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TETONS (SOUTH-TETON PASS) | WYOMING | UNITED STATES
Summary | 400 inches a year
Mount Glory From Teton Pass web cam
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Snowpack
Intercontinental
Mountains
EDELWEISS (1) Elevation: 9,060 ft
A small accessible mountain on the southside of Teton Pass, that offers great bowl skiing.MOUNT ELLY (3) Elevation: 9,300 ft
Mount Elly Serves up some of the best skiing on the south side of Teton Pass. The north face, commonly called the Claw, or the Bear Claw, is steep, narrow and full of fun features. Triple Direct offers a mellower day with fun open meadows and glade skiing. There are many possibilities from Mount Elly, and as long as you are on the North or North East Aspects, it will funnel you down to the lower parking lot.MOUNT GLORY (12) Elevation: 10,086 ft
A jackson hole classic. This mountain probably sees the most traffic than any other backcountry area in the Hole. Which is good for snow stability, bad for finding freshies.TAYLOR MOUNTAIN (2) Elevation: 10,352 ft
Taylor is the ultimate ski descent in the Southern Tetons. It is a massive mountain with challenging and exposed skiing. It is very avalanche prone laden with terrain traps, and claims the life of skiers every so often. It is generally skied in the spring when condtiions are safe.Upload Your Photo
Driving up Teton Pass with Glory Bowl in the background. By powderjunky |
The Line up: Glory, Little Tuckermans, and Unskiabowl By powderjunky |
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Vert Tracker
Warpigsinfin: May 6, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
POW DAY ON GLORY. Looks to be good all week. Get some. Totally worth it. Bottomless fluff top to bottom....[view]Ungrounded: April 29, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Glory and South Side of Pass, more bottomless powder in late April...[view]Ungrounded: April 28, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
Glory in blower pow:)...[view]Warpigsinfin: April 23, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
POW DAY ON GLORY! Don't believe me? Obviously you weren't there... sucka! Get it while the gettin' it good....[view]Warpigsinfin: April 8, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Sun crust to the top of Glory in sunny spots... the Claw skied well but it's pretty hacked up and felt pretty wet... my guess is it's now set up chunky bumpy anywhere it got skied and is perhaps a lit...[view]Warpigsinfin: April 7, 2010 Uphill: 3,800 ft. | Downhill: 5,800 ft.
SK skied super good up top. Boot deep and smooth. Death cookies down low. Glory: Wind hammered but decent. Sun crust developing but still fun. Saw small soft slabs had went on E aspect of Little Tu...[view]Warpigsinfin: April 1, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Deep. Dumping. Really strong W wind. Feels like winter all over again. Definitely some CONSIDERABLE avy danger out there today. After a nap and before I head into work, I took the dog for a "walk"...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 30, 2010 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 4,300 ft.
It's dumping in JXN. Rain/snow mix in town (6600')... thick and slow but OK from 7000' to 8000'... hero snow from 8000'-9000'... ultra windblown above 9000'. The summit guage at JHMR is averaging 35...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 27, 2010 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Bluebird and blower yesterday morning on Teton Pass. Occassionally hitting the crust but for the most part, it was a foot+ deep and fuffy.It had sun on it all day so I imagine it got nasty in the sun...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 26, 2010 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
Windy, overcast, intermittent blizzard.Depending on aspect, between 4 inches and a good foot of fresh. Amazing turns in spots, dust on crust elsewhere.We kicked off a 6 inch soft slab in Chicken Scra...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 23, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Dust on crust for the most part but occasional drifting due to high winds when the snow came in and still a little sort underneath in the utter shade.I had a good time, but the snow certainly wasn't i...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 18, 2010 Uphill: 800 ft. | Downhill: 2,700 ft.
Still amazingly good in the shady spots... snowing off and on and really windy up on the Pass today. Glory in and out of the clouds. We may actually get a little snow overnight too... fingers crosse...[view]Warpigsinfin: March 2, 2010 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
All good in The Claw... ohh wait, I mean, it's really boney. Don't dare ski The Claw....[view]Powderjunky: February 25, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
nice four to five inches of light fluff to ski. The vill must be taking their measurements from the deepest wind drift they can find. no signs of avalanches and not much wind. I'm off to canada....[view]Warpigsinfin: February 17, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
PowderJunky is back in the Valley so we will be getting after it for the next few days. We warmed up with the Claw.My favorite conditions, steep, ankle deep, and sluffing. Good vis. Good coverage. ...[view]
Powderjunky: February 17, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,800 ft.
