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Fat biking update from Teton Mtn Bike Tours
Dave Hunger, Teton Mountain Bike Tours, has been out riding, leading tours. Trails are generally in good condition, with a wide selection, either snow packed, groomed or even a few gravel-dirt roads.
Note that some plowed roads are still open until Dec 15th (Gros Ventre Road beyond Slide Lake).
Granite Hot Springs Road is snow covered, nicely packed thanks to the dog sled operation.
At Mike Harris (just East of Victor, off Hwy 33) Nemo, Pole line, and Yeti trail are all riding well.
Teton Canyon and Grand Targhee trails are groomed.
Cache Creek and Hagen Trail has been groomed by Friends of Pathways to Noker Mine Draw .
Remember your best trail etiquette, sharing the trail with skiers, walkers, dogs, and only to ride when the trail is firm. Also don’t forget to respect wildlife and winter wildlife closures
Remember no riding on GTNP trails or closed roads such as Moose-Wilson road past Granite canyon to Death canyon and Teton Park Road between Taggart and Signal. (open roads only)
Teton Nordic Ski School – Pop Up Lessons in Alta
Are you signed up for the Teton Ridge Classic on January 11, 2020? Or have you always thought about racing the TRC but would like some guidance before diving in? Take the TRC Prep series with Celeste!
Learn More:https://www.tetonxc.com/pop-up-lessons.html
We are also offering other group lesson opportunities and 4-pack lesson series.
Tomorrow: JH Nordic Master Rec Clinic #1
XC Tips, Technique & Fun
Thursday December 12th | Teton Pines Nordic Center | 11am-12:30pm
Classic Cross-Country Tips, Technique, and Fun! Coaches provided by the JH Ski Club Nordic program. Sign up for all 8 clinics or drop-in. Clinics every other Thursday with Classic XC and Skate ski lessons alternating.
Meet at Teton Pines Nordic Center at 10:50am
Two coaches provided by the Jackson Hole Ski Club Nordic program.
Register: info@jhnordic.com For more info, see: blog.jhnordic.com
Trail Creek Nordic
Last Updated: 12/10
Two of Our Neighbors!
If you’ve been watching the critters around the valley for years this is probably old hat for you, but if not, in recent years we’ve had two different species of deer hanging out on our trails. While the mule deer (note the big, mule like ears) has been around in the early season for as long as anyone can remember, the whitetail deer (note the erect white tail) seems to be a somewhat newer immigrant. They both tend to move on to less snowy environs when the snow gets deeper, but in the past few weeks we’ve had several sets of both mule deer and whitetail does and fawns, and one rather impressive mule deer buck; one of the things that you might be lucky enough to spot on your next Nordic outing.
If your next Nordic outing is to Trail Creek today, you’ll find lots of good skiing. Today’s grooming was a Pisten Bully best line skate set of all recently groomed trails (pretty much everything except for East Fields and Mug’s Meadow) with a reworking of classic tracks on Armin’s and the close field. As of 11:30 AM the temperature was -3ºC/27ºF under mostly cloudy skies with a moderate wind. If your plan is for classic skiing you might want to get here sooner than later as there is substantial drifting occurring in the fields, but all in all skaters or early season classic skiers will find plenty of good skiing.
Groomer’s choice for today is Armin’s.
Turpin Meadows
Last Updated: 12/4
Trails open, grooming begins Dec. 20th.
Teton Co./Jackson Parks & Rec
Last Updated: 12/10
1pm: Tomorrow Cache, Game, May Park, and Three Creek will be groomed. Unfortunately the coverage is still low so I will be using the Snowmobile as to not damage the Pistenbully. We just need another 6” or so to safely get the PB out. The West Bank has more snow as of now.
7am: The levee has been groomed with the Pistenbully and should be in great shape for skate and classic skiing. Stilson will be groomed with the Pistenbully shortly. The school fields will be groomed with the snowmobile since it only received an inch or two of new snow.
