MOUNTAIN KHAKIS - Built For The Mountain Life Blog

Lauren Burress Going Big

12-year old MK ambassador Lauren Burress recently checked in and sent along a great photo of her dropping a good-sized waterfall in her kayak.  Pretty impressive.  Thanks Lauren

Happy Holidays

From everyone here at Mountain Khakis, we'd like to wish you all Happy Holidays and the best of luck in the New Year.  We've had a wonderful year and look forward to great things in 2008.

Santa came to Jackson in a big way!

Powder Day in Jackson

Photo by Jesse Malman, Ferry Peak

We are in the midst of a serious storm cycle right now.  35 inches in the past 6 days, and it is dumping right now.  Get your powder boards out and throw on your hood, the snow is stacking up fast.

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort - 20" in past 72 hours

Grand Targhee - 15" in past 72 hours

MK Photography Search Continues

Mountain Khakis is on a search for quality photography depicting your adventures in MKs.  We're officially inviting you to submit any and all lifestyle images for consideration by us.  We are always looking for images that help define our tagline, "Built For The Mountain Life" both in and outside of the traditional mountain town environments.  All submissions should be lo-resolution JPEGS and be emailed to me, MK Marketing Manager, Shannon Brooks Hamby, at [email protected].  All submissions become the property of MK, and we're willing to trade usage for free pants.  For all of you budding lifestyle photographers, take a tip from one of the masters - Steve Casimiro gives some great photography advice on the NGA website as a follow up from his trip to Patagonia.

Teton Pass, WY: Coming to a Crossroads

Teton Pass, WY is a mountain pass 15 miles west of Jackson and is a popular spot for backcountry skiing and touring in the winter.  This year the parking lot at the top of the pass is reaching capacity on a daily basis, and is often full by 7:30am.  What happens once the lot is full is people park in several different turnouts along the road, turnouts that are there for the snow plows and emergency vehicles.  The parking situation on the pass is starting to become an problem.  Another issue to face is a common one when considering any backcountry location: safety.  The more people that hike the pass, the more likely you are to have someone trigger an avalanche by skiing somewhere they shouldn't.  Too many skiiers and boarders are riding this terrain without proper avalanche knowledge and equipment, and sooner or later somebody is going to get hurt.  The problem here is that people assume that because there are several other people around or someone else has recently skiied a line, it must be safe.  This is just not the case, and the chances for an accident only increase as more people hit the backcountry each year