When Mikey Franco traveled to Japan in 2010, he had hoped to spend his days snowboarding through Niseko’s legendary powder. But a back injury sidelined him and he could barely walk when he arrived. Snowboarding powder was unthinkable. He was traveling for snowboard company Burton, and his colleagues decided to take him to a
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Rich Rinaldi has a message for skiers who think the Teton backcountry is too crowded: “If you’re willing to get up early and you’re motivated, you can still be ahead of the pack,” he says. Rinaldi should know. He has been in the Teton Valley, Idaho, ski industry for more than two decades. He
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If you ask Jim “Slim” Wilson what he does, you’re bound to hear an assortment of vocations and skill sets. What might lead to a better answer, however, is asking, “What don’t you do?” A professional ski instructor, talented musician, dancing aficionado, ski patroller, U.S. Army veteran, postal worker, locksmith—the list goes on and
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When Jessica Milligan came to the Tetons from New York in 1996, she began working as Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s retail director. She is now the resort’s vice president and chief of product sales and services. “The resort looked a lot different then,” Milligan says. “We operated out of a multipurpose room in a
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Last winter was one for the record books. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort’s 2016-2017 season finished with 593 inches of snow in Rendezvous Bowl—marking the deepest amount on snowfall recorded there in the resort’s 51-year history. That’s over 49 feet of snow. All that powder is bringing skiers and snowboarders to the resort in droves.
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Jackson Hole is a winter-lover’s paradise. Any visitor will find more to do here than they can possibly fit into a single trip. Here are 10 of our favorite winter activities to get a running start of your vacation. 1. SKI JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT There’s a reason Jackson Hole is frequently listed as
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Japanese for artisan—more than a craft or technical skill-set; something completed with attitude and passion for the well-being of all. Last year, my wife and I embarked on a journey involving no travel: we lived in a trailer for 14 months while we gutted and remodeled an original 1940s log cabin. A longtime local
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Ashley Ost and Grace Peck didn’t realize what would transpire from a casual happy hour chat over margaritas at Pica’s Taqueria a little over two years ago. But the realization of their aligning passions and career ambitions sparker a fire that quickly spread. Why not use their love of art and creativity, along with
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If you overheat bronze, it can fall apart under the hammer. It needs to stay between 850 and 1250 degrees Fahrenheit, and hitting that sweet spot takes Terry Chambers’ full concentration. He also works with stainless steel and, if that gets too hot, the chrome cooks out of it, The chrome gives it the
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What does it take to turn raw materials into something exceptional? This issue of JHStyle is dedicated to exploring the world of artisans and craftspeople who spend their days transforming, crafting, and creating. We profile metal artist Ben Roth, whose work defies gravity. But working with challenging materials is nothing new for Roth, who
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Fresh out of college with visions of ski-bumming around the Lake Tahoe in her head, Jennie White applied to work at California’s Sugar Bowl Resort and was hired on the spot. She started out as a snow reporter before becoming the marketing and sales manager at the resort. This path would lead her to
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Making radiology a bit more visible and patient-oriented is the name of the game at Jackson Hole Medical Imaging in St. John’s Medical Center’s radiology department. And for Radiologist Robert Jones, that’s a welcomed change. At St. John’s, Jones and his radiologist colleagues are often able to personally visit patients to share their X-ray
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Whether hiking the trails of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in the summer, or carving turns down the slopes when the flakes are flying, it’s easy to develop a deep appreciation for the resort’s pristine mountain environment. And it’s not surprising that those operating the world-class resort are ecologically sensitive people who work diligently to
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Today, Igneous Skis turns custom skis and snowboards out in its Gregory Lane facility. But in the late ‘90s, when Michael Parris took a brief break from his work at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, Igneous Skis was a new idea taking shape in a garage, and the company was just starting to push
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Maya Crothers thoughts she was retiring when she moved to Jackson 10 years ago from Dallas. She’d earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan at Dearborn and worked for a company that sold large power plants to other countries before getting her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania. Then, she
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Whether it’s a custom dining set, stylish sofa, or outdoor furnishings, if you can dream is, The Rusty Nail can make it happen. The custom furniture and interior design business in Driggs, Idaho, has produced hundreds of beds, dressers, coffee tables, and even complete home remodels. “We start with an empty space and collaborate
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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY “A hand up, not a hand out” is the motto of Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area. Over the past two decades, the nonprofit has built over 30 Teton County homes. To participate, potential homeowners have to earn less than 80 percent of the county’s median income, pass a rigorous
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Just two miles outside Grand Teton National Park’s boundary, the National Museum of Wildlife Art perches atop east Gros Ventre Butte, overlooking the expansive 25,000 acre Nation Elk Refuge. The museum attracts visitors drawn to its collection of over 5,000 works of wildlife art, unparalleled views of the refuge, and astonishing architecture. And as
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At any one time, dozens of studies can be underway in Grand Teton National Park on topics ranging from climate change’s effect on glaciers, to American bullfrogs, pathway use, grizzlies, ancient culture, bighorn sheep, and even the park’s fire history. Researchers come from universities, a variety of agencies, and some are employed by the
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Jim Woodmencey is unassuming and kind, order and Arnold Palmer instead of a dry martini, and wears a Stio puffy instead of a tailored suit, but he is Jackson’s own James Bond of weather forcasting. When he’s not updating his MountainWeather.com website at 4 a.m. each morning, predicting avalanche conditions for heli-ski operations, or
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Medical researcher Paul Cox has enough degrees and accolades to collapse the walls of a very sturdy office. It’s probably a good thing his is a stout yet unassuming cabin on Jackson’s East side. He’s been honored by President Ronald Reagan and the king of Sweden, celebrated by Time magazine as one of 11
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Mark Gocke