Getting scared is good, adventurer Anker says at UM Oct 23, 2008
When the Bozeman-based mountaineer showed family photos of himself scowling in Yosemite and his own children looking less than thrilled in the Tetons, he offered himself as living proof that such adversity leads to a well-lived life. Getting scared is a good thing, Anker said. (Missoulian, MT)
Wildlife, lush life cohabit in Wyoming's Tetons Oct 12, 2008
Of all the times to visit the Tetons, the most idyllic season is fall ... One of the biggest attractions of the Tetons is the wildlife ... "One of the nicest resorts in the area is the newly open Hotel Terra, a hip, eco-friendly spot in Teton Village, where we spent several nights. One of the property's highlights was Chill Spa, where luxurious body treatments feature sea salts, berries, algae, and other natural ingredients. Another highlight was the downstairs restaurant-wine bar, Il Villagio... (Boston Globe)
Former Montanan on K2 when 11 climbers died Aug 28, 2008
He got his start climbing with his Boy Scout troop in the Beartooth Mountains before moving on to Granite Peak, the state s highest mountain, and the Tetons in Wyoming. This summer, he was a member of an eight-person team assembled to climb to the top of 28,251-foot K2, located in the Karakoram section of the Himalayan range. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Upton in Dowagiac backs Pickens plan 'to do it all' Aug 23, 2008
This isn't Yellowstone or the Tetons. This is BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land. (Dowagiac News, MI)
Flying To Old Faithful Aug 22, 2008
"And the drive through the Grand Tetons on the way to the park is a great thing. Even if they didn't stop, but just drove through it, they'd see the mountains and the views. ... It's just incredibly beautiful.". It's about a 50-mile drive from the airport, and you'll enter the park through the south entrance. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
United by the divide Jul 20, 2008
To the north, the thick blade of the Wind River Range angles toward the snow-capped Tetons, muted 50 miles distant. To the east looms Three Waters Mountain, an 11,675-foot peak that sends rainfall eastward to the Atlantic Ocean, and westward to the Pacific. (Boston Globe)
Amid strong currents Jul 20, 2008
The Snake River, below the Tetons and west of Swan Valley, Idaho, twists through epic, intimate terrain that separates mountains from potato flatlands to the west. A sunlit summer night offered a perfect chance for an overdue return to this oasis. (Boston Globe)
'Roads' scholars blaze trail Jun 17, 2008
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Chairlifts In July? May 25, 2008
Majestic and awe-inspiring as the Grand Tetons are, I have to admit that by day three, I found myself seriously debating between going to see where the buffalo roam and a hot-stone massage at the spa (happily, we managed to squeeze in both). Other famous ski resorts have gone even further to attract families: In Aspen, Colo. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Drives go beyond speed and curves Apr 17, 2008
It offers access to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Park, as well as the artistic and outdoorsy community of Livingston, Mont. More from ForbesAutos. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Jackson ski resort could break record Mar 16, 2008
On the west side of the Tetons, Grand Targhee also is having an excellent year. "It started like gangbusters and basically hasn't looked back," said Susie Barnett-Bushong, vice president of marketing. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Agencies Capture Bighorns, Fit Them with Collars Mar 1, 2008
Courtesy photo -- A researcher examines and places a radio collar on a bighorn ewe as part of an interagency study of a small sheep herd in the Tetons that is trying to survive at high elevations ... They were netted, captured and fitted with GPS radio collars in a multi-agency governmental helicopter operation earlier this month high in the Tetons ... The object of the operation is an interagency study of the health and future of the bighorn herd that lives on federal land in the Tetons. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
BYU-I Geologists Monitor Earthquake Feb 23, 2008
Several seismographs monitored by BYU-I are located in the Tetons with single units in place near Palisades Reservoir, Victor and one in the Centennial Mountains west of Island Park. "We help operate these for the U.S. Geological Survey," Clayton said. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Familys road trip brings the unexpected: Listen to the Audio Feb 19, 2008
