EAST TETON SESSION: TGR Crew Tags Targhee

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Grand Targhee Resort is known for it's incredible endless pow, non-existent lift lines and slogans such as "your best snorkeling vacation ever." So why did the resort host TGR and crew for a super feature shoot?

Well, awakened in this coveted sanctuary of copious yearly snowfall (615 inches this season) is a cornucopia of terrain choices, all with incredible Teton backdrops.

Targhee is usually deserted this time of year as all the lifts shut down on April 14th till summer. Barely any activity at all, but on the 6 a.m. call on a bluebird May 8, snow cats and sleds were on their way up the mountain as the light would be getting better with each minute. The heli was on point at the Driggs, Idaho airport waiting for the call.

A prolific assemblage of TGR Stalwarts included hometown, Alta, WY, born Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Sammy Carlson, Dash Longe, Dylan Hood, Wiley Miller and Taylor Felton. Another integral team member getting footy in the can was Marc-Andre Belliveau.

Two massive features would be the first jumps of this caliber ever built at Targhee. Thanks to all the efforts by cat drivers Charlie & Eli, the athletes and the "dark-horses," a 60ft super poppy gap jump and a 60ft hip-ish gap took form. Daily touch ups and tuning were necessary after Targhee received over 28 inches from two different storms during the shoot.

With so much Teton pow falling on insane terrain, before the athletes would even get after it on the man-made features, they tagged multiple lines off the North Face of Peaked Mountain. The lines afforded multiple airs up to 50 feet, and in between cliffs the boys were getting face shots. It didn't hurt to have a heli on their heels either.

Marc Andre was usually the first one up the mountain every day to clip off some pow shots in his sit-ski, even getting in a line with a follow heli cam. After his sessions were done on-camera, he quickly got on the other side of the lens to capture some of his co-athletes. Roaming around freely on a sled, snapping shots, filming HDV as well as toting the other athletes up to the bottom of the booter hike via his sled.

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