OWEN LEEPER'S POV SKI EDIT - JACKSON HOLE, WY

The end of summer is nearly here and I'm starting to think more and more about the transition to winter. Soon the hoop houses will be going up in the garden, the leaves will slowly change colors and very shortly afterward, I'll be tuning skiis and replacing essential ski gear (including the aluminum poles I broke last March on my sternum!).

Joe Gratz recently posted his predictions for the upcoming ski season at OpenSnow.com and it looks like a mild El Nino winter is in the making. We can probably expect average snowfall conditions for most of Colorado with above average snowfall for San Juan Mountains (which is great for a week-long hut trip I've scheduled to the Silverton area in early February 2015!).

In the meantime, while we ponder new places to ski and daydream of blower conditions on bluebird days, here's a ski edit from Owen Leeper from the 2013-14 season at Jackson Hole to help elevate the winter stoke. This guy commands the terrain at Jackson. Footage includes his backflip into Corbett's, throwing 70-footers like nobody's business and needling some of the tightest couloirs I've ever seen anyone ski. Classifying this guy as a bad ass... is probably appropriate.

Video link: Owen Leeper's Killer POV From Jackson Hole, WY

 

Leeper's backflip in Corbett's Coulour