Direct North Couloir (First Known Descent) – Housetop Mountain – Jed. Smith Wilderness, Teton Range, WY (01.15.26)

On January 15th, 2026, I skied a potential first descent on the North Face of Housetop Mountain, the most alluring and rarest skied north face in the west Tetons. It's difficult to know exactly what has and hasn't been skied on the heavily gate-kept west slope, but longtime area record keepers and ski mountaineers believe the line to be previously unskied.

January 22, 2026 0

“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

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