Tim McLaurin Dancing daily on the Town Square for smiles. // By Melissa Thomasma If you drove past Jackson’s Town Square sometime during the past year, there’s a good chance you saw Tim McLaurin. Brandishing a sign that says, “Honk if…
Nancy Leon When a downhill skiing injury sends you in a different direction. // By lila Edythe After tearing her ACL five turns from the bottom of the ABC Chutes in Granite Canyon just outside the boundary of Jackson Hole…
Howdy Stranger // By Samantha Simma “HOWDY STRANGER YONDER IS JACKSON HOLE, THE LAST OF THE OLD WEST.” Signs bearing this have welcomed people to Jackson Hole since the mid-1930s. Local artist Grant “Tiny” Hagen partnered with local furniture craftsman…
Travis Rice // By Lila Edythe Travis Rice learned to ski about the time he learned to walk. His dad was on the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol. “I remember late afternoons at the ski patrol shacks up on the mountain…
Snow King’s Exhibition Run This ski run towers over downtown Jackson. // By Maggie Theodora Photo by Bradly J. Boner The origins of the name of Snow King’s black diamond Exhibition run have been lost to history, but it’s easy…
Read These // By jim mahaffie COLLECTED READINGSThe Grand Teton Reader Edited by Robert W. Righter The editor, a former professor of history at the University of Wyoming, chose 35 contributors covering geology, historic characters, settlement, and the park’s politically…
Frank Durbian The new(ish) manager of the National Elk Refuge appreciates working in one of the world’s most intact ecosystems and marvels at all of the species that call the 24,700-acre refuge home. There are more than 230 of them! // By Lila Edythe When…
// by tim sandlin // Illustrations by birgitta sif The summer of 2020 brought a veritable swarm of tourists to Yellowstone, which would have made for a slow Grand Prix de Yellowstone except for the missing hazard—tour buses. Those…
Leave the pavement (and traffic) behind in favor of riding on dirt and gravel roads. // TEXT and photos by Dina Mishev With more than a quarter of all roads—about one million miles—in the U.S. being unpaved, and a growing…
In rock climbing, the challenge and joy are in the journey rather than the destination. No experience required. // By Molly Absolon Rock climbing, at its most basic, is ascending cliffs, boulders, or artificial walls using one’s hands and feet. For…
A wooden canoe carries all the creature comforts for a scenic trip on one of YNP’s largest and most remote lakes. // Photography and story by Bradly J. Boner On a sunny July morning in Yellowstone National Park, my brother…
PHOTO BY BRADLY J. BONER Of course we don’t want to get ill or injured in the backcountry, but sometimes accidents (and blisters) happen. // By lila Edythe The pain in my left knee came out of nowhere. I hadn’t twisted…
Thousands of Sublette County cattle spend their summer grazing the Upper Green River high country, and cowboys still drive them nearly sixty miles to get there. // By Mike Koshmrl // Photography by ryan dorgan It’s 8 a.m. on…
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM The 1871 Hayden Expedition’s meticulous and vivid documentation inspired awe, convincing Congress to designate the first national park the following year. // By Mike Koshmrl Pronghorn, cutthroat trout, and fresh buttermilk fueled Ferdinand Hayden and his fellow expedition members…
BRADLY J. BONER Jackson Hole is a gorgeous, unique , and wild place loved by visitors from around the world. Can we keep it from being loved to death? // By Molly Absolon Loving a place to death has been…
// By whitney royster ILLUSTRATION BY ELISE MAHAFFIE
PHOTO BY BRADLY J. BONER The elevation and climate that make Jackson Hole a paradise also make it hard on your body. Take care of yourself. // By Melissa Thomasma Dehydration It’s easy to get dehydrated at higher elevations. Drinking alcohol and caffeine…
// BY JIM MAHAFFIE TRUE STORYThe Martyrdom of Collins Catch the Bear Gerry Spence Collins Catch the Bear was a Lakota Sioux wrongfully charged with the murder of a white man in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1982.…
// By Whitney Royster Edible plants and berries abound in Jackson Hole. Not just for animals, but for humans, too. “It’s important to have knowledge of the plant world before anything is eaten,” cautions Cathy Shill, owner of the Hole…
// by maggie Theodora // Illustration by elise mahaffie Today the Jackson Hole pathways system includes more than twenty-seven miles of paved shared-use paths and twenty miles of sidewalks. There are also pathways in Grand Teton National Park (GTNP). It…