Meanwhile, the national park trip continued - west to California's Channel Islands, northwest to Mount Rainier, then eastward to Glacier, the Tetons and remote Theodore Roosevelt, North Dakota's claim to park fame. Slowly they toured the parks of the Midwest, the Northeast and the Atlantic Coast, with a trip inland to hit one of their favorites, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. (Durango Herald)
Women take to heli-skiing Feb 10, 2008
During a conversation with one of the female guides, a male guest, an accomplished athlete, enthusiastically described a trip the previous summer to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. He asked the guide, a slim, dark-haired Canadian woman, if she had done any climbing. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Water Level Snowballs Jan 11, 2008
While that's plenty of snow to keep the facility in operation for day and night skiing, it pales when compared to the accumulations at Grand Targhee Ski Resort in the Tetons. An enthusiastic voice on a recording said Wednesday that 9 inches of new snow had fallen in the past 24 hours, 6 inches since the lifts closed Tuesday night. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Coffee Table Books -- Anchors' Choice Dec 20, 2007
Photos inside incdlue the Grand Tetons (Wyoming), the French Quarter of New Orleans, and New York State's Adirondack mountains. JULIE'S CHOICE: Wonders of the World edited by Benoit Nacci and Patrice Milleron 200 photographs, $50 As Julie said, this book is kind of like "The Amazing Race," captured and on your coffee table. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Top 20 snowiest ski resorts in the world Dec 15, 2007
"In North America, particularly with the Cascades, Wasatch, Tetons and the Sierra-Nevada Range, the mountains run north-south, creating giant buffers where clouds run into land and dump snow." In fact, other than Niseko in Japan, North American resorts claim every other position on the list. Alta. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Small storm likely Saturday Dec 14, 2007
He said it will hit the central and eastern mountains moving further east to Yellowstone Park and the Grand Tetons. -- Advertisement. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Uncrowded slopes Dec 8, 2007
From Jackson Hole, it takes about 90 minutes to drive the 42 miles, across the Tetons by way of the sometimes treacherous Teton Pass. Ski Hill Road, the final part of the drive, is often banked with walls of snow eight or ten feet high. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Peak experiences Nov 12, 2007
"In the '60s in the Tetons of Wyoming, there was a climb called the Black Ice Couloir that I climbed many times and guided it," he said. "Now it doesn't exist. There is nothing sadder than a dying glacier. I'm not happy with it at all.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Tales from a Wyoming elk hunting camp: part two Oct 19, 2007
As we gained elevation on the way to the camp, vast views of the Grand Tetons could be seen through the thick spruce forest. Jackrabbits fled our approach and bounded safe into the sage. (Clayton Tribune, GA)
Grand Mothers Take on Mount Whitney Oct 10, 2007
"Nothing else gets scheduled that day, not work or doctor's appointments or anything." They hike the Tetons or the Menan Butte, take a bike ride, snowshoe in Harriman State Park or cross country ski depending upon the season. To train for Whitney, the group included many hikes in the Tetons to get acclimated to higher elevations. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Latest travel deals Oct 9, 2007
Splurge on a hot-air balloon ride and rise high above the Tetons for spectacular views. The areas three downhill ski options offer something for everyone: the immense, increasingly upscale Jackson Hole Resort; the less intense, more suited for beginners Grand Targhee Resort; and the tiny, mostly-for expert-skiers Snow King. (Newsday -- New York City)
A class act Graduates flying to Texas for 66-year reunion Oct 7, 2007
They still recount happy memories from that trip, where they stayed in luxury cabins in the shadow of the Grand Tetons. "He had every one of us getting on a horse," classmate Gloria Pugliese Burke recalled. (Scranton Times, PA)
Wyoming a place for nature lovers Oct 7, 2007
It offers a unique view of the Grand Tetons not accessible by road, so make sure that digital camera is charged up; 1-888-998-7688. Ninety-seven percent of Teton County is federally owned, and we can thank ol John D. Rockefeller for having the prescience to buy 35,000 acres, which he ceded to the Feds for the national park. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
The 'Mediocre Teton' - Taking a trek to the thin air of Table Mountain Oct 6, 2007
