Category: Featured

14 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Friends of Pathways: Healthy & Responsible Recreation | Nordic Masters Recreational Clinic

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Friends of Pathways: Healthy & Responsible Recreation and Contribute Conservation Advocacy in Jackson Hole Chris Owen is the Trails Program Manager at Friends of Pathways and works in partnership with the JH Nordic Alliance through his work grooming for fat biking and advocating for responsible trail use. Friends of Pathways is a non-profit that focuses on advocating for the completion of a safe and sustainable pathways system for healthy recreation and transportation opportunities in Jackson… Read More

Friends of Pathways: Utilizing Pathways to Promote Healthy & Responsible Recreation and Contribute Conservation Advocacy in Jackson Hole

Chris Owen gets into to the data & history of fat biking grooming in Jackson Hole

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Chris Owen is the Trails Program Manager at Friends of Pathways and works in partnership with the JH Nordic Alliance through his work grooming for fat biking and advocating for responsible trail use. Friends of Pathways is a non-profit that focuses on advocating for the completion of a safe and sustainable pathways system for healthy recreation and transportation opportunities in Jackson Hole. Chris first came to Jackson to work at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort… Read More

13 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

GTNP Groomer Down | Mule Deer Migration

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Groomer Down – No Grooming in GTNP at least until Tuesday No grooming on Teton Park road – GTNP on Friday/Sunday. They hope grooming will resume Tuesday as soon as parts arrive for the groomer. Mule Deer Migration in Grand Teton National Park Wednesday, February 24, 20214:00 – 5:30 pm MT Grand Teton National Park Foundation invites you to join us for a special virtual presentation and conversation with Sarah Dewey, wildlife biologist at Grand… Read More

11 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Hole Hiking Experience Nature Update | New Storm Cycle on the Way

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February 10, 2021 Nature Update provided by Cathy ShillFounder of The Hole Hiking Experiencewww.holehike.com/ “I live not in myself, but I become a portion of all around me…Are not the mountains, waves, and skies a part of me and of my soul, as I am part of them?” – Lord Byron Windy and snowy this week in Jackson Hole. Storms keep rolling over the mountains with moments of blue sky and nightly stars. Jackson landscape… Read More

10 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Winter Wildlife Closure Update | Snake River Sporting Club Grooming Daily

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GTNP Winter Wildlife Closure Update Grand Teton National Park has provided an update on its winter wildlife closures – see Map, so we ask that you take note and respect these closures, as wildlife need plenty of space to survive these last months of winter.A reminder: for the Bar BC Ranch non-groomed trail from Taggart trailhead, the Bar BC Ranch itself is in the wildlife closure, as it sits at the river level of the… Read More

9 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Break in the Storm | Backcountry Pledge

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Snake River Sporting Club – Grooming Daily Skinny Skis updates – Banff Virtual Partnering with GTNPF Proceeds to Support GTNPF’s Teton Crest Trail Renewal ProjectFebruary is typically Banff Film Festival month here in Jackson when we get to invite all of our friends in the community to join us down at the high school to watch some amazing films together. Obviously, this year is not a typical year! Hopefully, you have already heard that we’ve… Read More

8 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Trail Creek Update | Find Freshly Groomed Trails this Weekend | Banff Virtual Film Festival

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Trip Report: Trail Creek Late morning at Trail Creek Nordic, we found nicely groomed trails with a two inch silky smooth dusting . Just enough texture to make climbing easy and even Faceplant skiable. One skier tucked it, the rest of us, a solid snowplow.. but we all conquered Trail creeks steepest downhill! Suicide seemed mild in comparison. Lots of Snow! Find the Freshly Groomed Trails The skier tracked trails will be deep from the… Read More

7 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

Hole Hiking Experience| Find Freshly Groomed Trails this Weekend | Banff Virtual Film Festival

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Scott Lacy: Grassroots-funded professional Nordic racer (and former Jackson Hole Ski Club Nordic coach) With the JH Ski Club Nordic teams crushing most of the regional youth Nordic races in recent weeks, find out about a former Ski Club Nordic coach who has gone pro. Though Scott Lacy grew up in a family full of alpine skiers, he was drawn to the Nordic community. He found that Nordic skiing was a different type of work… Read More

Hole Hiking Experience: Touring the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and All of its Wonders Year-Round

Cathy Shill tells us about exploring the stillness of winter via cross country ski and snowshoe

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With a bachelor of science degree in biology in hand, Cathy Shill started Hole Hiking Experience in Jackson in 1989. She was driven by her passion for the outdoors and a desire to share information about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in hopes of ultimately increasing awareness and connection with the great outdoors. “When I started the company in 1989, people didn’t think a business like this could exist or be viable,” Cathy said. “But then… Read More

5 Feb 21 – Daily Trail Report

TVTAP Update | Banff Virtual Film Festival

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TVTAP update: Remember your neighbors are using the trail too. As an organization, we encourage people to get out on trails, to engage in healthy activity. We also build or facilitate the making of the winter trail system. Along with trails and all the different types of users, whether we like it or not, comes conflict. TVTAP has often been asked to address who and how people should be on trails. We do not mandate… Read More