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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm jealous! We've been several times and always stayed in town, there is not a great deal of nightlife in either place although you can seek it out. Really only the Mangy Moose at Teton Village, which is a great place for après and can carry on, although there are another couple of smaller bars. Cowboy Bar in town is lively on Fri/Sat, don't get too lively though, they will throw you out! Silver Dollar Bar has live music, Snake River Brewing Company is good for food and beer, couple more locals bars in town. We stayed at the Lodge at Jackson, really good value we thought. Free shuttle to and from Teton, $3 on the town bus if you miss it. The skiing was the best I've known it there last season, make sure you do the day trip to Grand Targhee, it could be the best powder you've seen.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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We stayed at HostelX at the bottom of the lifts , a fantastic location , it has been there for years and now the land must be worth a fortune , it is surrounded by many upmarket places .
It is clean and warm with large communal areas , but rather basic.
It is close enough to go back for lunch .
One of the staff there was fixing bindings onto water skis , he was planning on being the first one down Corbetts on them .
Corbetts was closed the week we were there , I think they were saving it for some event the following week .
We only went to the town once , not that impressed.
We flew Manchester to salt Lake City and had a week skiing there ,staying on the edge of town ,loads of resorts to go to and all connected by the skibus. Ski pass included in some hotel deals.
we had also booked very cheep flights from salt lake up to Jackson Hole and had 10 days there as the airports got snowed in !
Have fun.
Ian.
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Silly semantics..........................
Jackson Hole IS Teton Village. The toddling little bare bones town of Jackson (if you even call it that) is about 10/15 minutes away by car or shuttle and neither have much nightlife so, from the standpoint of ease - convey, staying in Teton Village saves a lot of "wear and tear" and is the way to go sans car!!! I mean, why have to crank up the old rental jalopy in the a.m. (hopefully covered with new snow and in a snowstorm), drive to Jackson Hole, change out, hump your stuff further and the like and then reverse the process in the p.m., when instead you can just roll out of your slopeside or near slopeside hotel on to the slopes and reverse it later.........? A number of nice/acceptable places to stay in the village (or town if you insist) exist, let your own discrimination be the best deciding factor. The residents/locals are easy going, simple. No fanfare, no fancy dressers. Just a distant ski resort within an agricultural valley with no frills, the basics, good skiing, simple food. It's also a thankfully conservative region of the former United States, today Obamastan, fortunately not lost to the pernicious throes of Communism (liberalsim).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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equinoxranch, I name the UStanton
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equinoxranch wrote: |
The residents/locals are easy going, simple. No fanfare, no fancy dressers. |
My impression was a little different; of billionaire oil baron ranch owners and dude ranchers. Many more were sitting on real estate fortunes. The "poor" folk live over the hill in Idaho, ski Grand Targhee and have a great quality of life. The folk were in fancy dress - cowboy hats. Fortunately not all myopic rednecks.
I can recommend staying at “The Lodge at Jackson Hole”, locally known as “The Bears” . A free shuttle to Teton Village is convenient and you are entertained by the driver who points out any wildlife by the road, tells you the history of the Hole and forces you to sing along.
refer to my trip report:
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=109638
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Stay in the 'town' otherwise you will get too bored in the evening. Jackson isn't that big but at least there's a choice and the drive is nothing. Also as others have pointed out, Grand Targhee. Had one of the best days skiing of my life. Fantastic snow without the crowds.
We stayed in from memory Buffalo Bill lodge or something. Reasonable motel style place and as Jackson is small easily walkable. Never skied the local place but it looked steep, if glassy.
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neilll wrote: |
equinoxranch, I name the UStanton |
+1
That is, if this isn't just another name stanton changed to.
In any case, sweeping into the same ignored bin to keep stanton company!
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Nutter.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hi All,
Many thanks for taking the time to reply to my question! We have decided to stay at the Teton Lodge and Spa so we can roll out of bed and roll out onto the newly groomed slopes 😊.
Thanks again for the advice and top tips! If you have any more keep them coming 😍
Louise
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Loubelou, We stayed in the town at the Wolf Moon Inn. Budget accommodation but very good for the money. I'd recommend it and we'd go back there.
Oh! I've just spotted that you've already made your mind up to stay at the slopes. Good choice for the skiing but I'd recommend taking the bus to the town to eat out. Despite what others say, we loved the town. It had a nice feel to it and we thought the restaurants, bars and shops were very good. It was a few years ago that we were there but (for what it's worth) the Merry Piglets was an excellent Mexican restaurant. And the Silver Dollar Saloon served good pub grub in a good atmosphere. The bison burgers were great!
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Hi Bergmeister, thanks for your reply and advice. We're planning on venturing into the town quite a bit and looking forward to trying out the various restaurants and now in particular the Merry Piglets 😄
Cant't wait for the holidays!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Loubelou, Jackson is one of my absolute favourite places to ski. We've always stayed in town (2 very happy trips at the Lodge recommended by others above) because Jackson town is full of character and has a pretty unique Western ambience that we love.
If you do head into town, make sure that you visit the Snake River Brewery - it's ridiculously busy but has some great pizza and even better beer. There are loads of good places to eat, but that place became our family favourite by a big margin.
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