Posts Tagged ‘news’

The vid that got Stephen Koch fired

This video had been removed from Youtube when I wrote about Stephen Koch’s firing last week, probably due to any potential legal action.  However, noticed that it’s back now. So, here it is, the video that led to Stephen Koch getting fired from Exum.

Ski Patrol death at Squaw

Sad story from yesterday, Andrew Entin from Squaw Valley was caught in an avalanche and later died from his injuries. Stories here and here.  The crown was 4-9 feet!  Articles have pointed to an uphill release due to ski cut after explosives failure, however someone on the scene was quoted off the record as saying [...]

Stephen Koch fired as guide from Exum

Stephen Koch was fired from his 15 year guide gig at Exum this week for using a snowmobile to cut 12 miles of approach skiing from his tour for his day’s target, the Skillet Glacier on Mount Moran (article).  The story is compelling for a few reasons: Snowmobiles are LEGAL in the Grand Teton NP [...]