Yesterday evening a friend mentioned she had received three emails from Grand Targhee announcing the resort had picked up a foot of snow yesterday! I checked my inbox and I too had received three of the same emails. I already knew how good the skiing was during the day yesterday with nice light boot deep [...]

The promised snowstorm delivered a much needed blanket of snow to the Teton Range this weekend, not enough to provide “go anywhere” skiing, but enough to allow Grand Targhee to successfully open at least the more northerly facing aspects of its main mountain. My off snow life is still pretty hectic so I waited until [...]

Yesterday the National Weather Service posted a Winter Storm Warning for the Tetons. Often, I think they do that to protect their butts, not wanting to get called out for missing a snowstorm that causes accidents, closures,  and economic losses. They’d rather err on the side of caution since most people will be happy if  [...]

Yesterday, I couldn’t resist the lure of a day old snowfall covering the Tetons and a bright sunny morning. I decided to do the long trudge up South Leigh Canyon to reach Beard Mountain and its gorgeous powder fields. From the parking area to the base of the mountains it’s a 2-1/2 to 3 miles [...]

This morning’s snow reports are encouraging: Jackson says they picked up 3″-5″ of snow after closing yesterday making for 6″-10″ in the past 24 hours. Grand Targhee is reporting 3″ since the lifts closed and 8″ in the past 24 hours. Further north of here, even snow starved Big Sky and Bridger have picked up [...]

A fast moving weather system slammed into the Tetons yesterday afternoon dumping more than a half foot of snow- maybe more, but the high winds tossed the excess off to the Dakotas. Paying more attention to the total 24 hour accumulation figures of 7-8 inches posted on the Targhee and Jackson snow reports, than to [...]

The great and grand Tetons raked out another helping of powder from the skies last night and this morning’s snow reports on both sides of the range promised 5″ of new snow for those of us willing to take their word for it. We did. And, as usual, we found places where the snow was [...]

At least a week has past since we’ve gotten any new snow here in the Tetons. So I’ve been soaking up the Vitamin D while enjoying superb classic nordic skiing in the sun’s warm glow. Happily, the air temps have stayed cool enough so the snow isn’t melting appreciably.  After decades of putzing about on [...]

When its time to put your money where your mouth is, that’s when we learn who the real skiers are.
Here in the Tetons, the tourism gurus are forecasting about a 25% drop off in winter visitors (skiers) this winter. Recently I read that advanced bookings at Vail are down 23%. In Aspen, management must be [...]