Though it may be best known as the gateway to legendary National Parks Yellowstone and Grand Teton, there's plenty to see and do in Jackson Hole before you move beyond it.
Encircled by peaks over 13,000ft high and vast areas of wilderness, the valley (or “hole”) surrounding Jackson is a year-round playground for adventurers – beloved by skiers in winter and hikers, cyclists and nature lovers in summer.
Arts and culture aren’t lacking here, either. With a full calendar of museum exhibits, art fairs, concerts and other events, Jackson’s cultural offerings pack quite a punch for its size. Here’s how to play by day and relax by night in beautiful Jackson Hole.
Take a less traditional route down the mountain in Jackson Hole via Snow King’s King Tube, a classic family snow-tubing park with multiple runs for all levels. Like roller-coasters on ice, these exhilarating rides will leave everyone breathless, laughing and ready to go again.
And there’s no need to climb back up the hill, since King Tube has a rope tow to pull you to the top. Tubing is also available when conditions allow at Grand Targhee Resort, a little over an hour to the west, where a chair lift ferries riders to the top of the runs. (Kids must be 42" or taller to use the tubing parks.) King Tube is open from early December to late March; check with Grand Targhee for news about tubing operations.
Founded in 1939 and relatively small in scope, Snow King has the low-key vibe characteristics of an old-school resort. But don’t expect all bunny hills: Snow King offers almost exclusively steep, expert-level runs that tend toward the icy.
It’s also the home of the alpine slide and the Cowboy Coaster, a dizzying toboggan-like ride that skims down the equivalent of a 45-story building. There's also the summit gondola and back-side lift, all part of $20 million worth of upgrades that make it easier to access the resort’s runs as well as opening up the sunnier south side of the mountain.
Another great option is Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, with its more than 4000ft vertical drop from the top of Rendezvous Mountain and name-brand runs like the narrow chute known as Corbet’s Couloir. In fact, more than half JHMR’s runs are advanced, including 24 double-black runs. Three long beginner runs and 31 intermediate runs keep those still learning plenty busy.
Two wheels and snow banks don’t seem like the greatest combination until you see a fat bike, with its extra-wide fork and five-inch tires designed to roll over compacted snow or sand without sinking or getting stuck. Perfected over the past two decades by cyclists determined to ride all year long and over all terrain, fat bikes have made snow biking one of the fastest-growing winter sports,
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