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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Cathedral/Teton Glacier

Davey and Dana approaching the moraine with the Dike Snowfield beyond


The couloirs off Shadow


E Face Middle Teton



S Face Teewinot



The Spoon Couloir with Dane and Sutter approaching


Mount Owen



Garnett Canyon.  Soon after we spotted Dane and Sutter heading up the Spoon, we heard a loud hollering in the trees on the skin track.    I figured it must be Rob Backlund and his crew of Colorado College boys; Eric Wortman and Justin Strauss.  So that meant seven of the eight people up on Disappointment that day were graduates of Colorado College.  



Dana coming down from Disappointment



Davey coming down the first couloir off Disappointment






















Davey under the East Ridge of the Grand



Davey and Dana in the Cathedral under the immense North Face of the Grand, Owen, and Teewinot, with Gunsight Notch and the Teton Glacier nearby.  It is the most impressive location in the range.






Dana and Davey coming down from the terminal moraine



Disappointment, The Red Sentinel, The Teepe Pillar, and the East Ridge









Davey getting air on one of the countless pillows on the descent down Glacier Gulch



Saturday, January 17, 2009

Nez Perce, the Sliver, and Shadow Peak

The Sliver Couloir on Nez Perce


Phil on Shadow Peak


The Wall



N Face of Buck



Mount Wister






Phil and the boys below



The Sliver



The Southwest Couloir on Teewinot



The Sliver 




North Face of Buck, with the Newc and Bubble Fun Couloirs



The North Snowfields of Veiled Peak



The North Snowfield of Mount Wister



The Sliver 








Four flunkies on 25 Short with the inversion behind


Justin Strauss working his way down the Sliver






Rob Backlund in the narrows



Garnett Canyon with the Middle Teton behind