Pre-race rituals at the Special Olympics Winter Games included putting on glitter and dancing to Taylor Swift with a well-known local DJ.
Recreation
Jay Pistono: Avalanches on Teton Pass Likely Skier-Triggered
On Thursday afternoon an avalanche off the Glory Bowl slide path deposited two to three feet of snow on the highway. The slide was roughly 150 feet wide....
Search and Rescue Volunteers Increasingly Investing More Hours to Become Expert Rescuers
Volunteers for Teton County Search and Rescue invested nearly 13,000 hours into the operation last year. That’s a 19% increase from 2018. But that spike...
Behind the Headline: ‘Retired Teton Rangers, Superintendent Leery of Heli Tours’
A plan to run helicopter tours out of Jackson Hole Airport has ruffled the feathers of dozens of community members. And it’s deja vu for some residents...
As Winter Approaches, All Eyes Turn Toward Rocky Mountain Snowpack
The West’s water security is wrapped up in snow. When it melts, it becomes drinking and irrigation water for millions throughout the region. A high...
New Film Highlights Uniting Force of Public Lands
If there is one thing that unites people in the West regardless of their background or political persuasion it’s public lands. Filmmaker Leigh...
Will First Lady Return to Washington with a Conservation Message?
Last week First Lady Melania Trump set her gaze on Jackson Hole. On Thursday she visited Jackson with plans to see Grand Teton and Yellowstone national...
Jackson Revealed: The JEDI Mind
How marginalized populations are reclaiming outdoor spaces and revising America’s white-dominated conservation legacy.
Rescue Season Underway in the Tetons
The snow and ice are melting from the jagged peaks of the Tetons. That means more people are climbing the area’s most technical routes. And each summer,...
