"T Bone in the House"

Huh........ I seem to run into this guy in the most random places....... My buddy Tyler "T-bone Staggs" and I grew up ski racing together in North Idaho. I have bumped into him randomly the past two winters in Kitzbuhel, Austria (two winters ago) and also Whistler, BC (last winter) and have had a blast making turns with him. Turns out he showed up to Jackson yesterday and we hammered down at JHMR today as if we were little J3's ripping around in North Idaho circa 1993!

Turns out T bone has the same damn colors as me this winter with yellow and blue! Here is the flatlander (Portland, OR) hiking for turns up Pepi's bench!

And T bone reaping the rewards of his hiking efforts getting some pow up in the Craggs. We shredded hard today and literally skied more today together than we had in the past 15 years combined. Hell yes!

Two Stroking....!

Sunday I got my parents out to Togwotee on snowmobiles for their annual once a year voyage. They were troopers and rode 45-plus miles going from Togwotee Lodge all the way up to Brooks Lake and back. Everyone came back tired, but in one piece.

How did the rental place know to match the red helmet with the one piece?

Heading out from Togwotee Lodge with the Tetons in the background. I rode double with my mom all day, while Chels and my dad had their own sleds.

Ripping a turn with my mom holding on in front of me for dear life.

Needless to say, my mom's face was well protected!

Apparently "Big Red", as my Dad's 20-plus-year-old one-piece suit is so affectionately named, wasn't as waterproof as it was in the early 90's. My dad drying his butt off in front of the fire at Brooks Lake Lodge.

The crew after a great lunch at the lodge.

Plenty of ice on the lake to support 3 sleds.

My favorite sledneck.

Fam time in the Valley

Just wrapping up an awesome 3 day X mas weekend with my folks who came down on Thursday to spend X mas with us. We had a blast, weather was awesome, and was, as usual, so good having them here!

Out at Trail Creek in Wilson doing some skate skiing on X mas eve.

While my mom is actually really good at skate skiing, my Dad and I are "hacks", so, we tried in vain to keep up with my mom.

X mas involved a big ol brunch, opening presents, and skiing/skinning/snowshoeing off the top of Snow King.

My Mom and Me.

My Dad regularly "sets the trends"?

Chels and Linda catching the last bit of X mas sun.

The ol man in his snowshoeing prime!

Trying to race the sun

Freshies amongst the sage off the backside of Snow King.

Mom and Dad cruising back to town from the top of Snow King having missed the last download chair for the day by a long shot.

End of the day powder.

Me, watching my mom do the "butt slide" pondering why anyone would snowshoe when you could just ski/skin?

All I want for Christmas is.....

even more fun adventures in 2011 than in 2010! And Chelsea.

Eclipse Turns....

Had a sweet dawn patrol lap up on Teton Pass this morning as the big ol moon was just setting in the western sky.

Most of the images are super blurry as I couldn't get the focus and lighting right (it was well below zero!). Kinda a cool shot of my bud hiking up with the moon caught in his armpit.

Soul patrol! There is a pretty good collection of "working stiffs" who revel in hiking and skiing in the wee hours of the morning.

Marching toward the top.

Before day break, looking down on Jackson and the commuter traffic coming down Teton Pass on the shortest day of the year.

Let the headlamp lead.

3 Days of Goodness

I am lucky enough to have every other Friday off from work built into my schedule, so, this time of year it means two extra days a month to go sledding.

I went with a couple of buds up Palmer Creek, near Hoback Junction on Friday. Last winter you couldn't even ride up here due to lack of snow.

Evan getting some air on his "Cat".

Saturday's have become my go to sledding day as Chels skis with her kids at the Village all day. Tim and I rode up the Grey's River near Alpine on Saturday.

Tim making a nice turn in a grove of Aspens near the headwaters of Squaw Creek.

And what 3 day weekend would be complete without a powder day at the Village? Sunday was awesome at JHMR, we are in the precipitation pipeline!

Stevie's getting into the holiday spirit...

Hope you are too!