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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [Second Edition]
- Topic: Don Ryan photo on Grand Teton
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Don Ryan photo on Grand Teton
March 17, 2024: I heard today from Ray Jacquot that it was he who took the picture of Don Ryan on page 115. The picture was taken on the north face of the Grand Teton during their ascent in 1965. Jacquot mentioned that he gave Don two 5x7" prints of pictures he had taken that summer. The other ...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:13 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [Second Edition]
- Topic: Eagle Peak keyhole
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Eagle Peak keyhole
Shortly after the second edition went to print, I learned from my friend Alex Lennon about a sneaky route on the east face of Eagle Peak that he just had climbed that bypasses the crux cliff band along the otherwise more direct, but more technically difficult northeast ridge. When Forrest McCarthy, ...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:55 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [Second Edition]
- Topic: Bonney's guide misnomer
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Bonney's guide misnomer
On page 196, on the bottom right, the correct title of the Bonney's guide is Guide to the Wyoming Mountains and Wilderness Areas, NOT "Guide to Wyoming's Mountains and Wilderness Areas."
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:51 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [Second Edition]
- Topic: Closed Mountain overlay error
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Closed Mountain overlay error
The overlay on the photo of Closed Mountain in the bottom right corner of page 195 got accidentally nudged and I did not notice it until after the book was being printed. Here is what the corrected overlay should look like:
- Fri May 21, 2021 7:47 pm
- Forum: ***How to Post***
- Topic: Welcome!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6756
Welcome!
Thank you for visiting my website forum. I very much welcome posts from people interested in my books, maps, website, and the mountains of Greater Yellowstone. Please become a member using the "Register" function in the upper right on this page. I will receive an email with your registrati...
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:41 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Fremont Peak revisited...big time!
- Replies: 1
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Re: Fremont Peak revisited...big time!
2019...I take that all back...Now feel that the party definitely tried from Indian Basin the 14th and Titcomb Basin on the 15th.
- Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:56 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for "Teton Pass Backcountry Guide"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26893
Re: Praise for "Teton Pass Backcountry Guide"
This note from Van Andruss, author of "A Compass and a Chart: The Life of Fred Brown, Philosopher & Mountaineer," brought tears to my eyes when I received it on March 12, 2016. Fred Brown has always been an inspiration, and I never even met him: Thomas! What a great job you did with th...
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 10:17 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for "Teton Pass Backcountry Guide"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 26893
Praise for "Teton Pass Backcountry Guide"
"Thank you so much for taking the time for us to stop by and pick up the books last month. It was a pleasure meeting you after seeing your reviews in a few magazines. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading, looking and repeatedly flipping through your books. You did a great job pulling all the littl...
- Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:09 am
- Forum: Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide updates
- Topic: Book Printing Problems
- Replies: 0
- Views: 59393
Book Printing Problems
I have had some books come back with binding problems and pages missing. Please contact me if your book has any problems, and I will send you a new one. [email protected] or 307-690-3296
- Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:10 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for "Select Peaks"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 34502
More impetus for a second edition...
Hello Mr. Turiano, My name is Mark Davidson, and I'm just sending an email to thank you for writing Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone. I first learned of your book soon after moving to Big Sky in 2008, and friends' copies have been constant resources and inspiration for nearly every adventure I've...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:57 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for "Select Peaks"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 34502
Begging for Select Peaks!
From Molly Rudolphi of Bozeman, MT: Dear Thomas, Wow- this book is amazing. It is so special. As super avid skiers, endless back country explorers, history lovin’, dirtbag Montana mountain dwellers, my boyfriend and I are obviously inclined to love what you’ve put together. However, it seems to be a...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:36 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17957
Re: Praise for Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South
I received this fantastic letter from Nate Wescott of Alpine, WY today...Thanks Nate! Hi Tom, I wanted to let you know that I received your new book last week. I didn't realize that you had signed it, until a friend pointed it out, thank you for that bonus. For me, growing up in the Adirondacks, I h...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:45 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17957
Praise for Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South
Hi Everyone, Here are some comments I have received about Jackson Hole Backcountry Skier's Guide: South . I am really honored...Thank you. If you would like to add a comment, please reply to this topic. "What an exceptional book! It fits the exceptional man behind it. Thank you, Tom. What an ho...
- Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:50 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Pilot Peak first ascent
- Replies: 0
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Pilot Peak first ascent
In 2012, Pat Mees found an old video in a family attic of his grandfather's 1932 first ascent of Pilot Peak. There had been only a brief mention of the climb in Bonney's Guide to Wyoming Mountains and in mountaineering literature, and certainly no details had ever surfaced about their daring climb u...
- Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:15 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Musembeah clarified
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Musembeah clarified
While climbing the mountain for the first time this weekend with Nancy Bockino, I discovered a few points that require clarification in my Musembeah section (pages 322-323). 1. Firstly, I can see why Finis Mitchell was stopped at the east summit (point 12,355) during his 1953 attempt to climb Musemb...
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:05 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak from the southwest
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34315
Re: Granite Peak from the southwest
Tom, I checked with Chris (wife) and neither of us recall the approach from Sky Tops lake being a big problem or particularly onerous. And I've done it twice. I remember picking my way around the lake with boulders and water but not much beyond that until on the routes. Chris said "I don't reme...
- Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:00 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak from the southwest
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34315
Re: Granite Peak from the southwest
Hi Tom, Great book; impressive effort. I've climbed a number of those peaks and have added a couple more since seeing a friend's and then buying my own copy. I saw in the book, and let it pass, the comments on Granite from Sky Top Lakes. Bit I just read the same on your forum. Climbing Granite from ...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:01 am
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Cloudveil Dome
- Replies: 0
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Cloudveil Dome
Tom, Thanks for leading the charge up Cloudveil on Monday. That was a really great experience for me. It pushed me a bit further technically, and it further increased my comfort on the high peaks. That's my goal, and I owe you a great debt of gratitude for all of your teaching and leadership over th...
- Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:51 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: The Tusk, Elephant Mountain
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- Views: 14767
The Tusk, Elephant Mountain
3/1/10 email from Ryan Minton: Thought I'd drop a line and fill you in on some of our findings on Elephant Mountain in the Northern Gallatin from this past weekend. We got a wild hair on Saturday morning and decided to go investigate the skiability of The Tusk, a line which you report on in Select P...
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:01 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Shorts
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15376
Shorts
"As always, you led us on a memorable journey. You are a true professional and a great guy. People who have not been on a journey like this have no idea. Best of luck the rest of the year. Regards, George"
-George Arnold
-George Arnold
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:32 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: "Favourite thing to do"
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"Favourite thing to do"
Dear Tom,
We had such an incredible time with you, thank you so much! Backcountry
skiing is my absolutely favourite thing to do and the time we spent with
you in Wyoming made the whole trip.
Best wishes and hugs,
Ginny and David
We had such an incredible time with you, thank you so much! Backcountry
skiing is my absolutely favourite thing to do and the time we spent with
you in Wyoming made the whole trip.
Best wishes and hugs,
Ginny and David
- Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:24 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: New photo of Pinnacle Butte
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15465
New photo of Pinnacle Butte
Snapped this shot of the southeast side of Pinnacle Butte today from near the summit of Peak 10,822. With the snow on all the gentle terrain, it gives a great view of the easiest route to the top.
- Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:09 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak from the southwest
- Replies: 2
- Views: 34315
Granite Peak from the southwest
I often get questions about climbing Granite Peak from the southwest, via Aero and Sky Top Lakes. I know of at least a couple parties that have tried and failed by this approach, including one of the first attempts on the mountain by Fred Inabnit. I also know of at least a couple parties who used th...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:18 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Trout Peak on SummitPost
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- Views: 16025
Trout Peak on SummitPost
Trout Peak (photos by Tim Schoessler) http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/543064.jpg http://www.summitpost.org/images/medium/543125.jpg Tim Schoessler of Powell, Wyoming sent me the following link to his superb SummitPost description and photos about Trout Peak. This is well worth a look if you ...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:44 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Carter Mountain visited
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Carter Mountain visited
Finally made an attempt on Carter Mountain on July 31, 2009 with J Pattyn of Riverton. This area of the Southeast Absaroka, while generally dry, remote, and barren, is classic spectacular Absaroka terrain and well worth exploring. It consists generally of vast grassy slopes topped by other-worldy br...
- Tue May 26, 2009 10:30 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Barronette Peak
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17074
Re: Barronette Peak
Tom - Thanks for the info on Barronette Peak - we made a successful climb last friday. We followed your description, except we parked at the bridge crossing about 1/2 mile south of where you indicated. This prevented us from having to cross Soda Butte Creek, which was flowing pretty strongly. Then w...
