Winters Future: What’s the Forecast? Climate change won’t do away with skiing in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem anytime soon, but it’s assured to transform our winters—and change how and where we recreate. // By Mike Koshmrl Picture yourself as a tourist…
The Joy of Learning Learning something new as an adult is good for your brain, and, if you approach it correctly, can even be done joyfully. // By Julie Fustanio In 2014, just after the hype of the ice bucket…
Creating a Sense of Place One interior designer created three very different interpretations of Jackson Hole for three different downtown lodging options. // By dina mishev “The interior design we do, and wherever we do it, we make it of the…
The Center Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2022,the Center for the Arts is the heart of the valley’s art scene. // By Sue Muncaster The last time I snuggled into a red-cushioned seat in the balcony of The Center…
Art for All Jackson Hole’s Public Art // By Sue Muncaster The landscape of Jackson Hole has a long history of inspiring artists. In 2019 the valley was named the number-one small arts community in the nation. While the valley…
Eat Local A weekly online market makes buying local food easy. // By Sue Muncaster For decades, “local” food for Jacksonites meant frozen beef, potatoes, and garlic. Today though, dairy, meats, grains, packaged goods, and prepared food are produced locally…
Corbet’s Cabin Waffles // By Samantha Simma Atop Rendezvous Mountain, after a vertical climb of 4,139 feet in Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s Aerial Tram, a wall of brisk winter air hits the faces of tram-goers as they disembark. Carried on…
Burgers Your Way Jackson Hole’s variety of restaurants means there’s a perfect hamburger for everyone. // by Rachel Walker There are few foods as synonymous with ski towns as the mighty hamburger, likely because even the most kitchen-averse ski bum can…
Bircher Barns Form meets function in these Gothic-style barns. // By Maggie Theodora // Photography by BRADLY J. BONER “They are just perfectly functional and elegant,” says John Carney, a principle architect at Prospect Studio, of the barns built…
Snowshoeing Here is the essential gear to make your snowshoeing adventure a success. // by Dina Mishev To keep your top half happy, pair Eddie Bauer’s High Route Grid Fleece 1/2-Zip with Voormi’s Access NXT vest beneath whatever mid- and outer…
Gloves Keep your hands comfortable whatever you’re doing. // by Maggie Theodora NATHAN REFLECTIVE CONVERTIBLE GLOVE/MITT Basics: Technically these lightweight gloves are for running, for which they are perfect, but the thermal mitt shield that can be easily deployed over the glove…
Breezy Johnson Look for this local ski racer at the Beijing Olympics. // As told by breezy johnson Last winter, Victor-based speed skier Breezy Johnson, who grew up ski racing with the Jackson Hole Ski & Snowboard Club (JHSSC), had what…
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…
