Epic 13 day trip to Jackson Hole, Winter X Games, Aspen Snowmass

Just joined this forum and would like to share my trip to the west this year.

This year New York winter sucks.
I mean, really really sucks.

The snowfall total was an inch until the day we left town (January 22nd).
Then it started snowing and eventually 31 inches came down.
Thankfully we were able to escape the storm within hours and flew out.
Otherwise we would’ve been grounded and wasted first few days of our annual trip to the west.

No direct flight to Jackson, so connected in Chicago and finally Jackson, Wyoming.

Heard it's very difficult to get in and out, but it wasn't all that bad.
In fact, the airport was much nicer than Vail or Aspen.

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Packed up the rental car and 20 minutes later finally arrived in Teton Village.

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Our hotel was ski in/out right by the lift and gondola.

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First meal in Jackson at Spur.
Had to try Bison Bone-in Ribeye.

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The mountain was beautiful, intimidating, fun and scary.
Way, way more than I could ever ask for!

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Infamous Corbet's Couloir.

Not that I was gonna go down, it was closed.

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Two people got killed outside the south boundary (Rock Springs area) avalanche while I was on Rendezvous.
That was already 5th fatality this season.
There was a tree well incident a month prior.

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Best picture from Jackson.
Kids were done. lol

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Finally made into downtown on the day we leave.
We were stuck in the village for 5 days just skiing/snowboarding.

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Everybody's mama saw moose.
But moose are unicorns to me.
They don't exist.

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Next off, Aspen.

Can see the X Games superpipe lights from Buttermilk.
Practice was going on.

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Aspen Highlands.

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Kiddos got adventurous. lol

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Finally X Games!

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Levi LaVallee's sled.
Too bad he got hurt and couldn't compete snowmobile freestyle.

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Concerts were awesome at X Games as well.
Nas and Twenty One Pilots were amazing.

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This is how end of a great day looks like. ;)

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I should bring dog treats in my pocket in case I need to be rescued from avalanche.

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Was able to squeeze in some rides here and there.

Aspen Mountain.

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Buttermilk.

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Back to X Games.

Superpipe on the left, big air on the right.

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It is a beautiful site.

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We were there as ESPN guests with VIP access.
So I got to meet a lot of pros.

Danny Davis

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Sage Kotsenburg

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Mons Røisland

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Iouri Iourеvich Podladtchikov aka iPod

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Bobby Brown

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Fabian Boesch

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Arielle Gold representing Broncos.

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Kelly Clark

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Chloe Kim signing my helmet.

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Got to touch X Games gold medal!

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X Games over, back to riding.
Snowmass greets me with 44 inch fresh snow.

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Thankfully I wasn't much of a tree huger this time. lol

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My GoPro HERO4 Black Edition is somewhere on Bull Run, buried under snow.

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Got trapped in deep snow couple times and had to dig myself out.

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Too bad didn't get to check out Cirque.
Avalanche cannon control was going off non stop.

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Denver airport before Super Bowl.

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Farewell big mountains, back to the city lights!

Well, at least until next season.
Can't wait to go back!!

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I need a new helmet now. :D

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Cool TR.

That snowmobile hauler/shop is awesome!

Twenty One Pilots is a great live show. So much talent. Good TR.

I might have to try that Bison Bone-in Ribeye

Great entry! Welcome to TGR.

That's a TR!

Welcome to the jungle.

wow!

Jong Slaughter to the white courtesy phone please.

This place is slipping.

Quality first post - looks like a riot :yourock:

everytime ya take a selfie
a real skibum losses a toenail and tastes bile
stop the madness please

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My GoPro HERO4 Black Edition is somewhere on Bull Run, buried under snow.

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I'll keep an eye out for it.

Welcome to the board.... Glad you had a good trip west. sorry for the haters.

Looking forward to your selfies from the escalators when you visit Beaver Creek.

Did not get any reply notifications.
Had no clue this was going on??!! lol

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Originally Posted by skifishbum

everytime ya take a selfie
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stop the madness please

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Toenails will grow back.
It's not that you never lost one.
Get over it. :biggrin:

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Originally Posted by grskier

I'll keep an eye out for it.

Welcome to the board.... Glad you had a good trip west. sorry for the haters.

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Thank you.
If you find it, you can keep it.
Might have some selfies in that GoPro, not. :tongue:

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Originally Posted by oldblue

Looking forward to your selfies from the escalators when you visit Beaver Creek.

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Never visited Beaver Creek.
Last time I was in the area, World Championships was going on and some told me not worth the trip.

Cool first TR. A lot more than most. Looks like a super fun trip.

Please have a thick skin and ignore the grouches. This place needs more female posters. (As much as I, too, detest selfies.)

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Originally Posted by skifishbum

everytime ya take a selfie
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stop the madness please

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Brafuckingvo!

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Originally Posted by LightRanger

Cool first TR. A lot more than most. Looks like a super fun trip.

Please have a thick skin and ignore the grouches. This place needs more female posters. (As much as I, too, detest selfies.)

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Don't worry about me.
I'm just gonna squat down here and cry. :biggrin:
Thank you for the kind words though.

Greg, JongSlaughter, Ernest, anybody there?

If you're going to post selfies at least make them topless!


Sorry, couldn't resist. It's a TGR tradition.


Welcome, and probably good bye.

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Originally Posted by LightRanger

Cool first TR. A lot more than most. Looks like a super fun trip.

Please have a thick skin and ignore the grouches. This place needs more female posters. (As much as I, too, detest selfies.)

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This. Please take more action shots and less selfies next time, but thanks for posting a TR - not sure I've seen ANY TRs from most of the haters.

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Originally Posted by adrenalated

This. Please take more action shots and less selfies next time, but thanks for posting a TR - not sure I've seen ANY TRs from most of the haters.

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Those actions shot are gone with the GoPro, so... :o

While I'm not a fan of selfies, at least she's nice to look at and looks to be having fun. Good job on the trip report.

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Originally Posted by adrenalated

This. Please take more action shots and less selfies next time, but thanks for posting a TR - not sure I've seen ANY TRs from most of the haters.

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i aint a hater done my share of trs
if iceman was takin sefies i'd dog his ass hard
the fact that the meh has more views than leelaus excellent kokes tr
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