mario Land FTW!!

Sick edit altogether, thanks for sharing!!!

**powdork** · 02-07-2011, 06:02 PM

that was sweet.

Originally Posted by nickwm21

Nice! I made the trek from Tahoe to SLC around that time... Had to get away from the mid 50s temps.

[ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214990"]me too[/ame].

**moonlightdbag** · 02-07-2011, 06:07 PM

well done fellas...reminds me why i live here

**montanaskier** · 02-07-2011, 06:13 PM

Mario segment was $$$$$

**squirrelmurphy** · 02-07-2011, 06:14 PM

two thumbs UP!

**_Aaron_** · 02-07-2011, 06:14 PM

Boom! Nice work!

jgb@etree · 02-07-2011, 06:23 PM

Ayup.

$$$

**time2clmb** · 02-07-2011, 06:24 PM

Marioland for the win. Really was NOT expecting that, very creative. Fuck yeah!

**plugboots** · 02-07-2011, 06:29 PM

That was just great. Nice porcupine placement.

**fivefourtwo** · 02-07-2011, 06:34 PM

Yah that was totally righteous.

**cooks** · 02-07-2011, 06:35 PM

the mario land segment is one of the most awesome segments I have ever seen. great edit.

**Piggity** · 02-07-2011, 06:41 PM

The last photo on that trip report, middle of the photo, furthest tracks down the face off the top, that guy sent it!

**BGnight** · 02-07-2011, 06:46 PM

A+ on the Mario segment!!!

Nice road trip.

**Flotsam** · 02-07-2011, 06:55 PM

Spicy! Good stoke, good fun.

**powtario** · 02-07-2011, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Piggity POW

The last photo on that trip report, middle of the photo, furthest tracks down the face off the top, that guy sent it!

Fuckin right he did.....unless I'm wrong.

And how long did it take you to edit that Marioland section so that all the coins and jumps lined up?

**passholer** · 02-07-2011, 07:09 PM

damn sweet edit, you got around quite abit in 4 days. thanx for posting

**Sutter** · 02-07-2011, 07:13 PM

That sidestep out of Granite ranks up high as one of the most unenjoyable aspects of skiing. But skiing Granite when it's soft and deep is one of the most enjoyable, soooooooo.....hey that's life in a nutshell!