WyoFile’s year in pictures 2017
WyoFile collects some of the favorite images from 2017 and wishes you a happy new year.
Grand Teton
Jewell in the sky
The former Secretary of the Interior gets a grip on the 13,775-foot Grand Teton as she makes an ascent of the peak.
Mountain guide death leads to Exum fine
OSHA probe focuses on “water knot.” Company agrees to inspect safety gear every year.
Ski pioneer Bill Briggs still teaching at 84
Legendary ski mountaineer Bill Briggs teaches weekly clinics for instructors in Jackson at age 84. The Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame inductee is best known for the first ski descent of the Grand Teton, and a 100-mile traverse of the Bugaboos, but his contributions to ski instruction may be his biggest legacy.
Jackson resident climbs 24 peaks in four days
Ryan Burke honored his late mountaineer friend by creating a 24-peak route in the Teton Range, and traversing it in four days.
