Skiable area

2,500 acres

Beginner slopes

10

Elevation

10,450

Intermediate slopes

40

Peak

10,450

Advanced slopes

50

Mid

8,385

Expert slopes

10

Base

6,311

Longest run

4.50

Verticle drop

4,139

Ski trails

70

Cross country

Available

Snowboarding trails

70

Annual snowfall

402 inches

Total lifts

10

Snow making

Yes

Rope tows/T-Bars

0/0

Double chairs

2

Triple chairs

1

Handicap access

Yes

Quad chairs

2

Night skiing

No

High speed quad

1

Trams

1

Gondolas

1

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Snowboard Notes:

Skiers are also permitted in the Terrain Park(s).

There are 3 snowboard shop(s) within 10 miles. Clinics are available. Snowboard clinics offered 7 day(s) per week, 2 time(s) per day.

Join one of our professional instructors or alpine guides for a memorable experience. Whether you are a snowboarder, nordic or alpine skier, we cater to all age groups and ability levels. Improve your skills and experience the excitement this incredible mountain has to offer.

Ski School Notes

The Jackson Hole Nordic Center offers instruction and rentals of cross-country gear along with tours into Grand Teton National Park. A Nordic skier can glide along the base of the Tetons or skate on a network of 17 kilometers of groomed trails. Telemark gear and lessons are also available on the mountain and an instructor can take visitors into the neighboring back-country powder bowls. Naturalist guided full and half day tours are available. Skiers may exchange Alpine lift ticket for a free Nordic trail pass on the same day as purchase.

Getting There

Jackson Hole is located in western Wyoming near the Idaho border and about 40 miles south of Yellowstone National Park. The resort is twelve miles from the town of Jackson (the development at the base area is called Teton Village) and 250 miles north of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Area Information

There can be few more spectacular settings for a mountain resort than Wyoming's Jackson Hole, with the Teton mountains towering above. As thrilling as the view is, it only gets better when you and 62 other lucky souls board the aerial tram for the 12 minute ride to the top of Rendezvous Mountain.

Unlike most North American resorts, Jackson Hole is ready-made for free skiing. Trails have little meaning in the expanse of the resort's upper reaches. In this setting, skills count -- the high terrain at Jackson is best suited to advanced and expert skiers. Recent lift additions provide better access to the gentler slopes on the lower half of the mountain.

Because Jackson's base elevation is relatively low for the Rocky Mountains (6,311 feet, 1,924 meters), snow quality on the lower half of the mountain can be a problem. One solution is to spend a day or two at Grand Targhee, on the other side of the Teton mountain range.

Some lonely French-Canadian fur trappers named the Grand Tetons for their likeness to big breasts. Jackson Hole was originally named Jackson's Hole for Davey Jackson, a mountain man who trapped in the area during the late 1800's. "Hole" was a term used in that day to describe a high mountain valley.

A new high speed quad increases the uphill capacity on Apres Vous from 810 to 2000 people per hour and reduces the time it takes to reach the summit by half, from 10 minutes to five.

The backcountry terrain in Grand Teton National Park and Bridger Teton National Forest is some of the most spectacular and challenging terrain found anywhere in the United States. This winter, the Resort will keep the gates accessing the backcountry open to the general public throughout the winter season, adding another 2,500 acres of terrain.

Jackson Hole was named by the fur trappers and mountain men who inhabited this area in the early 1800's. A hole was the name for a high valley amid mountain ranges, and the valley here was trapper Davey Jackson's territory, hence it was originally named Jackson's Hole, and then later shortened to Jackson Hole. The town is called Jackson, while Jackson Hole is the name of the entire valley beginning at the south entrance of Yellowstone and running 60 miles south through Grand Teton National Park. Grand Teton National Park was created in 1929, and then greatly expanded in 1950 due to the determined efforts of John D. Rockefeller, who bought and then donated a great deal of the land that is under protection today. As the fame of this beautiful area grew, tourism gradually supplanted cattle ranching as the valley's economic base. Early residents built one of the first ski tows in the U.S. in 1939 on Snow King Mountain in town. In 1965, the Jackson Hole Ski Area in Teton Village opened, offering full resort facilities and some of America's best skiing terrain. Then, in 1969, Grand Targhee Ski Resort began operations on the western slope of the Tetons near the small community of Alta, Wyoming. The development of these three areas helped establish Jackson Hole as a world-renowned skiing center, as well as an unrivaled all-season recreational resort area. Jackson is the seat of Teton County and is its only incorporated town. While most of the community lives in the Jackson Hole area, a small percentage live in Alta. What is truly unique about Jackson Hole is that it is part of the largest undeveloped natural ecosystem in the temperate zones of the earth. Limited development has preserved the scenic beauty and wild lands which are home to an abundant array of wildlife. In fact, less than 3% of Teton County is privately owned; the other 97% is contained within Grand Teton National Park, the Bridger-Teton National Forest (the largest in the lower 48 states), and the National Elk Refuge. Jackson Hole Ski Resort has the greatest continuous vertical rise in the United States at 4,139 feet. Jackson Hole is also home to many accomplished ski ambassadors including Olympic Gold and Silver medallist Tommy Moe, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medallist Pepi Stiegler, and two-time World Extreme Champion Doug Coombs. Stiegler and Coombs are also available for private lessons or small, private group lessons through the Jackson Hole Ski School. Jackson Hole has ski runs suitable for skiers of all abilities. Beginners and intermediates will find plenty of terrain to suit their needs. Experts will be challenged by the 10,450-foot Rendezvous Peak that has a myriad of terrain and snow to offer.

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