“Live To Ski”—Steve Romeo, TetonAT, and the Power of Shared Information

In 2024, mountain adventure blogs, or just climbing and backcountry skiing blogs, aren’t a new concept. Every prominent mountain region across North America has at least a handful. However, when Steve Romeo launched TetonAT.com in 2006 to document his journey seeking cutting-edge ski descents in the Tetons and other prominent North American ranges, his vision was an anomaly. Sharing beta is nothing new. Since the advent of mountaineering, climbing, and skiing, the sharing of beta was once relegated to personal journals, mountain community logbooks, and, eventually, print. With the Internet’s boom, once hard-to-access information found a broad reach. It’s not hyperbolic to claim that by sharing their adventures, a few key members of the outdoor community positively impacted the lives of millions. 

Steve Romeo grew up in Connecticut, went to college in New York, graduated in 1994, and moved to Jackson, Wyoming, to pursue his skiing passion. Like so many before him, Steve’s journey West was messianic, and his place of worship became the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, specifically the Tetons. By all accounts, Steve was as enthusiastic about snow sliding as they come. In Jackson, he worked in local gear shops, volunteered with Teton County Search and Rescue, helped organize Avalanche Awareness Nights, and was selected to the United States Ski Mountaineering team in 2006 and 2008. He ran ultramarathons to quell his summertime blues and train for ski season. As soon as the snow flew, Steve skied.