Thursday, February 1, 2007

Granite Canyon: Jackson Hole

With no snow here in Jackson its getting harder and harder to find fun things to ski. In an effort to remain positive and engaged, myself, Andrew and Steve decided to check out Granite Canyon for the first time. We were aware of the unique dangers that Granite presents with its north facing slopes and long steep chutes, but with no new snow, sunny skies and low avalanche conditions we decided it was a good day to explore. We skied the top of Endless Coulior and then traversed over and skied the bottom of Mile Long Coulior.


We had surprisingly good turns in there and it was about as close to skiing powder as we've come in a month. A good, safe day had by all.


Going out the Gate



Andrew and Steve heading towards Granite Canyon


It wasn't a beautiful day or anything



Looking into Endless Couloir



Obligatory Grand Teton shot



Steve relishing the all too uncommon cold smoke



Andrew lower down in the chute



Looking back up

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