- Wed May 13, 2009 8:28 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Barronette Peak
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17074
Re: Barronette Peak
My reply: The typical/easiest way up is by the south ridge...see attached map. Might be pretty technical going via the north ridge...I don't know. For the south ridge, there's a plowed pullout on the highway pretty much even with the drainage that you go up. The drainage has some tricky routefinding...
- Wed May 13, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Barronette Peak
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17074
Barronette Peak
Received this message from Joseph Bullough: Tom - I have a copy of "Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone" and it is an outstanding book. I was wondering if you have any advice for an attempt of Barronette Peak? My wife and I will be up there over Memorial Day weekend, and if conditions are ...
- Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Slide show at Backcountry Film Festival
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15477
Slide show at Backcountry Film Festival
Dear Tom, Thank you for volunteering to show a slideshow for the Backcountry Film Festival. The show was very impressive (I liked it better than the films!) and I have heard great things about it all week. Hopefully, we can work together again in the future. Thank you, Friends of Pathways, Wild Wyo,...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:20 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Card from Hugh and Julie
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Card from Hugh and Julie
Tom- Hugh and I are sending this token of appreciation for all of the backcountry experiences that you share with us. We truly appreciate all that you teach us. I, particularly, appreciate your patience with me as I learn more about technique. You are a great guide, teacher, and friend. Hugh and Jul...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:49 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Jackson wouldn't be the same...
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- Views: 16221
Jackson wouldn't be the same...
From Marcelo Madeiros, Sao Paolo, Brazil: Tom, We came back to Brazil and told Lucas (our eldest son that didn't go this year) all about our vacation. The part he really missed? Skiing out of bounds with you. Jackson wouldn't be the same without Tom Turiano. We will try to go this summer and will le...
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:23 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite, Cowen, and Grand in 3 days!
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Granite, Cowen, and Grand in 3 days!
On August 10-13, a crew of climbers from Montana plan to ascend Grante Peak, Mount Cowen, and the Grand Teton in three consecutive days to raise money for HIS Soup Rescue Mission in Bozeman. Brett French wrote a story for the Billings Gazette: http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/07/16/news/stat...
- Thu May 08, 2008 11:29 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: New ski line on Sleeping Indian
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- Views: 18149
New ski line on Sleeping Indian
Trip report by Tim Walther. Photos by Christian Beckwith and Jarad Spackman First Descent on Sleeping Indian - May 4 2008 On Sunday, May 4, 2008 Jarad Spackman, Tim Walther, Mark Tuttle and Christian Beckwith completed a probable first descent of the southwest couloir of Sleeping Indian in the Gros ...
- Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:04 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Route refinement on Elephanthead Mountain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16547
Sat image with best route
Braden Burkholder submitted this satellite image with the red line showing the best route up. This allows you to stay on the trail as long as possible, but still being able to make it up through the cliff band that circles the peak (blue).
- Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:54 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Route refinement on Elephanthead Mountain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16547
Route refinement on Elephanthead Mountain
On 3/24/08, I received an email from Stephanie Buswell, who pointed out that there is no Class I route to the summit from the saddle east of Elephanthead Mountain as stated on page 173 of "Select Peaks." I had not visited this side of the mountain prior to the book, and only had climbed th...
- Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:49 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Thanks from Ben Kleimer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17173
Thanks from Ben Kleimer
Dear Tom, Thank you for a fantastic trip! You and Exum Mountain Guides took good care of me. The climbing guide was only one part of the experience for me. Your expertise in the areas beyond the climbing, geology, and the geologic and human history of the area, and hospitality showed a true professi...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:14 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Rick Reese shows brevity of Euro-American history in GY
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19077
Rick Reese shows brevity of Euro-American history in GY
Received this letter from Rick Reese on 9/29/07: Hi Tom, I was going back over parts of your book last week and noted your interest in William H. Jackson. I thought you might like a copy of the attached correspondence with Horace Albright. I have a great photo of Albright and Cook taken in 1922. I w...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:51 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Jamie Robertson summit panoramas
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17140
Jamie Robertson summit panoramas
I received this letter from Jamie Robertson on 9/26/07: Thomas- Hello! First off, i'd just like to say how much I've enjoyed my copy of Select Peaks. I've been working all over the GYE doing research the past two years and its been the tinder for a lot of memorable adventures. I've also picked up a ...
- Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:45 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48008
More on Hellmouth
I received this email from Terry Cunningham on 8/23/07: Thomas: I hope this finds you well. I am planning to hike up to Alex Lowe Peak this Saturday (my first trip since the mountain was officially named) and it occurred to me that I never fully closed the loop with you on Hellmouth Couloir. It turn...
