Skiing’s Most Dangerous Terrain Isn’t Always on the Mountain

In September 2020, professional snowboard heli guide and Teton Gravity Research director of safety operations Jamie Weeks was prepared for a weekend of festivities and friends at TGR’s Make Believe movie premiere in Jackson Hole. He was not as prepared to take on a backlog of the stress, pressure, grief and anxiety that the skiers and crew he was charged with keeping safe had built up. Despite often looking like all fun and games from the outside, each season of production work is filled w