4 FEET+ at Jackson Hole

The Deepest week of skiing this year at Jackson Hole

Jackson Hole has recieved over four feet in the last week, making for the deepest powder skiing of the year. Here is a 15 second video of what i've been skiing all week. Check out my instagram for more photos and videos @o_leeps

A video posted by FREESKIER Magazine (@freeskiermagazine) on Jan 18, 2016 at 2:34pm PST

Grand Teton Couloir Skiing

Jan 17th - Turkey Chute to Buck Crack Couloir

Dropping into Turkey Chute

I headed out early morning with Meredith Edwards, Mark and Janelle Smiley to ski Turkey Chute with ropes and harnesses just in case things lined up to ski the Buck Crack Couloir, or Chuter Buck, a skinny couloir at the base of Buck Mountain with two rappels in the middle of the couloir. As we reached the top of Turkey Chute, about 3,400 ft of skiining we reached the summit with two others just dropping into the couloir. The snow was deep and plenty of good turns for everyone. We skied the 2,000 feet to the valley floor on the back and transitioned to skin up 1,500 vertical towards Buck Crack.

Owen Leeper Mid way down

After ski cutting the upper section on belay, i found the snow to be stable and called down the rest of our group. They skied to the first anchor and we all met there. Below is on top of the first rappel, 

Checking things out before committing to the rappel.

After the second rappel we were met with a couloir full of 16 inches of fresh snow, we skied it to the bottom of the couloir and made our way out the canyon and back to the car. Buck Crack Couloir was on my list for awhile and to ski it was a great feeling, especially to link it up with another fun ski in Grand Teton National Park.

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Exploring our backyard in Jackson Hole!

The snow has let up a bit in Jackson, giving us time to fly the drone and check out some higher lines off the resort. Here is me skiing Powder 8 off Cody Peak. Drone Filming by Tim Swartz.

A video posted by Owen Leeper (@o_leeps) on Jan 4, 2016 at 2:23pm PST

Meredith Edwards joined us for a lap with Sasha Motivala on our hike up Cody, she slashed a quick turn before the sun disappeared on the classic "No Shadows" Jackson line.

Meredith Edwards finding the last big of sun. PC: Sasha Motivala 

 Dropping in off the back of powder 8, I get some smooth untracked snow.

PC: Tim Swartz

Happy New Year!

Grand Teton National Park PC: Owen Leeper

It's been a cold week skiing in Jackson Hole. Temps around -20 to start the day. Be out exploring with the new drone in the backcountry. Here's 15 seconds of me skiing last week, shot by Tim Swartz.

A video posted by Owen Leeper (@o_leeps) on Dec 28, 2015 at 8:12am PST

A storm is headed this way next week and will hopefully bring powder skiing back. -Owen Leeper