Teton Gravity Research's Origin Story Is As "Core" As It Gets

This story originally appeared in the print magazine POWDER 2026 Photo Annual. Copies are still available while supplies last. Click here to get yours.Rigging the GameThere’s a few different versions of the story depending on who you ask, but deep in the annals of TGR lore, the tale starts in a smelly snow cave occupied by four ski bums outside Valdez, Alaska in the spring of 1995.
Heli guiding season had just wrapped up, and young brothers Todd and Steve Jones squeezed