Living Where the Wild Things Are

I had to force myself to take a day off of snowboarding today. I'm so sore from riding ridiculous amounts of powder all weekend, so I figured a day of recovery was in order. I feel like I'm still fairly new to Jackson Hole, so whenever I'm in a new place I always like to explore. When I lived in Seattle, I would run places. Being that there is so much snow on the ground and it's pretty cold outside, I usually like to take photo drives, where I take my camera and see what I can find. This time I decided to head into the Elk Refuge. Not more than ten minutes from my front door, it's a place where elk can come and hang out during the tough Wyoming winters. Little did I know, there's a lot more going on here than elk eating alfalfa pellets and tourists on sleigh rides...

Um...excuse me.

Yum!

Note the town of Jackson in the background...

This guy's cool.

Baby sheep!

Formal portraits.

Apparently my car tasted really good.

Okay, you can go away now...

After I was finally able to roll away from the sheep, I was only a few more minutes down the road when I saw this...

I think he's even looking at me...

He is! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Here's the area I'm dealing with...that's Snow King, the "Town Hill" ski resort in the background.

I'll leave you with this. Just another herd of bighorn sheep hanging out five minutes from my house. Ooooh Wyoming.

Burton Stash Park -- The Campground

This year, Jackson Hole was deemed the site for the sixth Burton Stash Park in the world. Basically, it's a series of "terrain park" features made out of natural objects. Logs instead of rails, rocks instead of trash cans to bonk, you get the picture. Anyway, I headed out with David Duffy and Andy Jardine the other day to take some photos in one of the three stashes we have on the mountain -- The Campground. Enjoy!

Andy Jardine -- 360 rock gap.

David Duffy -- handplant.

And some more fun in the big terrain park...

David Duffy.

David again.

Backcountry Kicker Sesh Part II

After our last kicker session in the Jackson Hole backcountry, we decided it needed to be about twice the size in order to get better shots. Riders David Duffy and Andy Jardine spent over five ours building up a new beast. We headed out yesterday morning to get some shots. The inversion layer was a bit higher than I would have preferred, but we still came out with some success.

Andy Jardine marks the jump with some iced tea so the riders could see the lip.

David Duffy hikes up in a balance of moonlight and an orange sunrise.

Heavenly views of Jackson Hole.

Andy Jardine sends it.

Aaron jumps into the mist.

Burgess Custom rider Halina Boyd.

Surprise Powder at the Village

What was forecasted as one inch from flurries ended up turning into five inches of powder...with sunshine. I woke up late today, as I'm trying to kick this cold that is coming on, but still got out to Teton Village for some freshies. Definitely enjoyed the ride!

David shredding the Headwall.

Barely anyone here.

Orange man.

On the gondola enjoying the inversion.

Just getting in my daily exercise up the "White Spider". Ugh.

This is Jackson Hole

On a chilly morning that hit well below -10 degrees, I decided to drive up to Grand Teton National park and get my nature fill in...not that I don't spend enough time outside as it is...but there is something about driving through beautiful landscape in my car while listening to great music that is very peaceful to me. Anyway, here's what I came up with -- my picture of winter, and this is what I love. Enjoy.

12" of Fresh at JHMR

After an angry snowstorm wailed all night on Tuesday, we woke up to a foot of fresh powder that had fallen exclusively overnight. The sun was out for a bit in the morning so I was able to get a few shots in before the clouds took over again. Here's to more powder days!

David stomps a 20+-footer in Bernie's Bowl.