This past week Mark and I and Paul and Brooke took a vacation to Jackson, WY to hit up Jackson Hole ski resort. We watch a lot of Warren Miller flicks, and the bonus, other than getting to see some crazy skiing and snowboarding, is that they give you a little insight into tons of different ski places around the country and the world. Jackson Hole had shown up a few times, and we had always heard amazing things about it, so we were pumped to finally get over there to check it out for ourselves. We had a blast! We got to ski/ride one day at Grand Targhee [tar-GEE] in Alta, WY [even though you can only get there via Idaho], go snowshoeing near Yellowstone National Park [they close the roads in the winter so you have to park about two miles short of the park and walk or snowcat in during the winter], and spend a couple days on the slopes at Jackson Hole. The only thing that could have made the week better would be not having everyone but me get sick at some point, and possibly a little fresh snow. Apparently we hit the longest window of snowlessness they'd had yet. Oh well...can't complain too much. It was still a great week!
Our drive took us up and over the Continental Divide.
Mark and Jess with the Tetons peaking over the horizon behind us.
Brooke and Paul with the Tetons in view.
The Tetons...Grand Teton is the one kind of in the middle that sticks up the highest. Middle Teton and South Teton are the two points to the left of the Grand. We had no snow the whole time we were there and the skies were cloudless giving us amazing views!
The view from Teton Pass. I think the mountains look painted!
Snowshoeing...we were attempting to find some hot springs, but the directions we were given were pretty vague, and we never did get there...it was a great afternoon anyway...so beautiful!
The only wildlife we saw while snowshoeing was this moose. It was pretty cool, although he was leary of us and kept an eye on us until we were out of sight.
I love snow! It creates some of the coolest formations!
This is a lot of snow! I just fell in love with the snow blankets and random formations we saw all over the place out there.
The view from the top of Apres Vous Mtn at Jackson Hole.
We saw tons of paragliders while we were skiing at Jackson Hole. They would kind of hover on top of the mountain and eventually land in a field next to the parking lot at the resort.
Once again...that's a lot of snow. Jackson Hole has already had between 350-450 inches of snow this year!
Brooke learned to snowboard this week...she did awesome! By the end of day three she was working her way down some of the blue runs at Jackson Hole!
3 comments:
LOVED these pix... sharon and I will be there this July--doing the Wind River Range... stopping at Jackson at the end... Ahhhhhhhhh. Love it!
wow jess, I love your pictures, especually the one of the houses with the cool snow formations. It looks like it was a beautiful day for you guys. :)
hello, just wanted to tell you guys that I met Mark's parents at church on Sat. night and definately see the resemblence.(is that how I spell that?) :)
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