Conditions Report
Report from Saturday, February 21, 2026
As we stepped off the parking lot shuttle bus, we were immediately struck by the scale of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The top of Rendezvous Mountain soars over 4,000 vertical feet above the base area, and the whole ridgeline between Rendezvous and Apres Vous Mountain on the other side of the resort is filled with cliffs, bowls, glades, gullies, pretty much every type of ski terrain you could hope for.
As we made our first couple of runs on the Casper and Teton lifts, we realized that the powder-starved community of Jackson Hole had completed the storm to moguls transition throughout the resort faster than I’ve ever seen.
Today was going to be a clinic in big mountain bump skiing.Â
For the more adventurous skier, Jackson Hole’s vast terrain offers a chance to escape the crowds and achieve something unique at a ski area, solitude. It seems as though an entire small ski area could fit in the Hoback area or the Saratoga Bowl, located on either edge of the resort. Just a few turns into either one of these zones will leave the crowds behind and give the feeling of skiing in the backcountry.
After a brief stop in the base area to check the tram line and have a beer at The Tram Dock, we headed out for some more bump skiing in the Laramie Bowl and the Cheyenne Bowl. Both of these bowls offer a staggering number of chutes and cliffs, complete with tracks through lines and over airs that just don’t make sense to the average skier. There’s a reason why extreme skiing pioneer Doug Coombs decided to move to Jackson Hole.
We managed to load one of the last trams of the day, and though we missed out on the last call for waffles at Corbet’s Cabin, we were treated to stunning views of Grand Teton National Park. We started our top to bottom campaign with a run through the scenic Rendezvous Bowl, then down the ridgeline to the South Hoback, at the very edge of the resort. By the time I got to the Union Pass Traverse, it felt like the bumps were busting me rather than the other way around.
Our one day tour of Jackson Hole felt like we were just scratching the surface, with plenty more to explore. In the 60 years since the lifts started spinning, Jackson Hole has remained a pillar of extreme skiing in North America, and getting to experience some of the intensity of the mountain was a special feeling.
Thanks, Jackson Hole!
Weather and Snowpack
24 hour new snow: 0 inches
Season snowfall: 270 inches
Base depth: 67 inches
