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
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,...
Healing Veterans through ‘Shred Therapy’
Just before Cam Fields was finishing up his last military tour in Afghanistan, he learned that a distraught comrade had died by suicide. His...
Behind the Headline: ‘Social Media Did in Yellowstone Poachers’
The social media age has engendered a “look at me” trend. Some people can’t help but share their escapades and conquests with the virtual world, even...
‘Artifishal’ Captures Perils of Fragile Fish
Wild fish and the fragile environment that sustains them. That’s the subject of Artifishal, a new film by Patagonia screening at Center for the Arts...
Shifting Mountain Culture One ‘Babe’ at a Time
It is no secret that women and other marginalized groups face discrimination and microaggressions in the world of outdoor sports. Inequity in that arena...
Jackson Revealed: The Snow King Saga
What makes Snow King, Jackson's storied Town Hill, unique? Skye Schell, executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and Ryan Stanley,...
King Spring Grooming Stirs Buzz
One day last spring after Snow King had closed for the season, Brenton Reagan decided he needed some exercise, for his wife was on a ski expedition and...
Behind the Headline: ‘Life, Death and PTSD as a Ranger in the Tetons’
Illustration: Peter Strain/Outside Online In recent weeks a heated, long-running debate about personal responsibility in the mountains shot to the...
