Snowboards
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · June 5th, 2010 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, snowboard mountaineering, tetons, Wagner Custom · Read 1 Comment
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Waking to starry skies was unexpected, and about the best thing we could ask for. Evan Horn, Ben Jones, and I were camped at the base of the Skillet Glacier, hoping for a successful climb and snowboard/ski descent of this huge route. Skinning across Jackson Lake the previous evening, we watched as the clouds thickened [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · March 22nd, 2010 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, snowboard mountaineering, snowboarding, tetons, Wagner Custom · No comments yet
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Sometimes you get it done in the mountains, sometimes you don’t get to do anything, and sometimes the consolation prize is pretty sweet. On March 2nd, we left the parking lot at 3:30am under starry skies and a just-past-full moon, heading for the North Ridge of the Middle Teton. We had heard that the technical [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · March 9th, 2010 · Tags: aj linnell, couloir, Snowboard, snowboard mountaineering, snowboarding, tetons · No comments yet
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
I worked the snowboard instructor training seminar for NOLS again this year, spending 11 days out in the Tetons riding amazing powder with a crew of super strong riders. Now that I’m back, sitting at home with a cup of coffee, I’ve been reflecting on our experience out there as I recover from the trip. [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · February 10th, 2010 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, Snowboard, snowboarding, tetons, Wagner Custom · Read 1 Comment
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
It wasn’t until I was sipping coffee and pulling my stuff together this morning that I realized the switch to daylight-savings time had occurred while I slept. This meant that while I thought I was grinding beans at 6:15, it was actually 5:15. Crap. I called Wray, hoping that he was also up an hour [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · November 1st, 2009 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, Snowboard, tetons, Wagner Custom · No comments yet