- Sat Aug 04, 2007 8:46 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Red Tops via Shoshone South Fork packraft
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16000
Red Tops via Shoshone South Fork packraft
http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/shoshonetrip001.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/shoshonetrip002.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/shoshonetrip003.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/shoshonetrip004.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/shoshonetrip005.jpg http://www.thomastu...
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:03 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Revision for Ramshorn Peak, Southeast Absaroka
- Replies: 0
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Revision for Ramshorn Peak, Southeast Absaroka
Yesterday, I climbed Ramshorn Peak after nearly 10 years since my first time up in it September of 1997. The description of the ascent of Ramshorn Peak in Select Peaks is based on my experience on the mountain in 1997, along with info from friends who climbed it in the early 2000s. I am amazed by ho...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:15 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Fastest Route up The Pyramid?
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- Views: 16725
Fastest Route up The Pyramid?
Brock Anderson and a crew from Bozeman climbed The Pyramid this past weekend making a big loop from Lambert Creek Trailhead up the south ridge of The Pyramid and back via The Pyramid Mountain Trail. Here's his route up the south side of The Pyramid: http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/brockpyramidro...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:59 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Passage Creek fire effects approach to The Pyramid
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Passage Creek fire effects approach to The Pyramid
In September of 2006, a fire started in Passage Creek and blew east over the ridge into and across Colley Creek, east to Lambert Creek, and north across Mill Creek into the vicinity of The Pyramid. Here is a link to the fire map: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/maps/full/469/3/ Apparently, that map ...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:26 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Nice new photos Sunlight Peak and Notch Mountain
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16780
Nice new photos Sunlight Peak and Notch Mountain
I took these photos yesterday from Peak 10,671 on the ridge between Red Creek and the north fork of the Shoshone River. http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/sunlightwest.jpg Silvertip Basin and the west side of Sunlight Peak http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/notch.jpg Notch Mountain, Three Knob, an...
- Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:17 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: More detail on Electric Peak southeast ridge
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16675
More detail on Electric Peak southeast ridge
I received a nice description of the southeast ridge of Electric Peak from Rick Reese today: "As one nears the summit of Electric Peak via the southeast ridge, it does look intimidating. When the "trail" ends, the temptation is to turn left (as Irvine did) and descend a terrible coulo...
- Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:05 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Letter from Louisa Willcox
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17649
Letter from Louisa Willcox
I received this great letter on 2/20/04 from Louisa Willcox: Dear Thomas, I picked up you book recently, Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone. I wanted to thank you for your very thoughtful introduction, and your emphasis on conservation of the wilderness and learning to live in the wilds of Yellowst...
- Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:58 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Note from Brock Anderson
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17410
Note from Brock Anderson
Tom, Love your select peaks book - I picked it up when it was first published and I'm emarrassed that this is the first time I've contacted you given how great your information is! I've been to many of the MT peaks you have listed in the book and I absolutely love the area. Having grown up climbing ...
- Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:48 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Antionette Peak
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15994
skiing Antoinette
Sorry Mark for the tardy reply. The Antoinette Peak area (Granite Hot Springs area) is a prime BC ski destination with tons of great long runs. Trouble is access. You need a snowmachine for winter access along the 9-mile Granite Creek Road, or a full day of kick and glide on the road. In the spring,...
- Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:35 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Ken Koski and Mount Bonneville
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16903
Ken Koski and Mount Bonneville
It is October 28, 2006, and I just heard the terrible news about Ken Koski's death on Mount Bonneville. Here is the link to the news article in the Pinedale Roundup: http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2006/09/Searchcontinuesforma.htm Ken's family built a memorial website at: http://www.kenkoski.com/...
- Sun Oct 08, 2006 10:19 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: More detail on Crow and Pyramid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 28188
Crow Mountain south ridge
On October 2, 2006, my friends Forrest and Amy McCarthy climbed Crow Mountain via its south ridge. They provided an excellent description of that side of the mountain: The ridge is most easily gained by following the left-hand option in Photo 2 above. There is an easy couloir that leads to a defined...
- Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Wind River's Jackson Peak north face
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16498
Wind River's Jackson Peak north face
Received this email from Tom Lachmar via J Pattyn regarding conditions on the north face of Jackson Peak in the Wind River Mountains: "We successfully climbed the left ice coulior on the north face of Jackson the day after we met. The route conditions were quite a bit different than they were t...
- Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:12 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Where/What is Austen Peak?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19743
The Answer
To Scott and everyone else who has drooled over the same picture currently hanging at The Place in Cora, WY. The same picture used to hang at Mountain High Pizza in Jackson and I believe it used to hang at Nora's in Wilson too. Anyway, Austen Peak is the high point of the plateau along the wildernes...
- Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:07 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Where/What is Austen Peak?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19743
Where/What is Austen Peak?
Hi, I have received this question numerous times, but never so eloquently as from Scott Stolte today: Tom- I came across an amazing picture down in the little restaurant N. of Cora( "The Place"). The photo showed an amazing looking peak with a huge couloir off the summit. It was identified...
- Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:16 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Inabnit Plaque at Snow Lake
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18217
Inabnit Plaque Found!!
In mid July of this year, Kim Latterell and Bob Lesher of Billings, Montana found the lost Inabnit plaque. Latterell is spearheading an effort to have the plaque reattached in a prominent place. If you are interested in assisting in this effort please contact me or Kim Latterell at klatterell@mt.gov...
- Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:51 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: New photos of Washakie Needles
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18102
New photos of Washakie Needles
Hi, I went into from Rock Creek a couple weeks ago and took these shots of the summit of Washakie Needles. Thunderstorms kept us from reaching the summit. http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/washneedles2.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/washneedles1.jpg http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/was...
- Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:05 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: More detail on Crow and Pyramid
- Replies: 1
- Views: 28188
More detail on Crow and Pyramid
On August 3 and 4, 2006, Tom Carter and I made a loop from Lambert Creek Trailhead and traversed the ridge between Crow Mountain and The Pyramid in the Western Beartooths. After years of speculating about how great these peaks are, I finally got a chance to see first hand. (See map at bottom of page...
- Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:02 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Darwin Ranch approach to Doubletop
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18205
Darwin Ranch approach to Doubletop
On July 23-24, 2006, I climbed Doubletop and Triangle peaks from the Darwin Ranch side. I had climbed Doubletop twice before, once in April 1987 from a camp above Brewster Lake, and once in summer in one day from Dell Creek. I also climbed Triangle during that April trip. So, I was excited to explor...
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:35 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Mount Fitzpatrick to Rock Lake Peak traverse
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- Views: 16386
Mount Fitzpatrick to Rock Lake Peak traverse
On July 8, 2006, Amy Brennan, Derek Collins, and one other made a giant loop in Swift Creek in the Salt River Range, traversing from Mount Fitzpatrick to Rock Lake Peak. Amy Brennan told me..... "No, it was not the plan, just looked inviting...and it was a perfect day...no impending storms, etc...
- Wed May 31, 2006 2:37 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Jackson Peak spring ski approach
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- Views: 19793
Jackson Peak spring ski approach
On page 346 of Select Peaks, I described the summer and winter approach to the standard route on Jackson Peak, but neglected to describe the spring approach to skiing on the north face of Jackson Peak. The north face of Jackson Peak is a great place for spring skiing, especially for the added benefi...
- Sat May 06, 2006 8:17 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Memories of Abiathar
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16445
Memories of Abiathar
Dear Tom, I spent a few seasons in YNP in the 70s, mostly as a bartender, and scrambled a lot of the peaks along the east side of the park before gravitating to the granite ranges. Abiathar was a favorite and is such a complex mountain that it's one of the few places I've been genuinely lost. A coup...
- Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:14 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Wading and Wallowing to Mount Wood
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23549
Pics from Kris Erickson
All of theses images are from Kris Erickson. http://www.kristoffererickson.com/ http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/erickson_bile.jpg Where do all these parts go? We did put it back together and it worked. http://www.thomasturiano.com/images/erickson_wallow.jpg Wade or waller, I can't remember... lo...
- Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:15 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Grand Teton east ridge skied
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Grand Teton east ridge skied
Hans Johnstone and Rick Hunt skied the east ridge of the Grand Teton on March 24. Another new ski route on the Grand! Here's Dougald MacDonald's Climbing.com story:
http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/grandeastskied/
http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/grandeastskied/
- Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:13 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Wading and Wallowing to Mount Wood
- Replies: 3
- Views: 23549
Stillwater Plateau?
Torsten, Why didn't you guys take the Stillwater Plateau? I guess it wouldn't have worked with the weather you had, but I have heard that the Stillwater Plateau is a cruise and easy to access by mining road from Benbow Mine. Wow....sounds like it blew the misery of Hawley Creek out of the water. I g...
- Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:14 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Jackson Hole Historical Society slide show
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18253
Jackson Hole Historical Society slide show
Mary Berger of the Jackson Hole Historical Society sent me the following note thanking me for the slide show that I gave at the Wort Hotel on February 16, 2006: Dear Tom, Thank you so very much for the super program you did for our Mountaineering Series. You were great and your slide show was very w...
- Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Talk to "The Hand" - North Absaroka
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- Views: 17992
Talk to "The Hand" - North Absaroka
I received this trip report from Torsten Prahl on 3/15/06: Mission accomplished!!! People: myself, Kris Erickson, Conrad Anker, Adam Knoff, and "Bean" Bowers. Date: March 14, 2006 Route: We left the trail head the south fork of Deep Creek @ 9:00AM. We skinned up the drainage until we came ...
- Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:37 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Should've spent whole trip in JH
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18190
Should've spent whole trip in JH
Received this from Sean O'Bierne after skiing with his party in late February 2006: Hi Tom, Just a quick line to say thanks for the 2 great mornings with you – we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Even Nick said he could get into this “uphill stuff” ! I have to say Park City and the surrounding area was a ...
- Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:58 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48008
Christenson provides details
It was the most technical mountaineering climb either of us have attempted so it is hard to relate it to anything. The couloir below the two rappels was very skiable, I would estimate the average slope to be about 45 degrees. There is a choke on the skiers left of the chock stone, which is just over...
- Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:54 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48008
Cunningham questions Christenson
Kyle: Thomas Turiano forwarded your e-mail and web link to me. Congratulations on the ski descent! I was involved with the mountain-naming process of Alex Lowe Peak, so I have a real interest in the subject. I was able to uncover VERY little information from Alex and Hans about their descent of Hell...
- Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:41 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48008
Hellmouth Couloir revisited
Inspired by the recent naming of Alex Lowe Peak, and the history of Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir" above, Kyle Christenson and Patrick Lawrence of Bozeman recently trekked up South Cottonwood Creek to make the probable second descent of "Hellmouth Couloir" on January 29, 20...
- Thu Feb 09, 2006 9:08 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Great day off the tram
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18108
Great day off the tram
I just wanted to say again how much we enjoyed skiing with you on Thursday. It was the highlight of what was a fantastic vacation. It was a very lucky day for me—both because the conditions and skiing were terrific but also getting to meet you.
Douglas P. Ley
Ross, CA
Douglas P. Ley
Ross, CA
- Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:43 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Earliest Beehive Ascent
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17873
From Walkin' Jim Stoltz...
Hello Thomas - Yes, it was an interesting story. I've been up Beehive many times, but one time in '83 or '84 a friend and I were sitting on the peak and enjoying the view (and reading the register). I was poking at the rocks I was sitting on and uncovered a little metal aspirin box, all rusted and w...
- Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:09 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Earliest Beehive Ascent
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17873
Earliest Beehive Ascent
Phil Knight of Bozeman mentioned that when he climbed Beehive Peak years ago, he noticed a small cannister (found on the summit sometime in the 1950s by Walkin Jim Stoltz, who placed the cannister into the main summit register cannister) containing the names of a party that had climbed Beehive Peak ...
- Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:46 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak summit rocks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22770
Hi Tom: Regarding the apparent lack of a Koch summit photo, yeah, that's what I think now, too. (Close enough, though. I don't want to be picky -- it's obvious his team was up there!) I believe the thing that got me curious about the whole matter was the lack of any mention of a flat, perched summit...
- Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:10 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak summit rocks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22770
Summit Rocks Deciphered
Tom: Thanks a bunch for the reply and for sending those priceless Koch expedition photos. That was quite a nice gesture, and it really resolved the question I had as to the condition of the summit. After comparing the picture you sent of Koch with the flag, reading your note, and scrolling through a...
- Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:45 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Praise for "Select Peaks"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 34502
Select Peaks Intro
Hi Thomas, I just read the excellent intro to Peaks. Well put. We sure need places like this with some actual howling, dangerous, unpredictable, untamed nature to keep us in our place and remind us where we came from. In 1991 my wife and I spent the summer on foot circling the "core" of Gr...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:43 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak summit rocks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22770
Trundled summits
Hi Tim, That's great you climbed with Charlie....he is something else...super strong. Teaches my daughter at Journeys School. I think the summit is the same now as it was then in 1923, except that I bet a bunch of summit boulders have been trundled off the north face, which is why the summit is so b...
- Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:40 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Granite Peak summit rocks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 22770
Granite Peak summit rocks
I received this email from Tim Townsend on 1/4/06: Tom: With some help from your outstanding Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone book, we had a great Granite Pk climb this past summer summitted 8/22/05). We did the climb with a Jackson friend, Charlie Gorski, who is cut from the same tough cloth you...
- Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:43 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Musembeah and Petroleum peaks
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17063
Musembeah and Petroleum peaks
Contrary to what is written on page 323 of Select Peaks about the USBGN mistakenly naming today's Musembeah with the name Petroleum Peak, Paul Horton recently visited the USBGN in Washington D.C. and found out what really happened.
More on this later....
More on this later....
- Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:05 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: First clue on Antoinette name and new photos
- Replies: 1
- Views: 18035
The truth about Antoinette
Painstaking mountaineering researcher Paul Horton just returned from Washington D.C., where he spent three days perusing the archives of the US Board on Geographic Names. In the Antoinette Peak file, he found these two letters addressed to the USBGN from William A. Hoesch, mailed from 652 Dewey, Bou...
- Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:09 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Big Creek to Dead Indian Peak
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18268
Big Creek to Dead Indian Peak
Hi, I learned about a legal way to approach Dead Indian Peak from Big Creek, a tributary of the Shoshone North Fork. Sean Sheehan provided the information. Sean owns and operates "Wyoming Nature Tours" out of Cody and lives up in the South Fork. Apparently, there is a legal access across f...
- Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:48 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Mulkey in the Absaroka
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16200
Mulkey in the Absaroka
Met Aaron Mulkey this past week when I was in Cody. Mulkey is father of two, and owner of Core Mountain Sports in Cody, a climbing gym, gear shop, book shop, beta barn, and base of operations for Jackson Hole Mountain Guides' Cody operations. Mulkey is a highly skilled ice climber and kayaker with i...
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:51 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Perfunctory Review
- Replies: 1
- Views: 21779
book/boots
Thank you very much Mark! I think the Mega Rides are great. I work as a ski guide at JH ski area and use them every day both in-bounds and out. I don't use them much in the real backcountry unless I know I'm going to be skiing something firm and steep. The reason is because I like to have a flexible...
- Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:54 am
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Letter from Lyles Glenn
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18557
Letter from Lyles Glenn
Hey, Tom: What a great surprise when I checked email this morning. Thanks very much for these terrific photos. I really appreciate you taking them, as well as sending them to me as you have. Not only will I enjoy them frequently, reminding me of great hikes and incredible country, they will effectiv...
- Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:03 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: "Cathedral Spire" in Absaroka
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17597
Possible early ascents
Since I posted the above report, a couple people have chimed in with ideas about who might have done the first ascent of Cathedral Spire and built the cairn that we found: The first suggestion was Allen Steck, who is mentioned in Bonney Guide as having done the first ascent of nearby Boedeker Butte....
- Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:01 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Greysalt Mountain
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15986
Greysalt Mountain
I went down to the southern Salts today to climb Greysalt Mountain, which is mentioned in Select Peaks on pages 368 and 465. It is the fourth highest peak in the Salt River Range. Funny, I got it right in Select Peaks....as far as which peak Greysalt is.....but today, I simply forgot. I did not read...
- Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:42 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Bozeman Daily Chronicle article
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19732
Bozeman Daily Chronicle article
Ben Pierce wrote a nice article about me and Select Peaks in the 9/29/05 issue of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle: The following link may work. It is an online version of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and appears as the article did on the printed page. It also clickable headlines, but much of the text is ...
- Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:23 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Dickinson Park closed?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16678
Dickinson Park closed?
I heard recently that the Dickinson Park road into the Wind River Mountains has been closed because of a property dispute with the Wind River Indian Reservation. This trailhead provides access to Bears Ears Trail, Valentine Lake trail, and Popo Agie north fork trail.....to peaks such as Lizard Head ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:17 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: "Cathedral Spire" in Absaroka
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17597
"Cathedral Spire" in Absaroka
On September 27, 2005, Stephen Koch, Wesley Bunch, and I drove over Togwotee Pass and north of Dubois to climb Cathedral Spire (11,080+ feet) on the ridge between Horse and Twilight creeks. I had spotted the peak several years ago during a climb of Raggedtop Mountain and hoped to give it a try somed...
