[2] He is the director of the Great American Ski School, formerly located at Snow King Mountain in Jackson, Wyoming in the United States.
Realizing, the next day, that his story would be doubted, he convinced Virginia Huidekoper to fly over the still-visible ski tracks with a photographer on board and document his feat from a Cesna 182.
That interest, which in many ways was born in Jackson, WY, has grown into a significant industry of extreme backcountry and heliskiing such as the World Extreme Skiing Championships, the World Heli Championships, hundreds of feature films, magazines, specialty equipment manufacturers and a global fan base.
[9] He also founded and presides over the Hootenanny, an open mic music event that happens every Monday in Moose, Wyoming.
Briggs sings traditional and contemporary folk songs, specializing in mountain yodels.