Grand Teton National Park
Teton Park Road
Last Updated: 12/9
GTNP will be doing its very first “ exploratory “ grooming on Teton Park road to Jenny Lake tomorrow. Official grooming is set to start mid December – subject to snow. For skiers wondering how the snow is on the Teton Park Road in GTNP, keep an eye on the trail (not yet groomed) and weather via the NPS webcam. Link here.
Grooming Schedule (Begins mid-December):
Tuesdays (Taggart to Jenny Lake)
Friday (Taggart to Signal Mountain)
Sunday (Taggart to Jenny Lake)
Skier-tracked trails:
Granite Trailhead – Moose-Wilson Road to LSR and Phelps: reports on nice skiing, good snow coverage.
Taggart trailhead to Taggart Lake: good skier track. Be careful of the lake, until fully frozen.
Teton Pines Nordic
Last Updated: 12/6
Skate skiing was fantastic on Friday and will be awesome throughout the day on Saturday. We have a classic track set, but we will be able to reset it once we get more snow tomorrow. We have lots of great new clothing and gear in the shop from Daehlie, Swix, Salomon, Skida and more! We are open 9am-4pm daily. Please call us for more information at (307) 733-1733.
Shooting Star Nordic
Last Updated: 12/9
Due to the minimal snowpack, we’ll continue to only groom the yellow dog loop and the orange leg down hole 3 & 4 through at least Wednesday. During this time you may also see our snowmobile throughout the day as we’ll be shoveling snow onto bridges & other low snowpack areas. Good news, is that forecast is calling for another wave of snow beginning Thursday and I hope this will allow us to open some additional areas by the weekend. Next Update will be Thursday and enjoy the sunny skiing until then!
Classic Tracks Set: NO
Snowshoeing : CLOSED
Sled Hill: CLOSED
Next Update: Thursday
Grand Targhee Nordic & Fat Biking
Last Updated: 12/10
Despite recent snow, remember that early season and variable conditions do exist. Temperatures will remain around 18 degrees today. Flurries are expected until about 10:00am, but cloudy skies will prevail.
Cross Country/Fat Bike 15k: XC OPEN (Last groomed 12/3/2019, no classic), Fat Bike OPEN.
Pinedale
Last Updated: 12/10
There is a fresh groomed trail at the Golf Course for both Classic and Skating. The Bike Path at the CCC Ponds is groomed for both Classic and Skating. See CCC Ponds trail map here.
After 10 months of planning and cooperation between the Pinedale Cycle and Trail Club, the US Forest Service, and Sublette County, a new fat bike single track grooming program has begun on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
New Fat Bike Singletrack Grooming Program Begins!
As of today (Tuesday, December 10th) the single track trails were groomed the morning of December 9th. Trail conditions are medium soft with expected improved surface December 11th. Currently there is 3.5 miles of groomed single track in the Kelly Park multi-use area with sections added weekly. Single track is multi-use which means all users are welcome to enjoy the new trail system.
The Club hopes to have a new map showing the trail system soon. For more information on the single track grooming call Geared Up in Pinedale at 307-399-5539.
Alta Track
Grooming Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
Last Updated: 12/9 @ 4pm
Skate: Fair | Classic: Not Set
Driggs
Grooming Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Last Updated: 11/30 @ 12pm
Skate: Fair | Classic: Not Set
Sherman Park
Grooming Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Last Updated: 11/30 @ 7am
Skate: Not Set | Classic: Not Set
Teton Canyon
Grooming Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Last Updated: 12/9 @ 6:30am
Skate: Good | Classic: Good
Teton Springs
Grooming Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
Last Updated: 12/9 @ 6:15am
Skate: Not Set | Classic: Not Set
Yeti’s Loop
Grooming Schedule: Tuesday, Friday
Last Updated: 12/9 @ 11pm
Skate: Fair | Classic: Not Set
5th Street Singletrack
Grooming Schedule: as neededLast Updated: 12/4 @ 1pm
Singletrack: Good
Rode in the figure-8 loop. Pretty buff about 3 tires wide.
