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Targhee over the Christmas Holiday
My wife and I took the family to ski Grand Targhee again this year, I
have two kids ages six and ten and they love it there, the ski school is really good to them. We arrived by the Grace of God on the day after Christmas (Delta Airlines), and by all accounts it had been a dry year up to that point, even so, with the wind blowing we were able to find great snow on the Good the Bad the Ugly and the Eastwoods all week. It was also possible to hike Marys one day and we did so - catching fresh tracks right down the face through the trees. We got small amounts of snow near the end of the week and felt fortunate to get that. On New Years eve we got up at O dark thirty to ride into Jackson and catch the plane home. The snow was coming down so hard over the pass it was hard to see - after about six or seven hours in the airport they decided no planes could take off and so they ordered up six busses to drive every body to Salt Lake City - upon hearing this I called the airlines and got a flight two days later out of Idaho Falls and rented a car and headed back over the pass to Targhee. This is not an extreme mountain by any measure - in fact most of you may find it rather tame, but for me there are few places I would rather be on a fresh snow morning. For those of you with families looking for a good place to take the family during the holidays, this is a perfect spot. The liklihood of significant early snow is very high, even on light years there is enough coverage to open most of the mountain. Waiting at the lift gets extreme at ten minutes and the ski school is great for the kids. I recomend Bart and Courtney. - Bart was there last year and he taught my ten year old who is more advanced and my six year old had Courtney for some private lessons, progresseing significantly on one day in particular. Courtney transplanted to Alta Wyoming from Alta Utah and he has the right disposition for teaching kids. The atmosphere at Targhee is low key - you won't see much pretension here, mostly just familys from the surrounding area and a handful of locals. For my taste the food is great (albeit limited in selection). The grocery store in Driggs had great produce, by the way. Stay in the Sioux Lodge condos - so you will have a kitchen, put the kids in ski school a couple of days and ski off the beaten path - Happy New Year Dave |
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Glad you had a good time. Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each
year so it's always got powder .... Wish I could go ..... "Dave's not here" wrote in message oups.com... My wife and I took the family to ski Grand Targhee again this year, I have two kids ages six and ten and they love it there, the ski school is really good to them. We arrived by the Grace of God on the day after Christmas (Delta Airlines), and by all accounts it had been a dry year up to that point, even so, with the wind blowing we were able to find great snow on the Good the Bad the Ugly and the Eastwoods all week. It was also possible to hike Marys one day and we did so - catching fresh tracks right down the face through the trees. We got small amounts of snow near the end of the week and felt fortunate to get that. On New Years eve we got up at O dark thirty to ride into Jackson and catch the plane home. The snow was coming down so hard over the pass it was hard to see - after about six or seven hours in the airport they decided no planes could take off and so they ordered up six busses to drive every body to Salt Lake City - upon hearing this I called the airlines and got a flight two days later out of Idaho Falls and rented a car and headed back over the pass to Targhee. This is not an extreme mountain by any measure - in fact most of you may find it rather tame, but for me there are few places I would rather be on a fresh snow morning. For those of you with families looking for a good place to take the family during the holidays, this is a perfect spot. The liklihood of significant early snow is very high, even on light years there is enough coverage to open most of the mountain. Waiting at the lift gets extreme at ten minutes and the ski school is great for the kids. I recomend Bart and Courtney. - Bart was there last year and he taught my ten year old who is more advanced and my six year old had Courtney for some private lessons, progresseing significantly on one day in particular. Courtney transplanted to Alta Wyoming from Alta Utah and he has the right disposition for teaching kids. The atmosphere at Targhee is low key - you won't see much pretension here, mostly just familys from the surrounding area and a handful of locals. For my taste the food is great (albeit limited in selection). The grocery store in Driggs had great produce, by the way. Stay in the Sioux Lodge condos - so you will have a kitchen, put the kids in ski school a couple of days and ski off the beaten path - Happy New Year Dave |
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In article , AstroPax says...
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro He is actually not far off. - 467 inches: http://members.aol.com/crockeraf/nrocnet.htm - "near" 500 inches: http://waterplan.state.wy.us/plan/sn...os/recuse.html nearest snow stake to Targhee (tops out at 37 inches of water): http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/...-GRASSY%20LAKE nearest snow stake to Alta (tops out at 42 inches): http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/... 42s-SNOWBIRD Pretty darn close, if you ask me. BoftheW |
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"BoftheW" wrote in message ... In article , AstroPax says... On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro He is actually not far off. - 467 inches: Something in the 20% range ok for you? You must do govt. work. |
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Hank Sniadoch wrote:
Glad you had a good time. Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year so it's always got powder .... Weeeell now - Targhee claims 500in; It does have powder which I can attest to, but number of inches doesn't translate to consistent powder; We get 495in ave and it's it's only powder if you can dance in Sierra Cement with aplomb. |
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We now have two mountains for you to explore with over 2,000 acres of lift
served terrain and an additional 1,000 acres of terrain reserved for Snowcat Adventures, with every inch covered by our legendary Wyoming snow (averaging over 500 inches a year)! "AstroPax" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro |
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That's from their site. 500+ is close enough to 550 for me. Maybe not for
you. Too bad. "AstroPax" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro |
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"AstroPax" wrote in message ... On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:52:46 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: 500+ is close enough to 550 for me. Maybe not for you. Too bad. "Meteorologist Jim Woodmencey has lived in nearby Jackson since 1982. He notes that while Grand Targhee will receive 500 inches in an average winter, only 330 inches of that comes during ski season-Dec. 1 to April 1." Now do you get it? Good call. I believe that may be true with Mt. Baker as well. |
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Astro wants us to change our winter season to Nov 1st to April 1st .... so
that Ootah resorts can look even better .... sorry Astro .... Targhee gets 500+ inches of snow regardless of your friend weather forecaster and you ..... end of discussion for me (you know what killfile is?) that's where you are now ..... in my crap file .... "Hank Sniadoch" wrote in message ... That's from their site. 500+ is close enough to 550 for me. Maybe not for you. Too bad. "AstroPax" wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro |
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AstroPax wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:24 -0500, "Hank Sniadoch" wrote: Targhee gets 550 inches of snow on average each year I call "bull****" ! -Astro Agreed. The average has been more on the par of 460 inches the past 8 years - the beginning of the present drought cycle. Previous to that it was over 500 inches. The good news is that 460 inches is still pretty killer, especially if you consider that it stays chilly enough to preserve most of it. Alta has more snow with nearly the same quality. The only real downside is the thaw that turns the snow bulletproof. Happens every year. Not at th Tetons. |
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