Jackson Hole Reviews

• Overall Rating 5
• Family Friendly 3
• Downhill Terrain 5
• Terrain Park 2
• Nightlife 5

Pros: Steep slopes, generous amounts of fresh powder, chill local crowd

Cons: hard to get to...but maybe that's not such a bad thing if you're a local

Recommended Skill Level: Advanced
Recommended For: Single/Newlyweds, Empty Nesters
Date Visited: Dec, 2008

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I visited Jackson for the first time in 2006 to visit a friend of mine who skipped a quarter of college to live there. That trip changed my life. I fell in love with the ridiculously steep slopes, the vast endlessness of the view from Rendezvous Bowl, the insanely deep powder, and the local scene. I went back the next year and decided that after I graduated college I would move there. Folks, if you haven't ever lived at a mountain as a local and been there every day of the season, DO IT NOW. I promise, you will have the time of your life and you will probably drop all of your original plans and follow a new dream that involves skiing 100+ days of the year. Who cares if you're only making minimum wage, right? Jackson Hole is, hands down, the best place to ski in North America. Whistler is great, but the snow in Jackson has that "champagne powder" quality and the conditions are much more reliable. I woke up to fresh snow almost every day I lived there. But beware, this place is NOT for beginners. The intermediate "blue" runs have the pitch of many "black" runs most other places in the country. Riding the upper chairlifts give you front row tickets to an unbelievable display of skiiers dropping cliffs and chutes like fireworks on the Fourth of July on any given powder day. Bottom line, if you love steep, deep, and rugged, you will LOVE Jackson Hole.