Alta, WY – Ski demos, clinics, costumes, parties and a mini huck contest await participants in the Fifth Annual Targhee Telemark Festival at Wyoming’s Grand Targhee Resort Friday, March 4 through Monday, March 7.n“Grand Targhee Resort is a well-known haven for telemark skiers, offering consistent powder turns and fall lines, open bowls, steeps, cruisers and trees,” said Mark Hanson. “The Targhee Telemark Festival celebrates a long tradition of telemark skiing at Grand Targhee and draws a fun and festive crowd every year.”

The latest telemark skis will be available for demo daily starting Saturday at 8:00 a.m. on the Main Plaza.
Friday, March 4th kicks off the festival with discounted lift tickets at $40 and pre-registration for the weekend’s festivities at Ski School from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

On Saturday, March 5th coffee and breakfast goodies will be served up during registration at 8:15 a.m. in RCR North before the telemark clinics head out on to the hill from 9:00 a.m. until noon and again at 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Screen Door Porch will play après at the Trap Bar, and Black Diamond Equipment will sponsor a beacon demo and search competition.

In addition to telemark clinics on Sunday, March 6 the signature “disco turns” competition will be held at 1:00 p.m. with the mini-tele-huckfest to follow at 3:30 p.m. Those with the best reggae-inspired costumes will be awarded with prizes, and the wrap party and prize drawing will start at 4:00 p.m. on the Trap Bar deck. The final day of the festival, Monday, March 7th features a 9:00 a.m. trip into the backcountry for intermediate and advanced skiers with Yostmark Backcountry Tours.

Discounted $40 lift tickets are available to all registered participants through the festival and registration is required. For more information and registration visit the events page on www.grandtarghee.com or call Targhee’s Ski School at (307)353-2300 x1352.