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FIRST TURN | MOUNT GLORY | TETONS (SOUTH-TETON PASS) | WYOMING | UNITED STATES
FIRST TURN
Date Created: 11/19/2008
Last Updated: 11/30/2008
| Ranking: | Good |
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| Skiable Vert: | 1800 ft |
| Climbing Vert: | 1600 ft |
| Top Elevation: | 10000 ft |
| Trailhead Elevation: | 8400 ft |
| Ascent Mileage: | .75 |
| AVG Ascent Time: | 1 hour |
| Ascent Type: | Bootpack |
| Trees: | Nicely Spaced |
| Slope Aspect: | South |
| Steepest Section: | 25-35 Degrees |
| Slope Type: | Ridge, Bowl, Face |
| Exit: | Clean |
| First Descent: | |
| Nearest Town: | Wilson |
| AVG Snowfall: | 400 |
| Snowpack: | Intercontinental |
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Warpigsinfin: February 23, 2013 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,000 ft.
Deep day. Finally feeling better post brutal sickness. Stuck working today, which is probably the best ski day of the year thus far. It came in not too windy, so it's good on many aspects. Watch o...[view]READ MORE
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Warpigsinfin: January 27, 2013 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Dumping up high today. Bottomless in spots, but shallow in most. Moderate West winds at the TP parking lot with whipping W winds up top. Very low visability but good skiing, especially where it's b...[view]
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Warpigsinfin: January 25, 2013 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
Day 50! Crap snow on S side Glory. Skied 1st Turn Gut in hopes that it would have been deep due to wind. Encountered 2-6" windblown in breakable, tracked up crud. Tracks down Glory Bowl looked app...[view]READ MORE
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Warpigsinfin: December 29, 2012 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Another great day on Teton Pass. Stable, inverted, pow. Got pretty sunny and warm up high midafternoon. I'd wager there will be a crust on midafternoon sun slopes tomorrow morning. Best to stick t...[view]
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Warpigsinfin: December 26, 2012 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Great quick laps before work at Teton Pass Ski Resort (rather crowded these days!). Headed up Glory with the dog and skied the gut of First Turn. Interesting sun/mist crust on SE aspects, but deep p...[view]
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Warpigsinfin: December 4, 2012 Uphill: 5,000 ft. | Downhill: 8,000 ft.
More great skiing on Teton Pass. Saw evidence of big sluffs in the Claw but no evidence of actual slides. Lots of wind and snow as this storm passes through. ...[view]READ MORE
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Warpigsinfin: November 29, 2012 Uphill: 2,200 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
We got a few inches up high last night combined with heavy winds. Skiing on the S side of Glory was variable with pockets of pow over sun crust from the day before. The Claw skied great aside from t...[view]
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Warpigsinfin: November 28, 2012 Uphill: 2,500 ft. | Downhill: 2,500 ft.
Another day skiing Teton Pass waiting for good conditions top to bottom for more glamorous peaks in the Range. Light winds, moderate temps, no slide activity seen, and plenty of evidence of Geoengine...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: March 6, 2012 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
Great sunset and crusty snow...[view]READ MORE
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Powderjunky: April 12, 2011 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 2,000 ft.
After rain in town in the am, the sun actually came out and softened up the snow a little. But then a cloud rolled in and the snow started to firm up a gain making for some okay skiing. Gorgeous sunse...[view]
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Powderjunky: April 7, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
1 to 2 feet up there. Pretty deep. A little heavier than normal, but the faceshots kept coming easy.Mild wind up top....[view]
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Ddrwyoming: February 15, 2011 Uphill: 2,300 ft. | Downhill: 3,700 ft.
Glory for corn, Playboys for pow....[view]READ MORE
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Ddrwyoming: January 26, 2011 Uphill: 2,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
I got on SKIS!! I'm regularly a snowboarder so I like to humble myself. I felt great, and stronger than I thought. Someday I will put my snowboard down forever!...[view]
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Ddrwyoming: November 29, 2010 Uphill: 1,800 ft. | Downhill: 3,800 ft.
Epic sunrise, super light snow. Easterly wind last night, but not too strong to drastically effect terrain. Great day to be outside, the temp stayed cold even in the sun, hoping the snow maintains....[view]
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Ddrwyoming: November 24, 2010 Uphill: 1,300 ft. | Downhill: 3,000 ft.
Super Cold, Wind effected snow on Glory. Only went half way knowing the snow wasn't going to be amazing and I was getting frostbite. Headed to Shivers which was much better snow. Wind had mellowed ...[view]READ MORE
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Ddrwyoming: November 22, 2010 Uphill: 3,600 ft. | Downhill: 5,400 ft.
Deep, almost too deep unless you're on steeper faces. Stable conditions for the most part but with the amount of snow we've gotten, activity is possible, still a bit windy up high. Snowing all day, a...[view]READ MORE
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Ddrwyoming: November 20, 2010 Uphill: 1,600 ft. | Downhill: 3,500 ft.
Choked on snow for the first time of the season! Over a foot of new snow, and coming!Glory was super windy-strongest wind yet this week. I headed up late afternoon. Had a route in mind but with the...[view]
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Warpigsinfin: November 19, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,500 ft.
Windhammered but kinda creamy... especially in the woods.No signs of slide activity. Snow seems to be consolidating and bonding very well.Coverage is much better on Glory than it has been. It looks ...[view]READ MORE
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Warpigsinfin: November 18, 2010 Uphill: 4,200 ft. | Downhill: 4,200 ft.
WINDY! Had to be gusting well over 50mph near the summit. Lots of snow blowing around, lots of windloading, but no signs of avalanches anywhere I went today.Recent snow came in pretty warm and wet.....[view]READ MORE
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Ddrwyoming: November 15, 2010 Uphill: 3,000 ft. | Downhill: 3,600 ft.
NEW SNOW!! 8-10 inches on Glory. Bottomless windblown pockets and some spots where you could feel the crust layer. Overall, worth 2 laps....[view]
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Ddrwyoming: November 4, 2010 Uphill: 1,500 ft. | Downhill: 1,800 ft.
Official Corn Snow! Firm up top, and perfect surf-able corn down low. All alone up on Glory today-not a soul! But it was one of those gorgeous sunny days when you wish you had a grill, burgers, bee...[view]
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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]Be the first to enter an external reference for this area!
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