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Skiers Rescued from Closed Jackson Hole, WY Backcountry to Face Possible Federal Charges

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For three days last week backcountry access from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY was closed. Heavy snowfall resulted in high avalanche danger, and the resulting threat to the safety of skiers and rescuers meant Grand Teton National Park (GTNP) officials made the unprecedented request of the resort, who happily obliged. Related: Skiers Spent the Night in Jackson Hole, WY Backcountry After […]

SnowBrains | March 7, 2019
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Alphabet Training in Granite Canyon @ Jackson, WY

In mid-March of 2015, as a weekend of debauchery for my cousin to send him off into the wonderful world of marriage, we headed to Jackson Hole for a few days of riding. It is no surprise that Tahoe has been utterly horrendous for skiing this season, so any skiing destination outside of California seemed like a dream. Of course, as luck would have it, we brought the Tahoe weather to Jackson Hole. The mountain was in almost 100% spring skiing mode with almost no signs of wintery snow anywhere. That’s where Granite Canyon came into play…
I’ve been to Jackson many times in my lifetime[…]

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Casey Cane | June 5, 2015
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Jackson Hole Building Controversial New Chair: The Teton Lift

Jackson Hole will begin working on building a new lift this summer that will be ready for the 2014/16 ski season. The lift will be named the Teton lift and it will take skiers 1,600-vertical-feet and drop them off very near the entrance to Granite Canyon at the Northern boundary of the ski resort. Granite Canyon is within the Grand Teton National Park and it holds some killer terrain. Almost too […]

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SnowBrains | August 29, 2014
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