Ford - Stettner Ski
Skiing the Ford - Stettner
A Year in the Making... Couldn't have Dreamed it Better.
Clear Skies, Bright Moon, Bluebird Day, No Wind, Powdery Winter Snow, Amazing Partners.
Date: 3/13/2020
Partners: Nat Patridge & Jed Porter
TH: Taggart Lake
Route: Stettner - Chevy - Ford
Vertical: 7550ft
Start: 2:29am
Finish: 4:30pm
Elapsed Time: 14 Hours
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Powered By: Persephone Cookies & Creekside Deli Ruben
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Stettner/Chevy/Ford - 7550ft -14 Hours
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Awe Inspiring. PC: Gary Edgeworth on the day of the ski
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Crossing Bradley Lake... all warmed up and ready for some slick skinning
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Approaching the Teepe Glacier Boys
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Followed by a Moon Shadow - Nat boots Teepe
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Teepe Sunrise
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Trenching the Teepe. Nat uses his shins as 'snowshoes' to stay on top of the the un-supportive snow
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What planet are we on? Nat & Alex top out on Teepe
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A view of the Middle Teton
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At the top of Teepe we watched the sunrise and transitioned for the climb up Stettner/Chevy/Ford
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Swinging Axes in Stettner - Nat & Jed
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Jed leading Stettner. About to exit left and head up Chevy.
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Jed Leads Chevy
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Middle Teton from lower Chevy
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Alex on Chevy's Crux. Not too bad except for thin ice.
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Jed close to the top of Chevy
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Jed and Nat near the top of the Chevy
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Jed Trenching up the Ford in Powdery Winter Snow
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Looking across to the Middle Teton. There are two skiers mid way down if you look closely.
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Alex Booting the Ford
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Not Too Much Further to the Summit
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Jed Booting the Final Push to the Summit
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Feeling Stoked!!!
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Oh Yeah!!! Nat & Alex on the Summit
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Looking North from the Summit
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Nat & Jed Transitioning from Crampons to Skis
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Alex, Jed, Nat, & Mount Owen
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Alex Skiing the First Pitch from the Summit
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Alex Skiing the Ford
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Nat Skiing the Ford
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Alex Skiing the Ford
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Alex Skiing the Ford
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Alex Skiing the Ford
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Jed rappelling into the Chevy
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Alex rappelling into the Chevy
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Alex Rappelling from the Chevy into the Stettner. Middle Teton Behind
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Jed in the Stettner
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Jed & Nat Transition to Skis at the bottom of the Stettner. It's all glory from here
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Jed ready to ski the Teepe Glacier
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Alex Skiing Teepe
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Alex Skiing Teepe
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Nat & Nez Perce
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Nat & Jed ski below the Petzold Caves & Spalding Falls
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Harvesting
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Wrapping it up... Nat Skis to Bradley Lake
