Bill Briggs

Bill Briggs

Bill Briggs is the director of the Great American Ski School at Snow King Mountain in Jackson, Wyoming in the United States. Briggs, born in Maine, is notable as the first to ski the Grand Teton on June 16 1971.His route required a free-hanging rappel down a 165-foot (50 m) cliff face, which he completed with his skis on. He has also made first descents of other mountains in the Teton Range, including Middle Teton, South Teton, Mount Moran, and Mount Owen. He was the recipient of the 2003 Utah Ski archives Historical Achievement Award [cite web|url= http://www.skiarchives.org/Skiaffairs/skiaffair03.htm|title=2003 Ski Affair|publisher=The Utah Ski Archives] for his contributions to skiing.

Bill Briggs was a co-founder of the Jackson Hole Hootenanny, and once played with Bob Dylan at the Stage Coach bar in Wilson.

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