Southern Valley Single Track
Track Grooming Schedule: as needed
Last Updated: 12/6
Singletrack: Good
TONIGHT!
Friends of Pathways Trivia & Pint Night
Wednesday December 11th | Snake River Brewing | 7-10pm
Enjoy a fun night of brews and trivia supporting our winter trails!
TOMORROW
JHNordic Master Rec Clinic Series – Clinic #1
Thursday December 12th | Teton Pines Nordic Center | 11am-12:30pm
Classic Cross-country Tips, Technique, and Fun! Coaches provided by the JH Ski Club Nordic program. Sign up for all 8 clinics or drop-in. Clinics every other Thursday with Classic XC and Skate ski lessons alternating.
Register: info@jhnordic.com For more info, see: blog.jhnordic.com
TVTAP Annual Nordic Dinner
December 14 | The Wildwood Room, Victor 6-9pm
Support Teton Valley Trails and Pathways (TVTAP) & winter grooming in Teton Valley! Join this fun community dinner, supporting some of your favorite Nordic and fat bike groomed trails in Teton Valley – Teton Canyon, Alta, Teton Springs, Yeti Trail, Driggs, Sherman Park – and summer bike paths, too!
Jackson Hole Ski Club Moose Chase Cancelled
Introducing the JHSC Nordic Carnival Races!
Saturday, February 8th | Trail Creek
The JH Ski Club recently determined that the Moose Chase Nordic Ski Race was not meeting the goals of the Club. The effort that went into making the Moose Chase a large, regional event did not fit well with the Club’s venue at Trail Creek and ultimately was not benefiting the JHSC Nordic Program. The Club will pull the Moose Chase offline for 2020 with discussions continuing between our Nordic Program, staff, and board about how to bring back an improved community Nordic event in the future. The changes are designed to increase resources for the Club and place more emphasis on its core mission of serving 500 local student-athletes.
In its place, the JH Ski Club will host a new JH Ski Club Winter Nordic Carnival on Sat. Feb 8th, with a series of fun races for all Ski club ages, masters, and alumni. Designed to engage all of our JHSC Nordic teams, there will be standard 1,3, 5, and 10km mass start races and a team NordicX sprint. The Ski Club coaches will be organizing sprint teams early in the season. One team will consists of (1.Lollipopper or Teewinot. 2.Development. 3.Junior. 4. Prep or Comp). Teams will have the opportunity prior to the event to train together, talk tactics and technique during regular practice times at Trail Creek.
Registration/Entry:
Race entry is open for all JHSC athletes, and all are highly encouraged to participate. For more info: jhskiclub.org/news/
JH Nordic Alliance 4th Annual
Free Nordic Ski, Fat Bike, Snowshoe Day
Sunday, January 5th 2020 | Turpin Meadow Ranch | 10am-3pm
Mark your calendar and Register online!
We’re getting excited with more demo skis, more fat bikes, Melvin Beer, Kates Bars, Free lessons, snowshoe and BC Nordic tours up the Buffalo Fork, and a huge raffle to benefit the JH Ski Club Nordic program. Raffle will include a Stay Wild fat bike, donated by the JH Travel and Tourism/Lodging Tax supported team, Nordic skis from Skinny Skis, and lots more. Wanna donate to the Raffle? Contact the JH Ski Club: info@JHSkiclub.org
Speed through Registration by pre-signing the Event Activity and Trail Use Waiver online – click here .
Once the Waiver form is completed online, you will be able to print a pdf copy. We encourage you to print this to present at registration. We can also look you up as “pre-registered
Sponsored by the JH Nordic Alliance members and JH Travel & Tourism Board
Want to get involved, sponsor an activity, volunteer?
This community event is a great way to connect with our community and visitors. Contact Nancy @: info@JHNordic.com
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