Jackson
Hole Resort
 5 year average: 500+ inches of snow per year! Located in Teton
Village, just fifteen minutes from the town of Jackson, Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort is the place to be. World famous for its deep powder
and expert terrain, the world's finest skiers find new challenges and
ideal conditions here. Two on-mountain restaurants and four more at
the base of the mountain cater to the hungry skier and three area bars
provide pleasant after-ski entertainment.
Featuring 22 miles of
groomed trails. The highest elevation is 10,450 feet above sea level
and drops 4139 continual feet to the base. Over seventy amazing
slopes, 2500 inbound acres (50% advanced or expert) and thousands more
backcountry acres open all season long. Eight lifts, a convenient
gondola, and an enormous tram make this resort efficient and exciting.
Whether you're an eagerly improving novice or an adrenalin-rush
extremist, skiers and snowboarders alike will find themselves breaking
new thresholds.
Jackson Hole Mountain
Resort is only twelve miles from the town of Jackson and serviced by
the Public Start Bus system which makes regularly scheduled stops
throughout the day.
Snow
King
 Nestled into the foothills of
the Gros Ventre mountains, Snow King Ski Area boasts of the
steepest lift-fed slopes in the world. Located at the south edge
of the Town of Jackson, it is only ½ mile from the town's main
shopping and dining district. Snow King is open for both day and night
skiing and offers 110 acres of reliable snow conditions fed by one
triple and two double chairlifts.
Built in 1939, it is the first ski area in the state of Wyoming and
one of the first anywhere in the United States. It offers guided tours
of the back country and down the back side of the mountain. Snow
King's Great American Ski School is well known for it's personal
teaching programs for skiers of all levels. There is also a snowboard
park with a halfpipe as well as a tubing park, which provides hours of
fun for all ages. In the summer months, take a speed cart down Snow
King's Alpine Slide, an adrenalin rush for the whole family.
Grand
Targhee
 Grand Targhee is located in the Targhee National Forest
at 8,000 feet in the high country of the Tetons and it takes an
effort to get to. Famous for its elbow room and consistently superb
ski snow conditions that produces more than 500 inches of snow a year,
Targhee has two mountains to choose from. Fred's Mountain is served by
one high-speed detachable quad, one fixed grip quad, one double chair
and one Mighty Mite surface tow. It offers 2,200 vertical feet and
1,500 skiable acres. This mountain is predominantly intermediate to
advanced intermediate. Peaked Mountain is reserved for snowcat skiing.
There are 1,500 acres to ski, 2,800 feet of vertical lift, unsurpassed
scenery and snow conditions. New capital improvements for the 1998/99
season include the installation of a state-of-the-art wastewater
treatment system and the development of Grand Targhee Property
Management Company adding additional off-site beds to Targhee's
lodging capacity. Targhee also introduces a new snowtubing park at the
base of the beginner's area, and an ice skating rink. Targhee's ski
school unveils the Buddy Program this year, where guests can earn
complimentary lift tickets simply by introducing a new or beginner
skier to the resort via a special learn-to-ski package, which include
lift ticket, lesson and rentals.
*Photos courtesy of
Jackson Hole
Mountain Resort,
Snow King Resort,
and Grand
Targhee Ski Area.
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