Successful Resuscitation Efforts on Mountain Peak Grand Teton National Park rangers and Teton County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue members saved the life of a backcountry skier with resuscitation efforts on Friday evening, March 3. At approximately 3 p.m. on…
A missing skier has been rescued after spending two nights in the backcountry of Grand Teton National Park after exiting a backcountry gate leaving the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson, Wyoming. Two skiers were reported overdue by friends at…
Park rangers recovered the body of a backcountry ski mountaineer at the bottom of a couloir on the south aspect of the South Teton Wednesday, February 15, at approximately 6 p.m. The skier is identified as John “Jack” Fields Jr.,…
Park City window washer Jon Henry, 50, was working on a house Friday in the Old Town section of the Utah ski town when he was struck by a sliding slab of ice and snow. The slab that struck Henry weighed…
The park received a 911 call from the companion skier at approximately 3:15 pm. He was able to place a call from his cell phone. The individual stated that his skiing partner had been caught in an avalanche, and that…
