Come on up to Turpin Meadow Ranch from 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
Celebrate the snow with a day full of great people and fun ways to get out on winter trails.
Join us to appreciate our winter trails, human-powered recreation, community and public lands!
Intro ski lessons and free ski rentals, intermediate clinics, and free ski demos, fat bike and snowshoe rentals. Plus tours, a relay built for anyone and everyone to have fun on snowshoes and snowshoe yoga!
There is a partner courtyard where Nordic Alliance partner organizations and agencies set up booths to tell you about interesting things to do, cool nature facts, and how you can support winter trails, wildlife and public lands through stewardship and contributions. Plus it is all in the amazing meadows and forests of Turpin and the surrounding Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Registration, lesson sign ups, shuttle sign ups, and schedule are being added and updated below the photo gallery. Raffle tickets will be available for sale online in advance again (mid-week the week before) this year as well.
Get out and do your best snow dance every chance you get – looking forward to spending a day at Turpin where winter is already happening!
Participant Waivers Required
Every participant must have a signed waiver BEFORE they enter the venue or step on the trails. Completing the waiver from home makes check in at registration easier and faster for all. Because we print the lists of completed waiver names to facilitate check in, please sign the waiver before 9pm, Saturday, January 10. You are also welcome to sign the waiver upon your arrival, it just takes a little more time.
Getting to Turpin
Address: 24505 Buffalo Valley Rd, Moran, WY 83013
Phone: (307) 543-2000
The main lodge at Turpin is open for business and you may purchase lunch and beverages throughout the day.
Carpool to the Annual Event
We hope you will come and we hope you will carpool! Carpooling is good for the planet. It also eases the congestion along the road in and out to the ranch. We have more space on winter trails than we do for parking.
Free Shuttle with Teton Science Schools
TSS is supporting the day with two van shuttles. Sign up is required to guarantee a seat. Riders are welcome to bring skis, but no dogs or fat bikes please.
Email hello@jhnordic.com and note “Annual Event Shuttle” in the subject line.
Shuttles will leave the Home Ranch parking lot at 9 am, so please be there and parked close to 8:45 am. The early shuttle will depart Turpin Meadow Ranch at 2pm, followed by the second van at 2:30 pm.
Lessons, clinics, tours and activities
We will post times and advance sign ups mid-week. You may sign up for activities on site as well, but space will be limited for most activities so advance sign ups encouraged. You do not need to pre-sign up for ski or fat bike demos – those are show up and see what’s available opportunities.
- Beginner classic lessons with free rentals – times and sign up announced soon.
- Intermediate skate and classic clinics – you must bring your own gear, times and sign up announced soon.
- 90 minute guided adventure tour on light touring gear (provided or bring your own) – times and sign up announced soon.
- Classic and skate ski demos – all day long, 60 minute sessions.
- Snowshoe tours, free rentals and relay.
- Fat bike demos – all day long, 60 minute sessions.
Raffle
Raffle tickets are sold at the event and will be available online for a limited time in the days leading up to the event.
Raffle items from our partners and community include (and are still coming in):
- Hats, mugs, sweatshirts, thermoses from the organizations who support the winter trails ecosystem
- Excursions with TSS, Hole Hiking Experience, JH Ecotour Adventures
- Overnight stays at Turpin, Lakeside Lodge and TVTAP’s Horseshoe Yurt
- Gear from Skinny Skis and JD Highcountry Outfitters
- A fabulous watch and silver and gold Teton necklace from Oden Jewelry
- Nordic Trails passes, fat bike rentals, dining gift certificates, a mini bear canister and more!
You need not be present to win… but you do need to write your name and phone number clearly on your tickets!
Want to contribute to the day?
Volunteering is a great way to support the celebration
Would you like to support the work to produce this free annual community event? Email hello@jhnordic.com to sign up as a volunteer.
Donate a raffle item, make a contribution or buy raffle tickets!
This event is made possible by the Nordic Alliance partners, businesses and community members who contribute demos, raffle prizes, time, and their many talents. Thank you!
Reach out if you have a raffle item that you think someone would love to win! Raffle ticket sales support the expenses that cannot be contributed in-kind to produce the event, as well as the online resource hub and daily trail reports.
You can make a gift here.
