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…

Feature: Wildlife

Moose on the Loose One of Jackson Hole’s most iconic large ungulates, moose, only showed up in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem about a century ago. At first, they thrived, but then the population crashed. It still hasn’t come back. //…

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…

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…

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: Hello | Profile

Linda Merigliano The Wilderness Diplomat //By David Gonzales In 1991, soon after joining the staff of the Bridger-Teton National Forest as a wilderness planner, Linda Merigliano was dispatched to the tiny town of Cokeville, Wyoming, to speak at a meeting…

Local Life: Hello | Q&A

Gap Pucci The ‘last of  the old cowboys’ chronicles his life  of adventure  in three books. // By Jim Stanford Dressed in a maroon button-down shirt, kerchief, and sheepskin vest, he tosses forkfuls of hay into a corral beside his cabin,…

Local Life: Anatomy Of

Mormon Row // By Dina Mishev “Where’s the barn?” There are hundreds of barns in Jackson Hole, but ask this question of any local and they will all give the same answer: the T.A. Moulton Barn is on Mormon Row…

Local Life: All You Need

Take it Easy Gear that elevates relaxing. // By Dina mishev Black Diamond’s Alpenglow Hoody is a full-coverage, lightweight SPF layer (SPF 50+) with in-fiber cooling technology; it reflects 71 percent of near-infrared rays and reduces the wearer’s perceived temperature.…

Local Life: My Jackson Hole Life

Leslie Mattson // By Jim Mahaffie She came here to ski powder; in staying, she’s made an indelible mark on the community.  “People love Grand Teton National Park,” says Leslie Mattson, president of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation since…

Local Life: Blast From the Past

Calico This former church—bought for $666.66—has been a community gathering spot for six decades. // By Samantha Simma One of the oldest restaurants in Teton County is still the crown jewel of Moose-Wilson Road—an American-Italian bar and restaurant that turns…

Local Life: Go Deep

Water Filters & Purifiers We tested these so you don’t have to. // Dina Mishev PLATYPUS GRAVITY WORKS What is it Fill the 4-liter “dirty” bag of this gravity-fed water-filter kit, connect it to the high-flow filter and “clean” bag, hang…

Local Life: Hello | Profile

Deirdre Griffith //By Rachel Walker In the two years since Jackson local Deirdre Griffith won the epic Mongol Derby—a 1,000-kilometer equestrian endurance race that recreates the horse messenger system developed by Genghis Khan in 1224—the longtime equestrienne has been busy.…

Local Life: Jackson Hole Icon

Standing Sentinel One tree on the Elk National Refuge has a long history. // By Samantha Simma RISING UP FROM the sage and grasses of the National Elk Refuge’s prairielike expanse immediately east of U.S. Highway 89, a lone cottonwood…

Feature: Water

The Ways of Water Laws say that water in the West must be put to “beneficial use.” Historically, that has meant agriculture, but could recreation and ecosystem health enter the conversation? // By Molly Absolon // photography by bradly j.…

Feature: Photo Gallery

What’s in a Name? Place names in our valley come from many different sources—from the Shoshone language to early explorers and historic characters. //By Jim Mahaffie // photography by BRADLY J. BONER In 1924, when today’s Grand Teton National Park…

Enjoy: Health

It’s a Drip Once only available in metropolitan areas, elective IV therapy, which might help with issues ranging from dehydration to vitamin deficiencies, has come toJackson Hole. // By Lila Edythe A 45-year-old single mom, Tibby Plasse describes herself as…