Grand Targhee resort is home to some of the best terrain in the west, long cliff bands stretch their way across the back side of Freds Mountain and along the Peaked ridge. While Most of the lift access terrain is fairly mellow the backcountry has some sick terrain. The massive faces of the Tetons loom in the back ground of one of the most picturesque views in the west. So when I found out TGR was planing a spring session there I was super pumped to get back to the home turf. The plan was to find some terrain that we could inhance with the help of a large digging crew and some snowcats. We settled on two build spots, one below the long cliff ridge on peaked, and the other in a west facing zone that captured the late evening light. The crew slowly rolled in throughout the week and included Dylan Hood, Sammy Carlson, Taylor Felton, Wylie Miller, Dash long, and myself.
On the road, Tetons in sight… barely, through the bug guts!
construction of jump 1
construction of jump 2
working on jump two with a fleet of snowcats.
Sammy Carlson rolled into town, I was stoked to ride with him he brings mad energy and is super sick. While the cat crew worked on the jump Sammy sessioned this sign tap.
After several days of weather, building and shaping the jumps a fresh blanket of snow rolled in and coated the mountain in a six inch blanket making landings soft and lines shredable. We warmed up in the morning with a pow session, I hit three lines with a air or two in each one. The fresh snow was on top of unfrozen corn so it made for perfect conditions.
This is a classic line at Targhee, because the snow pack is so deep I was able to send it as a triple line including a cornice gap up top. Photo by Adam Clark
After warming up with some lines we were ready to hit Jump 1. Sammy guinnie pigged the jump and overshot on his second attempt, he bit through his toungh when he impacted, but toughed through it and hit the jump shortly after. Once we got the speed dialed the jump went really well, every one stomped a bunch of different tricks into a pow landing. Photo by Adam Clark
Jump 2, Photo by Adam Clark
Sammy Carlson gets some sunset air time
Epic. That triple line is so rad. And Sammy’s air is massive. Extra grande.
that triple line is amazing. also that jump is blowin my mind