“The Blue Line” (First Descent) – Prospector’s Mountain, Lower North Face – Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (01.13.26)

On January 13th, 2026, I completed the first descent of The Blue Line, possibly the last unskied couloir in the Apocalypse area of Prospector's Mountain. The route features a 700 foot hanging couloir with 50 degree skiing above massive exposure, culminating in a 650 foot horizontal traverse across an unlikely ledge system to merge with the Son of the Apocalypse Couloir, a 3,300 foot descent in full.

January 18, 2026 1

Pownana – Banana Couloir – Prospectors Mountain – Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (01.11.26)

The "Banana Couloir" is really not a couloir, but rather, a 3,300 foot slide path of epic proportions. The entire descent is pure "fall line", sustaining an average slope angle just above 30 degrees with no pitches steeper than 38 degrees, making for a incredible moderate objective catered to fast and fluid skiing.

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It’s a War Zone – Late Season Powder in the V Couloir – Prospectors Mountain – GT Nat. Park, WY (04.28.22)

The V Couloir is a lesser skied 1,000 foot technical couloir on the north side of Prospectors Mountain. Mid-fifty degree skiing above exposure, a mid-run ice fall and likewise rappel, and notorious overhead danger characterize this exceptionally scenic yet serious ski mountaineering descent. On April 28th Connor James and I tackled the beast in iffy... Continue Reading →

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Straight Bananas! – Banana Couloir – Prospectors Mountain – Grand Teton Nat. Park, WY (03.25.22)

The "Banana Couloir" is more of a massive gully than a true couloir, providing 3,300 feet of moderate fall-line skiing on the most commanding east face of the southern Tetons. Beginning at roughly 11,000 feet, "the Banana" maintains an average slope angle above 30 degrees for over one whole skiable mile (take a second to... Continue Reading →

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