Jackson Hole Report Thread

[Timeless]

 

first trip out west? what great timing. start saving up for next year!

 

There's still time this year....

[ectobar]

I'm headed out to JH next week. So stoked.

 

Any place to get some discount lift tickets? I believe you guys mentioned central reservations before. I looked into that, and its cheaper but not by all that much.

 

And how about a guide or tour, anyone have any experience doing either of those. I'll be scouring the threads for some info this week, but we were still considering getting a tour guide for a day to hopefully keep me from hucking off the wrong cliff.

 

We ended up getting a room in the hostel fyi. So I'll let you know how that goes. You guys all made it seem like staying in Jackson was the way to go, and I agreed, but the lure of walking to the lift was too much so I wasn't able to swing the vote.

[ectobar]

There are no discount lift tickets available at Jackson Hole..inbounds all cliff areas are well marked. Guides go for about $600 a day..they have received 11 feet of snow in the past 4 weeks..you are gonna have a great time. Be sure to post reports and take lots of pictures!!!

 

$600, ouch. I'm definitely not that baller. Thats kinda what I thought about the tickets though, the people I'm going with have been surfing/making calls all day and coming up empty.

[AngryHugo]

Guides are a bit cheaper if you have a group, but they are still going to be pricey. I ordered my tickets online ahead of time off the JHMR website and saved a few bucks that way. There is still plenty of stuff in bounds that'll get you stoked.

[ectobar]

Here is pricing for guides..wicked expensive..

 

http://www.jacksonhole.com/lessons-guides/backcountry-guides/guided-backcountry-tour.html

 

Lift tickets through Central reservations are cheaper than on www.jacksonhole.com or at the ticket window. When are you leaving fore JHOLE???

 

Headed out Sat morning. Riding Sun-Sat, come home Sun. Can't wait.

[ectobar]

I'm going to get 7 days of riding in Jackson. Thoughts on hitting Targhee for a day? Worth it? Trail map looks legit as well as snow fall. I thought it might be cool to hit it mid week to mix things up.

[NazarethSkier]

Jackson Hole

[AtomicSkier]

Jackson Hole

 

Leave Becky at home and come to JH with us!

[NazarethSkier]

JH has to much exposure. I am sticking to shawnee and bear creek this year.

[AtomicSkier]

JH has to much exposure. I am sticking to shawnee and bear creek this year.

 

Hater.

[NazarethSkier]

Realist.

[sibhusky]

JH has to much exposure. I am sticking to shawnee and bear creek this year.

 

Sunwise? Popular magazine-wise? Huh?

[sibhusky]

I always use the stats for Camelback (10-12,000 on 125 acres) compared to a "record" day here of 7,000 on 3000 acres. The "record day" would mean a foot or more of fresh on a major holiday, so we rarely hit that.

 

Whitefish Mountain had more than 7,000 skier visits on Dec. 29, just 23 fewer than the resort's all-time record day in 1994, when buses from Canada were still filling the parking lots.

 

So, "all time record" was set back in 1994 and still stands.

[toast21602]

The least crowded place I've ever visited in terms of skiers per acre was Big Sky Montana and I'm sure Whitefish/The Big Mountain is just as empty except for a couple holiday weeks when the people with the big houses fly in from the west coast...lots of high speed lifts and no people is what it's all about..aside from huge powder days..Jackson Hole is pretty quiet but I've never been there during the Holidays..like most places they probably do 80 percent of their visits on 20 percent of their days..

 

At a place like Blue or Camelback you really use every acre of terrain weaving the noodle and passing people on the side of the trail...mariokart clusterfuclk madness..Sib u are lucky to live in the Rockies!!!

 

i just want to say thank you for spelling 'mariokart' correctly. many people do not.

[sibhusky]

Average number of skiers at Big Sky on any given day is said to be 2000. I can't find published averages for us, but for last year here if I divide the visits by the days open, it was about the same. We have a much much higher number of locals and they have a much higher % of out of state traffic, so it balances out.

[NazarethSkier]

I'm cool like dat...anyway it's fun re-reading through this thread..I'm only up to like page 9 so far..out of 30..

 

It's a great thread. Did this thread make the top 5 most replied threads of 2010? Is there antop 5 list available?

[AtomicSkier]

this dinner was excellent...and pretty good wine.

 

[AngryHugo]

I hope me, Atomic Jeff and AngryHugo get complimentary huckleberry infused champagne if we tip 20%...

can I substitute a scotch?

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

GSS took lots of video today. Quality over quantity...not in the GSS iPhone handbook. Fun day today...hoping for edge deep powder tomorrow AM.

Truth

Keep the info coming...I am hoping to say.."You should be here next week"

Truth

You guys were there a week early, it was killer this week.

Fact

A tranny is just a woman with an asterisk.

Hmmmm

i just want to say thank you for spelling 'mariokart' correctly. many people do not.

Your welcome and anytime!!!