‘09-’10 Season Photo Grab Bag
Posted 3 months ago by AJ Linnell
I was hoping to get up the Grand again this spring, and maybe a few of its neighbors in the Tetons, but our interminably rainy weather is putting a stopper on those plans. So, before heading to Alaska to guide another Denali climb I thought I’d look back at a highly varied but pretty successful season. Take a gander…
Our early-season was unbelievable--I rode shin-deep powder with Bodie-the-dog on Peaked Mountain on October 7th.
After a dry November, the holidays brought fat powder back to the Tetons. Matt Lloyd goes deep near Teton Pass.
Laying our lines with nary a soul around. I spent 2 weeks in the Tetons in January with 5 NOLS instructors on snowboards, watching our tracks fill in every night as we received 1.5 meters of snowfall.
Dinnertime! Working the stoves by lamplight, turning out high backcountry cuisine.
My Winterstick Swallowtail made epic powder riding effortless.
The results of hip-checking on limestone...
Rappelling into the entrance of the Pinnochio Couloir on the Middle Teton. We had hoped to climb the North Ridge and make turns from the summit, but ended up riding this sweet line instead.
Digging the sun with Mark after a long, cold climb and descent on the north side of the Middle Teton.
Climbing out of The Handle of the Skillet Glacier on Mt. Moran. Evan Horn breaking trail.
Beautiful, firm powder riding on the Skillet Glacier with Jackson Lake below.
Summit photo with Jaime Musnicki on the Grand Teton. We took advantage of a short window of good weather and great conditions to make this 2-day trip up and down the Grand in late-March.
Approaching the anchors at the bottom of the Ford Couloir/top of the Chevy Couloir on the Grand. Thousands of feet of air beyond the edge to my right.
Rappelling past the ice bulges in the Chevy Couloir.
Zahan Billimoria leads Stephen Koch up the Chouinard Couloir on a blustery day in April. Middle Teton.
Zahan digs the chalky powder on our descent of the Chouinard Couloir.
Escaping a bit of mud-season with my wife in Belize.
There are always lines that I wish I had ridden in a given season, possibilities that never came to fruition, but overall it was a good season. And it’s not so bad having dreams to fulfill next season. For now, I’m moving on to mountain biking and trail running until the snow flies again. My sincere thanks go to Wagner Custom for supporting my drive to climb and ride with the best backcountry/alpine snowboarding tools imaginable.
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Permalink · Posted by AJ Linnell · June 5th, 2010 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, snowboard mountaineering, tetons, Wagner Custom · Read 1 Comment
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August 18th, 2010 at 10:53 pm Matt
Sweet Season, AJ!
Kerry and I finally made the move over to Victor. So, we’ll have to get after it this winter… I still need to ski the Grand sometime. And there are a million other objectives also on my To Do List.
Hope to see you around,
Matt