Early this morning Grand Targhee were reporting 2” and Jackson 4” and the predicted heavy snow late in the day and tonight made me think the pass might be difficult tomorrow so I decided to go to Jackson today. Add to that we can do more justice to a powder day at Grand Targhee than Jackson……
We had to make an early start because Teton Pass was due to close at 8am for avi mitigation. We arrived relatively early and found the Sweetwater gondola and Apres Vous chair started at 8.30am so we started that side. That was my intention anyway as Tom had his first day on skis since 2020. The lifts over there were ski on or less than 30 seconds wait and the snow was great. In fact I think the cover at Jackson is fantastic. It’s pretty much set up for the season in my amateur opinion.
We rode Casper and Teton and Apres Vous chairs. It’s like Tom last skied yesterday. Everyone was loving the soft turns. We then went to the other side of the mountain. We didn’t ride the tram as there was a wait and the only thing we would achieve that we couldn’t on the other chairs was Rendezvous bowl which we’ve skied before so we lapped Thunder and the new Sublet. The sun made an appearance and we quickly noticed the snow feel change as it was pretty warm. The limited north facing slopes that I was qualified for were night and day better than the ones facing the sun.
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This was at about 9.30am. No crowds.
^Tom on skis and better visibility today.
^The mountain looks pretty ready for more acreage to open after this next storm.
The longest line of the day at the new Sublet chair. Understandable as it serves a great variety of terrain for mere mortals like us or expert skiers of which there are quite obviously many at Jackson. (The most amount of gun skiers that I’ve observed anywhere on the planet?)
^Rendezvous Bowl looking covered. We didn’t ski it.
^The north facing short runs were lovely in the afternoon compared to the lumpy and sticky sun touched runs.
^Kylie took this pic of me with some nice snow under my skis. There were no crowds off the main blue marked thoroughfares in the afternoon.
^It started snowing as we left the parking lot. I’m from the sub tropical flat lands so will admit driving in snowy surfaces with some gradient is still a little stressful.
A side note. Tom is officially a snowboarder. He enjoys it more (for now). Emily is a bonafide skier. I’m so impressed with her ski ability as she has never had formal instruction. She skis steep stuff and messed up and bad snow with aplomb.
We had to make an early start because Teton Pass was due to close at 8am for avi mitigation. We arrived relatively early and found the Sweetwater gondola and Apres Vous chair started at 8.30am so we started that side. That was my intention anyway as Tom had his first day on skis since 2020. The lifts over there were ski on or less than 30 seconds wait and the snow was great. In fact I think the cover at Jackson is fantastic. It’s pretty much set up for the season in my amateur opinion.
We rode Casper and Teton and Apres Vous chairs. It’s like Tom last skied yesterday. Everyone was loving the soft turns. We then went to the other side of the mountain. We didn’t ride the tram as there was a wait and the only thing we would achieve that we couldn’t on the other chairs was Rendezvous bowl which we’ve skied before so we lapped Thunder and the new Sublet. The sun made an appearance and we quickly noticed the snow feel change as it was pretty warm. The limited north facing slopes that I was qualified for were night and day better than the ones facing the sun.
^
This was at about 9.30am. No crowds.
^Tom on skis and better visibility today.
^The mountain looks pretty ready for more acreage to open after this next storm.
The longest line of the day at the new Sublet chair. Understandable as it serves a great variety of terrain for mere mortals like us or expert skiers of which there are quite obviously many at Jackson. (The most amount of gun skiers that I’ve observed anywhere on the planet?)
^Rendezvous Bowl looking covered. We didn’t ski it.
^The north facing short runs were lovely in the afternoon compared to the lumpy and sticky sun touched runs.
^Kylie took this pic of me with some nice snow under my skis. There were no crowds off the main blue marked thoroughfares in the afternoon.
^It started snowing as we left the parking lot. I’m from the sub tropical flat lands so will admit driving in snowy surfaces with some gradient is still a little stressful.
A side note. Tom is officially a snowboarder. He enjoys it more (for now). Emily is a bonafide skier. I’m so impressed with her ski ability as she has never had formal instruction. She skis steep stuff and messed up and bad snow with aplomb.
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