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
Friday, September 18th, 2009
It occurred to me as we moved to high camp. I was guiding a climb of Denali’s West Buttress; we were carrying huge packs, moving REALLY slowly up the ridge in sub-zero temperatures. “Wouldn’t it be nice to move fast with a light pack? I’ll bet the Tetons are gorgeous right now. The trail into [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · September 18th, 2009 · Tags: aj linnell, backcountry snowboarding, couloir, Snowboard, snowboard mountaineering, snowboarding, tetons, Wagner Custom · Read 4 Comments
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
I just spent 10 days in the Tetons teaching an instructor training seminar for NOLS, doing some really amazing riding while training a new generation of backcountry snowboarding instructors. With all the time we spent skinning and riding, my trainees were pretty impressed at the performance of my Wagner Custom approach skis, and how [...]
Posted by AJ Linnell · February 14th, 2009 · Tags: Add new tag, backcountry snowboarding, Snowboard, snowboard mountaineering, snowboard safety · Read 6 Comments