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// 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. His trial lawyer was the author, a Wyoming native who established a practice in Jackson decades ago and, in 2009, was inducted into the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. THE GUIDEBOOKJackson Hole Hikes: A Guide to Grand Teton National Park, Jedediah Smith, Teton & Gros Ventre Wilderness and Surrounding National Forest Land Rebecca Woods  “This is our go-to guide…

// 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 is possible for cyclists and pedestrians to get from the east side of the valley to the west side and from downtown Jackson to GTNP while being separated from cars. “Our pathways definitely distinguish us from many other similar mountain communities,” says Katherine Dowson, executive director of the non-profit group Friends of Pathways. This robust pathway system didn’t happen overnight,…

“I try not to think too much if something has been photographed before. I just want to do a better image than I have before.” // By Sofia McGulick Guillermo Esteves didn’t get into photography until 2012 when he moved to the U.S. (from Venezuela), and he didn’t get into landscape and wildlife photography until he moved to Jackson Hole in 2018. This past spring, one of the twenty-five images he submitted to London’s Natural History Museum’s annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was named one of four finalists—out of 49,000 images—for the People’s Choice Award. Since then, Esteves,…

We tested these so you don’t have to. // by lila edythe ORCA WALKER 20 TOTE What is it? A burly, waterproof, leakproof soft-sided tote cooler with a capacity of 20 liters and 50 pounds. What’s Cool? The Walker Tote is the exact perfect height to accommodate wine bottles. Also, it has a water-resistant dry bag front pocket, an oversize top zipper opening that allows easy access to the tote’s interior, and a removable padded shoulder strap. Not Cool? While this cooler’s construction can handle a 50-pound load, neither the magnetic split handle nor the shoulder strap make carrying that amount…

PHOTO BY KATHRYN ZIESIG // by Samantha Simma “When you call me that, smile!” adorned the front desk of the Virginian Lodge for years. It was an homage to the main protagonist of Owen Wister’s Western novel—and the proceeding television series—The Virginian, for which the hotel was named. It was serendipitous that the wife of the property’s developer and original owner, Glenn Napierskie, was named Virginia. Enthralled by its unparalleled hunting and fishing opportunities, Napierskie began visiting Jackson Hole from his hometown of San Diego, California, in the 1950s. (Two of his trophies—taxidermied big horn sheep—were displayed for years above…

PHOTO BY DINA MISHEV Introducing the Women of Wyoming to the World.   // By dina mishev What would you do if you had no limits? The great, great-granddaughter of Wyoming homesteaders, photographer Lindsay Linton Buk asked herself that question in 2014 and came up with the idea for Women in Wyoming, a multimedia project featuring portraits, profiles, and interviews of women across the state. Between 2016 and 2018, Buk, who grew up in Powell, photographed and interviewed twenty-two artists, politicians, ranchers, writers, business women, and community stewards like Casper’s Nimi McConigley, the first woman of color to run a…

PHOTO BY RYAN DORGAN Jackson’s mayor, whose full-time job is innkeeper, shares how the latter prepared her for the former, and why she enjoys both. In hospitality you learn how to let other people talk, and you listen to them. You’re often with people who have differing backgrounds and thoughts, and you want to make it so that you don’t have any fights over the breakfast table, especially since I’m one of the breakfast cooks! (Sara Trent and I come up with all the menus and make everything from breakfasts to baked goods.) As an innkeeper, I see myself bringing…

PHOTO BY BRADLY J. BONER The Evolution of a Ski Bum // interview By Maggie Theodora The summer after he graduated with a degree in history from Davidson College, in his home state of North Carolina, Reed Finlay worked on a dude ranch in Montana. At the end of that season, many of his co-workers were moving to Colorado to work at ski areas. “I liked the idea of working at a ski area, but I thought Colorado was too cliché,” Finlay says. “I decided I wanted to go to Wyoming.” Finlay got a job as a liftie working the Apres Vous…

PHOTO BY RYAN DORGAN Triangle X Celebrates Five Generations of Welcoming Guests  // By Jim Mahaffie In 1926, John S. and Maytie Turner bought a 160-acre homestead that included their favorite campsite in the valley, which had sweeping views of the Tetons. They immediately began building the main house, and they greeted their first guests—big game hunters—that fall. Today, the Turner’s Triangle X is the last dude ranch concession still operating in a U.S. national park. (This summer marks its ninety-fifth anniversary.) Despite the ranch’s longevity, the Turner family owned it for only three years. They’ve been leasing it since…

COURTESY PHOTO // By Maggie Theodora Rocky Vertone didn’t even know where Jackson Hole was, but he knew he needed to head there after he graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1991. “This was before the internet, and my buddy had a little Jackson Hole Ski Resort catalog,” he says. “I saw 4,139 vertical feet and a picture of the tram and was like, ‘Oh man, let’s go there.’” That October, Vertone, a native of New Jersey, packed up his Dodge Daytona and made the drive west. Somewhere in Kansas, his fifth gear blew out. “I drove from…