Sam Magro, Jackson Hole Mountain Guides

Sam Magro Mountain Guide, photographer

Hometown and where you call "home" today?
My hometown is Cincinnati, Ohio but I've been living in Bozeman, MT since 2000.

Where is your favorite ski/snowboard getaway?
Bridger Mountains, MT

How old were you when you began your career snowboarding/skiing?
I was thirteen years old.

What do you do to train each season?
I don't "train" more, just maintain.

Name one thing our readers would be surprised to learn about you?
I turn into a freelance rapper once tent-bound for more than 48 hours.

What is the one thing you always take with you skiing/boarding, besides your gear, of course?
A lighter and a knife.

Who did you root for at this Winter Vancouver Olympics and why?
The US. You have to support the home nation.

Why did you decide to get involved with JanSport?
I am looking forward to working collaboratively with folks who design packs that I use nearly every day.

02Sep

Summertime… and the livin’s easy

By Sam Magro


My summer has been packed full with guided trips on the Grand Teton in Wyoming. It’s kinda nice to be busy with work.  I have had very few days off this summer once the guiding season started.  I did manage to do a one-day ascent of the Centennial Route on Mt Cowen in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.  This involves 9 miles in followed by a dazzling alpine rock climb (roughly 1,800)  on spectacular granite.  The hardest pitch is 5.11b but the majority of the climbing goes at around 5.10.  The descent involves two rappels into a snow-filled couloir then glissading and down climbing to the base.  After that is the long 9 mile hike out back to the car.

Apart from that I really have just been guiding here in the Tetons.  The JanSport Cloud Ripper packs you sent me work great for light one-day pursuits whether it be on the rock or running on the trail.

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