Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be seriously injured on one of the gnarliest mountains in the lower 48 hoping that you will be saved? Well, it goes a little something like this….. Shattered Final Cut from getungrounded on Vimeo. Huge thanks to Pretty Lights for allowing us to use Let the World, [...]
This is what can become of your tib-fib when you take a dirty 30 foot fall in the mountains while wearing crampons. Trip Report of Accident coming soon. Click images to enlarge Share this:
This past weekend, the UG crew decided that trading in headier alpine/trad climbing for a weekend of primo sport climbing was just the ticket. We made the easy choice to hit up Wild Iris near Lander, psyched for the pristine vibe of the southern Winds and the pocket-pulling pump of ‘Iris limestone’. Even better, we [...]
By: Michelle Smith The alarm went off at 1:30 a.m. I anxiously rolled out of bed to go meet up with Exum Guide Jessica Baker at the Lupine Meadows trail head in Grand Teton National Park. From there we would start our mission to ice climb the Northwest Couloir on the Middle Teton. It is [...]
It’s always great to end a mission in the mountains with a beer. When we are out riding/skiing/climbing/hiking/skinning/suffering on our quests it is easy to often think about opening up a cold one as soon as we get back to the car. The thought is quite comforting when we find ourselves in the most uncomfortable situations [...]
Thanks to a cold and wet spring local riders Jason and Michelle Smith were able to snowboard the east face of Buck Mountain in Grand Teton National park on June 18, 2010. Conditions were firm and variable which made the riding pretty slow going knowing that we were over huge exposure during the ascent/descent. All [...]
