Late afternoon advice from a Grand Targhee local may have changed my outlook on the weekend…
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Riding in the Storm
“Bluebird days, the dream of every skier and snowboarder.” Well almost every skier and snowboarder. Sunny skies, calm winds and crystal clear visibility? Nah, that’s just not for me. When I am heading out to snowboard, I want snowfall. I’m ready for gusting winds and I expect to be cold sitting on the lift.
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Get Your Rest
Thanks to the tireless work of JH ski patrol, the gondola began to load around 9:30 this morning, shortly followed by the Tram sometime before 10:00. Top to bottom, conditions were all-time with snow falling incessantly and collecting in waist-deep pockets. No matter how you spin the tale, the conclusion will likely be the same: It was the best day in Jackson Hole so far this season.
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Powder Changes Lives
What a difference a day makes…not only for Jackson Hole, for the resort or for this season. What a difference a powder day can make in person’s life.
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Sonnet for the Ambitious
Earlier this winter, Backcountry Magazine featured an inspiring sonnet from Jackson Hole written by Gregory Schultz that uniquely captures the special beauty of Teton Pass in Wyoming.
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Solo Mission
Today at work, my ski instructor friend recounted his group lesson of the day to me. “The first thing I do,” he said, “is to teach my kids how to put their own skis on. And then I make them all learn how to duck walk up the hill.”
A little harsh, I thought. Why not engage them in something a little more positive? Maybe begin the day with something like a reaffirming confidence-building exercise?
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US Ski Mountaineering National Championships
The 2012 U.S. Ski Mountaineering Championship was held right in our own backyard at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Most of us spend our winter days charging down the mountain chasing after friends or face shots. We’re all here for the same reason, 4,139 vertical feet of arguably the best downhill skiing in the country. But uphill?
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Tuning Skis at Pepi Stiegler's Sports
With the mountain producing more core-shots than face-shots this winter, the only people working harder than Santa’s elves this holiday season were Jackson Hole’s ski tuners. Yet unlike the elves that are off sipping spiked eggnog on a beach somewhere, the ski tuners are still working overtime.
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God Save the King
If you told me years ago that I would end up living in a hotel, I probably would have concluded that I was destined to become a Generation X dropout, some listless dreamer in lukewarm pursuit of Kerouac’s Road, which I never properly read. Then if you told me I would be a writer in said hotel…
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