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A Gros Ventre Escape For nearly 125 years, Flat Creek Ranch has voffered a hidden retreat. // By Jim Stanford Farney Cole didn’t hear a twig snap. As he bent down to dismantle a beaver dam that was inundating a hay meadow on upper Flat Creek in August 1944, the first indication of trouble was the scratch of claws on his neck. A sow black bear attacked him, slapping and biting him on the shoulders as he fell to the ground. Later estimated to weigh 600 pounds, the bear had two cubs and had been frequenting the ranch for several…

Dawn Pruett This year, the president of the Bank of Jackson Hole is becoming a grandmother and taking up golf while continuing to help her staff and the Jackson Hole community reach their potential. // By Jennifer Dorsey For Dawn Pruett, 2022 was a big year. She was promoted to president of Bank of Jackson Hole—making her one of only a few female bank presidents in Wyoming—and then went through the bank’s acquisition by National Bank Holdings Corporation. This year’s big news for Pruett is of the personal kind: The 52-year-old Green River, Wyoming, native is going to become a…

John Griber He’s a pioneering snowboard athlete and Emmy Award- winning cinematographer, but John Griber is most proud of the simple life he’s built here in Jackson Hole.   // by Bevin Wallace John Griber has experienced all the adrenaline and drama that come with a lifetime of high-mountain expeditions and extreme sports, but these days he most appreciates the downtime he has in Jackson Hole with his wife and son. “We just love being in our surroundings and appreciating where we live,” Griber says about the family’s five-acre spot up in Game Creek, just south of Jackson. “It’s gorgeous…

Gabe Wilson Wilson’s parents made him travel before he committed to becoming the fifth generation to work Teton Valley’s Double Diamond Bar Ranch.  // By Molly Absolon Gabe Wilson and his sisters—in middle and elementary school at the time—hooked two cream-colored draft horses to a sleigh full of hay, and, in the dark, headed up the hillside behind their barn in Alta, on the western side of the Tetons. The blueish-white snow reflected enough starlight to allow them to see sheep scattered around the fields. Gabe drove, while his sisters tossed hay to the animals.  By the time the Wilson…

Bridges to the Past Astoria and Swinging Bridges have more than a century of history. // By Jim Stanford On Feb. 21, 1922, at a ceremony attended by a host of local dignitaries, Jean Pierson, wife of project engineer J.E. Pierson, drove the last spike in the newly completed Jackson-Wilson Bridge over the Snake River. The Jackson’s Hole Courier called the occasion “one of the most important events in the history of Jackson’s Hole.” At 657 feet, the five-span truss bridge was by far the longest in the state, and its completion marked the end of a difficult struggle to…

Day Packs We tested these so you don’t have to. // Dina Mishev EAGLE CREEK GEAR WARRIOR CONVERTIBLE 21.75” CARRY ON BACKPACK What is it? A wheeled, carry-on-sized bag that converts to a backpack and has a removable daypack.  Strengths Full disclosure: This bag is so popular it’s backordered until August, so we haven’t tested it ourselves. But, we know we’ll love being able to put the 37-liter bag in the overhead bin and the 17-liter daypack beneath the seat in front of us, and then use it on mountain adventures. Weaknesses It is backordered until August. Best for Frequent travelers looking for one…

Backpacking Essential gear to make your backpacking adventure a success. // by Dina Mishev All other overnight backpacks have been dead to us since we first encountered Arc’teryx’s RotoGlide hipbelt; it swivels as your hips move (lock it out if you want). The Bora 65 has this hipbelt and enough space and external pockets to hold and organize everything you need for a trip up to a week long. $320, arcteryx.com Chaco Bohdis are perfect for water crossings and hanging out at camp. A minimalist take on the brand’s iconic Z sandals, they’re 50 percent lighter but every bit as…

Tom Turiano // by dina mishev Tom Turiano moved to Jackson Hole in 1985. His first job was teaching skiing at Snow King Ski Area, but, a mountaineer since age 15, he soon started guiding for Exum Mountain Guides. He spent days off “wandering the backcountry on foot and on skis,” he says. Turiano estimates he has summited “perhaps 2,500” mountains in his life, with as many as 500 of these being unique peaks. A lover of history, Turiano combined his interests in his first book in 1995, Teton Skiing: A History and Guide. The 221-page book was the most…

Good Reads // By Jim Mahaffie SMART READ The Brain Health Kitchen: Preventing Alzheimer’s Through Food Annie Fenn, MD After her mother was diagnosed with dementia, local resident Dr. Fenn left her ob/gyn medical practice and founded the Brain Health Kitchen, a cooking school focused on brain health and helping people prevent cognitive decline through their food and lifestyle choices. Her new book shows how brain-smart ingredients are accessible, delicious, and necessary, with recipes that incorporate brain-healthy foods into every meal of the day. PERSONAL CHALLENGE Higher Love: Climbing and Skiing the Seven Summits Kit DesLauriers Her personal quest was to climb and then…

Nikki Gill This fifth-generation rancher works to keep Jackson’s ranching legacy and small town character alive, one burger, steak, and shake at a time. // By Sofia McGulick When Nikki Gill’s father, Robert Gill, was growing up, there were about 70 working cow-calf operations in Jackson Hole. Today there are five, including the Gill family’s Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch, which was founded by Gill’s great grandfather, Bruce Porter, in the late 1920s and which Gill has worked since she was a kid. Now 35-years-old, she still helps out on the ranch during busy times like branding, but she is most…

The Perfect Fly Cast A “good fly cast” will catch a trout. A “great fly cast” travels an adequate distance and will catch a trout. A “perfect fly cast” sails aerodynamically, lands precisely, and makes catching trout very enjoyable. // By Paul Bruun To deliver a trout fly accurately, a pair of nearly identical, linked fly rod casting motions are necessary. These are the backcast and the forward cast. A fly cast differs in one way from the formidable rotational bat, racquet, and club swings other recreations emphasize: The best casts result from a defined rod stoppage to punctuate both…