The Mountains Less Traveled: Teton Powder Keg

You may remember the trip reports that James posted in the forum about his vacation in Wyoming last month. In his new “Mountains Less Traveled” feature, he writes about how his first cat-skiing experience — seven hours of untracked powder — had a big impact on him.

Grand Teton Cat Skiing

Just looking at his pictures had a big impact on me, but he also brings up some interesting points about our habit of putting off things that we’ve always wanted to do.

In this issue of NY Ski Magazine:
Tapping the Teton Powder Keg

Gore Mountain, NY: 1/8/11

It’s no secret that Gore’s had a tough year for natural snowfall. But yesterday, a clipper dropped down from Canada, and took its sweet time moving through New York State.

Topridge at Gore Mountain

On Friday, it dropped at least a half foot of snow across most ski areas in the state. And overnight, a “Norlun Trough” set up to drop another half of foot or more over the southeastern Adirondacks. It was bit of a coming out party for the Gore Mountain and the town of North Creek.