Sweet consolidated pow. Got to ski with the WarPig, good times!!! No movement even on slopes around 40 degrees on NW aspects....[view]Warpigsinfin: February 13, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Wind hammered out of the West up top, serious wind loading with a little heaviness to the cream. We saw a good size soft slab that had released naturally in Little Tuckerman's.Blue skies and sun that...[view]Warpigsinfin: February 11, 2010 Uphill: 500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Perfect pow in the Claw... about six inches of new so the old tracks were still visible... lots of sluff (and boneyness) in the spiney shots up top. They need a little more snow.We skied a new line a...[view]Warpigsinfin: January 28, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
En Route to Big Sky we stopped atop Teton Pass for a quicky on Glory... bluebird and warm... S facing stuff was getting nuked... no signs of avalanches anywhere from the summit of Glory....[view]Warpigsinfin: January 27, 2010 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
We started the day skinning to the Claw. There are not too many tracks out there on account of the avalanche danger. It skied really well although a wrong turn could get you in trouble. A few inche...[view]
Warpigsinfin: January 24, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 11,500 ft.
Waist deep. Strong variable winds all day. Still snowing here in the J Hole. High avy danger yesterday so we stuck to the safer routes. JHMR is skiing well thanks to 5 feet of fresh in the last we...[view]Warpigsinfin: January 13, 2010 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Today we skied someone's "secret spot" on Teton Pass. It was a crummy skin to a crummy ski. Short and steep to a long terrain trap out. Not even going to name the place cuz' it shouldn't exist....[view]Warpigsinfin: January 10, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Glory is hacked up, although folks have been respecting most of the typical slidepaths. A few big slides visible on Taylor and another just East of the summit hut where the line blurs between Little T...[view]Powdermonkey: January 1, 2010 Uphill: 2,700 ft. | Downhill: 6,000 ft.
...[view]Powdermonkey: December 31, 2009 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,900 ft.
...[view]Powdermonkey: December 30, 2009 Uphill: 1,700 ft. | Downhill: 2,900 ft.
...[view]Powdermonkey: December 25, 2009 Uphill: 1,610 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
...[view]Mcpowder: December 14, 2009 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
We finally are gettin some snow!!!...[view]Powderjunky: April 6, 2009 Uphill: 2,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
...[view]Warpigsinfin: January 4, 2009 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Good turns on Glory... big slide visible on the main E Ridge of Taylor...[view]Warpigsinfin: January 2, 2009 Uphill: 4,000 ft. | Downhill: 8,000 ft.
Winter has finally arrived in Jackson Hole. Facials aplenty up on the Pass today. It got a little warm this afternoon so hopefully it stays good down low....[view]Powderjunky: January 22, 2008 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 1,600 ft.
Another beautiful day...[view]
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Mount Glory From Teton Pass web cam Courtsey of http://www.wyoroad.i... |
Teton Pass web cam Courtsey of http://www.wyoroad.i... |
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People die skiing in the backcountry every year. Avalanches, crevasses, trees, human error, weather, tree wells, rabid sasquatches, among other things can kill you in an instant. Use this guide at your own risk, we are not responsible for any wanker getting all wanked up in the wankin' backcountry. That being said, even the most experienced backcountry skier can get caught off guard. Take avalanche classes, carry a beacon, probe, shovel and avalung AND KNOW HOW TO USE THEM. Just because you buy them, doesn't mean you get magical powers of invincibility. Many people who own beacons have no clue how to operate them. More importantly than any gear you can buy, you need to know how to safely travel in avalanche terrain, minimize potential hazards, and interpret how weather affects the snowpack. This requires time and experience. Learn from others, be safe and courteous, and when in doubt go home and live to ski another day. The amount of snow needed to be dug up to rescue a buried victim, on average weighs right around an actual ton. In North America 25% of victims die from hitting trees, rocks, and other sharp unforgiving surfaces. It only takes one miscalculation to have the mountains kick your ass. Just because you see tracks or someone else skiing a line, does not mean you should ski it. Remember, individual actions affect all of us. Take care of each other out there, we are all on the same team.