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Category Archives: Mountaineering
Towards a Definition of Backcountry Skiing
Recently while researching at the American Heritage Center, I discovered the papers of a living legend who, nearly fifty years ago, attempted to describe one of the more significant modern developments in outdoor recreation. I am referring to William Morse … Continue reading
Posted in Mountaineering, outdoor recreation, Sports and Recreation, Uncategorized, Wyoming history
Tagged Backcountry skiing, Bill Briggs, Extreme skiing, Grand Teton, Hilaree Nelson, Jackson, Mortun Lund, Ski mountaineering, Snow King Resort, The Snow King Great American Ski School
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Being Lothar Kolbig
I want to be like Lothar Kolbig when I grow up, to have as many adventures around the world as he did. It is quite apparent that the overarching theme of his life was seasoned by a spirit of wanderlust … Continue reading
A Hair-Raising Ascent – Free Soloing the Grand Teton
Today’s mountain climbers would call it free soloing, but in August 1923 it was simply three college students who were short on equipment. Brashly, they believed they could summit the Grand Teton. David DeLap had taken up mountain climbing on … Continue reading
Finis Mitchell (and Matthew Troyanek) Trailing through the Wind Rivers
In my preparations to become a backpacker seeking adventures in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains, my research led me to take the footsteps of a man from the golden age of American mountaineering, whose chronicles and photographs bade me to these … Continue reading
No Mountain Too High: The Climbs of Betsy Cowles Partridge
Three years before Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Nargay made their famous ascent of Mount Everest in 1953[1], Elizabeth “Betsy” Cowles Partridge, an intrepid woman from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of an American Expedition exploring a route to conquer … Continue reading
Who Climbed the Grand Teton First?
One hundred and twenty years ago, on August 11, 1898, William O. Owen (federal surveyor and outdoorsman), Reverend Franklin Spencer Spalding, and Jackson Hole ranchers Frank L. Petersen and John S. “Jack” Shive made an ascent of the Grand Teton by way … Continue reading
Posted in found in the archive, Grand Tetons, Mountaineering, Uncategorized, Western history, Wyoming history
Tagged Mountaineering
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