Tetons: Mt.Moran - Skillet Glacier

I dont know how to put into words a ski trip to the Tetons that went perfectly? Ill just say that I have some pretty cool friends (Nina and Lucas) that like to do rad shit and let the photos do most of the talking. The Skillet glacier is just under 6,000ft long making it one of the longest descents in the Tetons and in the U.S.
                                     

The USS Moran

And its crew. Thats Mt.Moran in the background with the Skillet glacier running the length of it.

A little ways in to our 1 hour long, ~6 mile boat ride.

What can I say!? There no place like the Tetons! 

Apparently this is more common than I thought; a new tree growing directly out of the stump of an old tree. 

Lakeshore camp in Bearpaw bay.

A liter of Chardonnay to kill some time is always a good idea.

A 1:45am start put us way up the glacier by the time the sun came up. I have never walked in the dark for so long. This is about 4.5 hours of hiking later. Nina and I were leading the pack; we could see a string of headlamps all the way down the glacier.

Jackson Lake is hidden by the clouds.

Enhance

Enhance. 

People always ask me why I do these things: well here is one reason.

                                     

I think this photo is so cool. It makes Nina look like she is standing on top of a Himalayan peak at 8k meters. We're actually at 12k ft somewhere at the top of the climb.

Looking down. The entrance is a little steep requiring some jump turns but otherwise pretty straightforward ski.

This is for the boys at Spark R&D; the original Blazes still killin' it!

One of the few sections were I was putting in the boot pack.

If you're going to take selfies with my camera, I can do whatever I want with them!

Looking up after we skied a thousand feet or two. Notice the people still going up. I think there were atleast 20 people on the glacier that day!

                                               

7 hours after departure, we got back to camp.

Adventure doesnt start until something goes wrong right? Well our motor decided it didnt want to bring us back across the lake so we flagged down some fellow skiers that graciously towed us back across saving us from a 3 hour paddle.

People didnt know what to think when we got to the boat ramp..... you were skiing? Where? Really? People ski that? Did you use ropes?....   What a trip!