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Après Ski with the Best Food in Teton Valley

A Blog Post about the Best Apres Ski Food in Teton Valley

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10 Reasons to Attend the Winter Trails Event of the Season

While 2024 is past, the top 10 reasons to attend the Nordic Alliance Annual Free Nordic Ski, Fat Bike and Snowshoe Day at Turpin still apply to 2026!

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Cutting Down Your Own Christmas Tree

This holiday season, why not add a touch of adventure to your celebrations by cutting down your very own Christmas tree in Bridger-Teton National Forest?

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Stacey Barker with pen in hand works on an illustration at his desk.

Profiles in Nordic: Stacey Barker of Barking Goat Studios

For the 2023 ski season, we were fortunate to collaborate with Stacey Barker of Barking Goat Studios on a custom JH Nordic NoSo Patch and sticker. The design, pictured left, depicts a few of the different ways recreators can use winter trails with animals doing human things, a familiar subject…

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Profiles in Nordic: Scott Sanchez of JD High Country Outfitters

JD High Country Outfitters’s Store Manager, Scott Sanchez, has been skiing in the Tetons since ‘84. Nearly 40 years later, he’s rarely missed a ski day.  JD High Country Outfitters is born Scott’s place of business came about years ago when two existing storefronts merged. Jack Dennis Sports, established in…

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Four Seasons of Winter - Tetons sunset view

Winter: The Four Seasons

Friends from where I grew up (near Pittsburgh), often ask how my wife, Dimmie and I stand the winters out here in the hinterlands. Answering that question is never easy because it is innocently based in ignorance.They simply don’t understand winter out west.

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Local enthusiasts Scott and Diana O'Brien

Profiles in Nordic: In Their Own Words – Scott O’Brien

When Skinny Skis opened its doors in 1974,  it would be one of the best things for the growing cross-country ski community in Jackson, Wyoming. While JH Nordic would serve as an educational resource and JH Ski & Snowboard Club mentored the next generation of skiers, Skinny Skis made sure…

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Nordic Pulse: An App for Nordic Skiers

Fresh snow in the forecast isn’t the only exciting thing to come to Jackson Hole this winter—welcome Nordic Pulse technology! Nordic Pulse, a live GPS grooming app, gives you cross country ski trail reports in real time. Essentially, this platform connects Nordic-lovers like us, to a GPS tracker that grooming…

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Best Apres Ski Spots on the Westbank of Jackson Hole

If you just finished a spectacular day of Nordic skiing, Fat Biking or snowshoeing, then you are in need of a great spot to relax, catch up with friends, and grab a bite to eat. Apres ski is a French term that means “after ski” or “after skiing.” In other…

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