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Jessyca Valdez // Escrito por Lina Collado García Jessyca Valdez llegó por primera vez a Jackson en mayo de 2017 desde Toluca, México. Ella y su marido, Emmanuel, usaron todo su dinero para comprar unos boletos de ida a los Estados Unidos. “Nuestro objetivo principal era tener un techo seguro sobre nuestras cabezas y continuar con mis estudios universitarios en contabilidad y finanzas”, dice Valdez. El hermano de Emmanuel se había mudado a Jackson en el 2016. “Él primero nos habló sobre Jackson y nos pintó un panorama de encontrar un buen trabajo rodeado de la naturaleza y los animales”. La…

Teton Pass Parking // By Brigid Mander According to local backcountry skiing old timers—as in anyone who backcountry skied in the 1980s or earlier—the summit pull-out on Teton Pass was never crowded in winter. Because of the potential for avalanches, it wasn’t until April, maybe March, when warming temperatures made the snowpack more stable, that skiers ventured to this area. But, with improved ski-touring gear and avalanche-rescue equipment, this has changed. Today, five parking areas off of Wyoming Highway 22—only two of which are actual parking lots; the others are meant to be truck brake-check pullouts and/or snowplow turnarounds—that offer…

Good Reads // By jim mahaffie WESTERN LEGENDS  Give Your Heart to the Hawks Win Blevins  This past July, Win Blevins passed away after an extraordinary lifetime, during which he wrote nearly 40 fiction and nonfiction books about Western lore, Native American leaders, lifestyle, and spirituality. Give Your Heart to the Hawks is a tribute to mountain men; written more than 50 years ago, it recently returned to The New York Times bestseller list.  FOR KIDS (AND EVERYONE)   Fire Shapes the World  Joanna Cooke Fire is scary but also transformative and really cool when you learn more about it.…

Brandon Harrison  He grew up working at his family’s iconic hotel in downtown Jackson. But for the past four years, Harrison hasn’t been working at the Rusty Parrot, but on the Rusty Parrot. // By jim mahaffie Brandon Harrison has a huge personal investment in the Rusty Parrot Lodge & Spa, which was one of Jackson Hole’s first luxury boutique hotels when it opened in 1990. The property was conceived of by his father, Ron Harrison, and Brandon was a part-timer on the construction crew that built it. A freshman at Jackson Hole High School at the time, Harrison was…

Marc Hirschfield Marc Hirschfield’s first memories of Jackson Hole are of fly fishing on the Snake River.  // By Molly Absolon He was 6 years old. It was 1972, and the Hirschfield family—mom Berte, dad Alan, sister Laura, and brother Scott—were visiting from Westchester County, New York. They came to fish, float the Snake and camp along its banks, and stay at the Crescent H Ranch near Wilson. Today Crescent H Ranch is a subdivision, and the family’s favorite campsite—a special spot where they’d have fish fries on the beach—has been transformed into the Snake River Sporting Club. But these…