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:37 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Body of Gary Cole found on Denali
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16261
Body of Gary Cole found on Denali
(this post was originally posted in late June of 2004, but was accidentally deleted) The body of Greater Yellowstone climber Gary Cole was found on Denali. Here's the Park Service body recovery report: On Friday, June 25th, a climbing party discovered the well-preserved body of a deceased climber at...
- Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:24 am
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Gros Peak ski
- Replies: 4
- Views: 26093
New Pic of Gros
Hi, I took this shot late this summer (2005) of the northeast side of Gros Peak from Peak 10,840 (on triple divide between Granite, Bunker, and Mesa/Box creeks). It shows some of the skiing options on that side.
- Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:25 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: "Alex Lowe Peak" officially christened
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17974
"Alex Lowe Peak" officially christened
Thomas: It's official. We received word that the name's been approved. I've attached a press release that was sent out. Thanks for all of your help on this project. Had it not been for "Select Peaks of the Greater Yellowstone," I never would have stumbled into the link between Alex and 10,...
- Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:24 am
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: A forgotten thirteener
- Replies: 0
- Views: 16587
A forgotten thirteener
I received the following email from Paul Horton on 9/9/05: Tom, I happened to remember that in your Francs Peak section you mention that it is one of only 3 peaks in the northern Rockies over 13,000 feet outside of the Winds. I assume the other two would be the Grand and Cloud Peak. I was over in th...
- Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:50 am
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Letters from Mike Kowalski
- Replies: 1
- Views: 19556
Letter to Exum
Mike Kowalski sent this letter to Exum: My daughters and I climbed with Tom Turiano on August 11, 2005, and I had to write to tell you how GREAT of a day we had. The day of climbing that we experienced with Tom exceeded our expectations by so much I cannot express it in words, the smiles on all of o...
- Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:00 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Four Select Peak Trip Reports
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15623
Thanks!!
Hi Tom,
Thanks so much for the kind comments about "Select Peaks" as well as your great trip reports on Lone, Monument, Hoback, and Leidy.
I really enjoy reading about others' experiences in the hills around here...great to hear other perspectives. Please keep them coming!
Thomas Turiano
Thanks so much for the kind comments about "Select Peaks" as well as your great trip reports on Lone, Monument, Hoback, and Leidy.
I really enjoy reading about others' experiences in the hills around here...great to hear other perspectives. Please keep them coming!
Thomas Turiano
- Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:09 pm
- Forum: Greater Yellowstone Mountain Adventures
- Topic: Letters from Mike Kowalski
- Replies: 1
- Views: 19556
Letters from Mike Kowalski
Received this nice letter from Mike Kowalski of New Jersey: Tom, I would like to thank you very much for the best day of climbing that the girls and I have ever had. Our experience with you and the folks at Exum was so much better than I had expected it to be. You were an excellent guide, you got us...
- Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:14 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Our trips are child's play compared to...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 14980
- Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:09 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Publishing
- Topic: Letter from Ric Samulski
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19480
Letter from Ric Samulski
Mr. Turiano, I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy having your "Select Peaks of Greater Yellowstone" on our reference shelf in our summer home in Pinedale. Your research is monumental and you deserve to be congratulated. My wife and myself, like so many others, have had a life-long lov...
- Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:26 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Two Sisters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20483
Hawley Creek
Torsten,
Are you implying that Flood Creek was worse bushwhacking than Hawley Creek?....remembering that we were skiing up Hawley Creek.
t
Are you implying that Flood Creek was worse bushwhacking than Hawley Creek?....remembering that we were skiing up Hawley Creek.
t
- Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:11 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports, News, and Mountain Conditions
- Topic: Turret to Sylvan traverse
- Replies: 0
- Views: 24238
Turret to Sylvan traverse
During July 22-26, 2005, Joe Hartney, Jeff Burke, and I had a marvelous trip to the southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park. Our primary goal was to climb Watchtower, a lower sister spire of Turret Mountain, located on the southwest side of Table Mountain. We also wanted to climb Turret Mounta...
- Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:02 pm
- Forum: Select Peaks Updates [First Edition]
- Topic: Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 48008
Lowe and Saari's "Hellmouth Couloir"
Before Hans Saari died in a ski mountaineering accident on May 7, 2001 in the Alps, he mentioned to me that he and Alex Lowe had skied a very steep and exciting couloir on Peak 10,031 (1988 Mount Blackmore quadrangle) in the northern Gallatin Range. This rugged volcanic peak sits between the forks o...