Steve Romeo

Who was Steve Romeo?

Steve Romeo was an American ski mountaineer living in Jackson, Wyoming. Romeo was a prominent figure in the backcountry ski community of Jackson Hole, Wyo. He founded and ran the popular ski blog “Tetonat.com” which covered backcountry skiing throughout the Tetons as well as extensive gear reviews. Romeo was killed on March 7, 2012 in a large slab avalanche on Ranger Peak in the northern part of the Teton Range of Wyoming. Some criticized Romeo’s skiing as being somewhat reckless, yet most of the ski community saw Romeo as a preeminent American ski mountaineer who constantly pushed the boundaries of skiing in the Tetons. Others saw him as another self-promoting eastern transplant. Together with Cary Smith, Pete Swenson and Chris Kroger, he finished ninth in the relay event of the 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering. He was also known as "Randosteve", "Randomeo", "Randobewan Skinobee", "Skeve", "Ex-Steve", "Stevester", and "Stelvester Stallone".