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skimming o’ the pond Sunday
For a second straight year, Snow King’s annual Pond Skimming Party falls on St. Patrick’s Day. And while the recent spring weather would have been ideal, perhaps even filling the pool, the snowstorm...
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April snowier than January
Road sign on Pearl Avenue during last week’s 20-degree weather. With 9 inches of snow reported yesterday and more falling today, April already has surpassed January for snowfall in the Tetons, as a...
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new features for avalanche forecast
Nov. 10 slide on Jackson Peak. The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center began issuing forecasts several weeks early this year, good timing given considerable snowfall and two avalanches (here and here)...
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powder, sunshine for Targhee opening
Frederick Reimers carves a north-facing stash above the Blackfoot lift. Grand Targhee couldn’t have scripted a much better opening for its 45th season. A huge crowd from Wyoming and eastern Idaho...
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Jackson Hole to offer day of free skiing
Tram worker Mark Hannon captured this image on Oct. 29, when Jackson Hole Mountain Resort already was looking pretty wintry. Click to enlarge. After sweeping up accolades from national publications,...
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avalanche kills skier on Pucker Face
Crown of the avalanche on Pucker Face. Click to enlarge. A massive avalanche on a cliff face killed skier Mike Kazanjy today just south of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Kazanjy, 29, who recently came...
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Chasing Ice screening at Walk Hall
Staffers at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort have organized an inaugural Eco Night on Thursday, featuring a screening of the acclaimed documentary Chasing Ice. Chasing Ice is photographer Jim Balog‘s...
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massive Beaver slide
Beaver Mountain in Hoback Canyon. What, you were expecting this? While many people were oohing and aahing about a slow-mo wet slide that oozed into an Italian village, a cataclysmic avalanche occurred...
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in memoriam: Slim Weston
Leon “Slim” Weston Leon “Slim” Weston, the iconic cowboy lifty who greeted skiers at Grand Targhee for 45 winters, died last night after a battle with cancer. He was 72 years old. Weston’s smile,...
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February snowfall just shy of record
Jess McMillan gets a faceful during this month’s near-record snowfall. With 7 inches of new snow measured this morning in Rendezvous Bowl, February 2014 will go down as the second-snowiest February...
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