John Griber

Class: 
2022

In the mid 1980s, John Griber began snowboarding in the valley, pioneering many first descents in the Tetons. Honing his skills with other local snowboarders in Jackson Hole equipped John for a two decades-long career as a snowboard athlete; his primary sponsorship, by The North Face, took him around the world, climbing and riding on all seven continents. Chasing first descents and, after 2000, filmmaking, John has completed more than ten expeditions to Nepal, summiting Everest twice. He was the first North American to ride from an 8000-meter peak—Tibet’s Cho Oyu, the 6th tallest in the world. In the early 1990s, excited to be a part of something new in snowboarding after his own experiences in the sport, John took on the newly created roles of JHSC Snowboard Program Director and Head Coach. Under his leadership, snowboarding took a stronghold in the Club, and JHSC has produced some of the best riders in the world. (Photo credit: Jonathan Selkowitz)