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Jackson Hole Downhill One of the country’s last community downhill ski races returns this year on a course that’s fast, twisty, and open to anyone—skin suit and race skis not required. // By Mark Baker It’s fast and formidable, and the fat-baggers like the Jackson Hole Downhill. But anyone who skied it every March will never forget the original course on Snow King, the ski area just five blocks from Jackson’s Town Square. Local and regional racers last flew down the Town Downhill course in 2019. A year later, the race was moved from Snow King to Jackson Hole Mountain…

// By jim mahaffie ANIMAL RESCUE STORIES  Will Take You Home: One Woman’s Obsession to Save Them All Rebecca Cupcake Tinnes  More than 20 years ago, the author discovered a nearby high-kill animal shelter, and then founded the nonprofit Animal Adoption Center, a no-kill shelter, in Jackson Hole. Her collection of rescue stories is hilarious, enlightening, and deeply meaningful for anyone who loves animals and wants to help them.  FOR YOUR COFFEE TABLEAngle of Repose  Greg Von Doersten Jackson-based photographer Von Doersten, known locally as “GVD,” has been on assignment around the world for clients ranging from The New York Times to…

Hats In these parts, hats come in all shapes and sizes. Find your perfect fit.  // By Samantha Simma Encounter Hat Co. Custom Felt Hats What is it?In a rainbow of colors, Encounter Hat Co. leans into the option of making a statement out of your headpiece. Their flat-brimmed felt hats are custom shaped and molded, and then Westernized with hatbands, beading, stitching, and feathers. Strengths Your experience with Encounter Hat Co. isn’t complete without the fitting session, which ensures your hat stays steady and secure on your head, even during planned or impromptu dance parties. Weaknesses The lack of versatility in terms of…

Read These // by Jim Mahaffie GRAPHIC NOVELLA  The Ski Town Fairytale Sam Morse & Ryan Stolp Burnt-out vet student Sophie follows a dream to stop “adulting” and move to Jackson to live the life and ski bottomless powder. She quickly bumps into some harsh realities. Stolp is creator of the “Lift Lines” comic, which appears in the JacksonHole Daily. Morse is an editor-at-large for Teton Gravity Research. PHOTO COLLECTION  There and Back: Photographs from the Edge  Jimmy Chin This is the Wilson-based adventure photographer, filmmaker, and mountaineer’s first collection, with more than 200 amazing pictures of people, places, and…

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 can only be called an epic World Cup season. She placed third in four consecutive World Cup downhill races—at Val d’Isère (two races), St. Anton, and Crans-Montana. Johnson was only the fourth American woman to do this (the other three are Lindsey Vonn, Julia Mancuso, and Picabo Street, who all happen to also be Olympic gold medalists). Johnson, who turns…

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 My Dance Moves Make Your Day” McLaurin, who has Down syndrome, stationed himself on the southwest corner of the square, the busiest (and the one on which the town’s webcam is focused) on March 31, 2020 and started dancing. “That’s my favorite corner to dance because it’s the corner with the most people and cars,” he says. Wearing black Bose…

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 Mountain Resort, Nancy Leon got even deeper into skiing. Fifty-eight at the time, Leon was a lifelong downhill skier who had dabbled in Nordic skiing. Post-ACL tear, Nordic skiing was a cruical part of her recovery. “My ACL was hanging on by a thread, and the doctor said I didn’t have to get it repaired. He recommended physical therapy instead,”…

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 Lester Lee to paint and carve three of these signs. (Lee modeled the signs’ cowboy silhouette on Harry Clissold, who was a Jackson town councilman and then Jackson’s mayor from 1934 to 1965.) To welcome people entering the valley from the west, a sign was erected at the top of Teton Pass. Travelers from the east found a sign on…

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 charged founding. Writers include naturalists, environmentalists, and diarists, with stories of mountain climbs, fishing and hunting, Native American legends, and more.  LOCAL SATIREI Can Ski Forever:A Modern-Day Jackson Hole Epic  By Andrew Munz In this collection of satirical skits, songs, and scenes from his popular shows in Jackson, local writer and actor Andrew Munz documents life in our ski town.…

// 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…