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Daring the Double Diamonds: Skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming is a privilege. With the famed Western town of Jackson as the nearest "major metropolitan" area, the Wyoming mountain country opens up to thousands of square acres of powder. And we're talking powder! This region averages more than 500 inches a year. The Jackson Hole ski resorts are big enough, challenging enough, beautiful enough, or all of the above to keep you from ever having to leave this slice of Wyoming.

For downhill skiing Jackson Hole-style, there are four major ski resorts to remember. First, there's the "The Big One", the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. It got that nickname simply because most people who have ever skied it believe Jackson Hole to be the best ski area in all of North America. That doesn't detract from the other local resorts, as you'll see, such as Snow King just above Jackson or Grand Targhee Resort.

Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Teton Village offers thousands of vertical feet of some of the best skiing in Jackson Hole. The resort is made up of two mountains, Apres Vous Mountain and Rendezvous Mountain. Apres Vous, or AV, caters to the intermediate skier, as well as snowboarders with its half pipes and terrain parks. Rendezvous, on the other hand, offers those stunning solitary plummets that you imagine of Wild West skiing.

Grand Targhee Summer and Ski Resort, sprawled on the other side of the Teton Mountains in Alta, also combines two mountains in one phenomenal resort. Grand Targhee boasts more than 2,000 acres of terrain that can be reached by a lift. And that terrain gets some of the heaviest snowfalls in the area. That's saying a lot.

Snow King Resort lies just above the town of Jackson, making it the most convenient skiing spot for those who want to enjoy an "urban" lifestyle. Geographically speaking, Snow King isn't really in the mountains. It's in the foothills of the Gros Ventre Mountains, but out West, the foothills are bigger than the regular mountains back East! This cozy, comfortable resort has two doubles and one triple chairlift, and even an old-fashioned surface tow. Don't let the small size fool you. According to local lore, one of Snow King's trails has the steepest start in North America.

White Pine ski area is another smaller, quieter resort in the area. Located near Pinedale, White Pine has miles of both groomed and ungroomed slopes that are typically a lot less crowded than the other mountains. The ski area even has trails that can take intrepid adventurers into the Bridger Wilderness and the Bridger-Teton Forest.

These Jackson Hole ski resorts make Wyoming one of the worst kept secrets in North America. It's hard to keep the word from getting out just how fantastic the downhill skiing in Jackson Hole is.

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