The Grand Teton as seen from atop Renezvous Peak. Weather: The nearest clouds are in central North Dakota and about 200 miles offshore from Los Angeles. Jackson Hole news links: An impassioned plea for pathway connector from Teton Village to Grand Teton National Park from the father of a girl killed by an inattentive driver, someone worth listening to. This year’s snowpack in and around Jackson...
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A frozen sagebrush bush on a recent clear, crisp western Wyoming morning. Weather: Still high, dry. Rinse, repeat. Jackson Hole news links: Jarad Spackman, my colleague at Jackson Hole Sotheby’s, remembered by Rock and Ice as a top mountaineer that passed in 2013. RIP, Jarad. You are missed. If you can ski like Tommy Moe, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort prefers you do not. Still safety month out there...
Weather: Big Ben, Parliament ... same old, same old blues skies and alpenglow with this super stubborn high pressure squatting on northwest Wyoming. Jackson Hole links without stinks: From inside the white room. Riveting first person account of surviving a huge avalanche in the Tetons by Jackson resident Jimmy Chin. Your must read of the day, trust me. Jackson Hole High School ranked No. 1 in Wyoming...
Mount Glory and the southern end of the Teton Range as seen from a home on West Gros Ventre Butte. Weather: It's not exactly a January thaw, but temps are mild lately (20s) with lots of blue, blue sky. Jackson Hole news links: Hunters harvested 234 bison during this winter’s hunt, nearly a third of the Jackson Hole herd that is considered overpopulated. More than 300,000 passengers were served by...