Enjoy: Health

Don’t Be Sad Winter blues and depression can sap joy and are often worse in places like Jackson Hole, but there are ways to combat the sadness the season can bring. // By Bevin Wallace It was mid-January a few…

Enjoy: JH Pantry

Don’t Call  These Candy Oscar Ortega’s chocolate confections are among the best in the world. // By Helen Olsson The glass cases at Atelier Ortega and CocoLove are filled with artisan desserts, from decadent cakes to a rainbow of bonbons.…

Enjoy: Design

Hot Design Increasing in popularity, home saunas look simple, but the design process behind them requires serious thought. // By Maggie THeodora The earliest saunas, believed to be about 10,000 years old, were pits. Literally. A hole was dug into…

Enjoy: Food

The Best, Biggest Ski-Day Breakfast These breakfasts will start your ski day off right (and maybe get you through lunch). // By Brigid Mander      // photography by KATHRYN ZIESIG Few things build appetites and burn calories like spending…

Local Life: Local Knowledge

Full Circle Carl Pelletier is helping shape a new outdoor recreational management track for local high school students. // By Molly Absolon Carl Pelletier doesn’t like to talk about himself. He’d prefer to discuss the climbing gym at the Rec…

Local Life: Anatomy Of

The Teton County Recreation Center A recent addition makes the Rec Center even more amazing. // BY Molly Absolon// photography BY erin burk Thirty years after the Teton County/Jackson Recreation Center first opened its doors, it just got a 38,000-square-foot,…

Local Life: My Jackson Hole life

Renny Jackson // By Rachel Walker Renowned alpinist, climbing ranger, and guidebook author Renny Jackson has dedicated his life to the mountains. Born in 1952 and raised in Salt Lake City, Renny grew up watching local climbers in Utah’s Big…

Local Life: All You Need

Extreme Cold // By Bevin Wallace Suppose you’ve gotten to that point in the winter when you just don’t want to be cold anymore. In that case, Mammut’s Eigerjoch Pro IN Hooded Jacket—created for bivouacking in extreme conditions—combines RDS-certified goose…

Local Life: Go Deep

Insulated Drinking Vessels We tested these so you don’t have to. // by maggie theodora ZOJIRUSHI STAINLESS STEEL TRAVEL MUG What is it A lightweight, slim travel mug with a locking, leakproof lid (that we totally trust) that comes in 12-, 16-,…

Local Life: Jackson Hole Icon

Corbet’s Cabin A place to retreat and gather. // By Lila edythe A STRUCTURE WAS first built near the summit of Rendezvous Mountain in the early 1960s; it was simple, and its purpose was to provide shelter and storage for…

Local Life, Hello Profile:

Dan Adams Avalanche safety educator and advocate // By Rachel Walker To hear Dan Adams tell it, the Jackson-born lifelong Wyoming resident is not a natural leader. This, despite his having played a massive role in educating countless snowmobilers about…

Local Life, Hello Profile

Pierre Bergman Adaptive athlete and activist // By Rachel Walker Most everyone who has moved to Jackson Hole and made the choice to stay—an endeavor significantly more complicated than moving to a more populous, less expensive place with ample housing…

Local Life, Hello Q&A

Lena Poduska This Nordic  phenom is in it  for the friends. // By Helen Olsson Fierce competitiveness can serve as intrinsic motivation for elite athletes. But for Nordic ski racer Lena Poduska, a senior at Jackson Hole High School who’s consistently…

Local Life: Blast From The Past

Silver  Dollar Bar Taking its name from the coins embedded into its bar and furnishings, this landmark has been a favorite Jackson Hole gathering place for 75 years.  // By Samantha Simma “When the Wort brothers opened the Silver Dollar…

Local Life: Books

Good Reads // By jim mahaffie ICONIC SKIERS The Arc of Skiing Jackson Hole—45 Years Behind the Lens Wade McKoy  Jackson Hole photographer Wade McKoy selected more than 500 images taken over four decades of “the Golden Age of skiing” for this…

Explore: Dornans Wine Dinner

Supper Club Dinner at Dornans, just outside of Grand Teton National Park, is always special, but some winter dinners are more special than others.  // By lila edythe    // Photography by Derek Stal “Usually, I build the menus on…

Explore: Yellowstone

Winter Wonderland Winter in Yellowstone means a lot of snow and few crowds. // By Dina Mishev // photography By KATHRYN ZIESIG Pushing open a hatch in the roof of the Sprinter van that has brought my 16-year-old niece Sofia…

Explore: History Museum

Old is New The Jackson Hole History Museum has moved to a new home where you can see 11,000 years of human history in this valley. // By Samantha Simma. // photography By Erin burk Natural light streams through the…