Flying back from vacation last winter from Denver to Missoula, our plane went directly over the Tetons ... I scoured maps of the Tetons, and found that most of the peaks are pretty technical and difficult. (Missoulian, MT)
Gutsy adventures for alpha females Sep 22, 2007
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Remarks by the Vice President Cheney at Dedication of the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitors Center Aug 12, 2007
While I'm up here in the Tetons, he'll soon be down enjoying the charms of central Texas in mid-August ... I was remembering this morning that soon after we came into office, the President loaned me a painting of The Three Tetons that's been in the White House collection for a long time and hung in the Oval Office for many years ... It will surely enhance the experience of visiting the Tetons for a good many years to come. (PR Newswire)
Road to recovery: In wake of mauling, multiple surgeries and long rehab Jun 8, 2007
Earlier in the trip, he and Jenna had bought her some photographs of the Grand Tetons at an art fair in Jackson, Wyo ... He painted pictures in his mind of Glacier National Park and the Grand Tetons. (Missoulian, MT)
On top of the world Apr 5, 2007
In addition to scaling tough summits and learning the ropes on Rainier and Washington, Warren said he's also climbed in the Rockies and Tetons, but he said his favorite climb to date is the second attempt he made on Mount Denali in 2004. "Me and my climbing partner got stuck in storms during our first attempt and we had to come back down, but we made it on our second attempt," he said. (North Kingstown Standard Times, RI)
Mountain Man Rendezvous, 1832 Mar 28, 2007
The rendezvous of 1832 was held at Pierre's Hole at the foot of the Three Tetons. Pierre's Hole, present-day Teton Basin, is located in Teton County. (Suite101.com)
Activity discovered at Yellowstone supervolcano Mar 16, 2007
What the researchers think is happening, on a short-term basis at least, is that the north of the Tetons is pushing against the north edge of Jackson Hole and jamming it against the mountains. (This is also causing the southwest part of the Yellowstone plateau, under the hotspot, to slide downhill at a rate of one-sixth of an inch each year. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Yellowstone Supervolcano Making Strange Rumblings Mar 15, 2007
What the researchers think is happening, on a short-term basis at least, is that the bulging Yellowstone hotspot north of the Tetons is pushing against the north edge of Jackson Hole and jamming it against the mountains. (This is also causing the southwest part of the Yellowstone plateau, under the hotspot, to slide downhill at a rate of one-sixth of an inch each year. (Fox News -- Views)
Jackson Hole gaining in elevation Mar 4, 2007
"Normally, the valley goes down and the mountains go up and that's how you got the Tetons.". According to Smith, the Teton Fault's proximity to the Yellowstone plateau might have something to do with this sudden, in geologic time, change in direction. (North County Times)
Yellowstone's quiet power Mar 1, 2007
Smith believes the bulging Yellowstone hotspot, located north of the Tetons, may be "pushing Jackson Hole into the Teton Range." This unexpected pressure may explain why there have been no magnitude-7 quakes on the fault since the last one about 4,800 years ago, yet also may allow pressure to build for the next disastrous quake. "The question is how do you store the stress that is leading to the next big earthquake?" Smith says. (EurekAlert!)
Winter adventures from skiing to polar bears Jan 23, 2007
The best skiing here is out the resort gates, which access deep powder fields, cliff bands and pure wild adventure in the majesty of the Tetons. Jackson's guides are some of the most experienced in the world and know how to both keep you safe and deliver powder secrets. (Chicago Tribune)
Portraying 'climbing's greatest generation' Jan 21, 2007
His passion for climbing resurfaced 15 years ago, and he now climbs regularly in New Hampshire's White Mountains and Wyoming's Tetons in the summer. He describes his style as conservative and risk-averse, making him an unlikely candidate for a Bonington-style expedition. (The Standard-Times, MA)
Taking in the View Jan 21, 2007
The shape of those peaks was suggestive to lonely (I imagine) French trappers in the early 19th century, who nicknamed the South, Middle and Grand Tetons "Les Trois Tetons," meaning the three breasts. I imagine there is an acceptable joke to be made here, but all I can think of is to reference the protagonist in an old James Bond film, "The Man With the Golden Gun." If you've seen the film, you know what I mean. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Life)
Is climbing madness or something more? Jan 4, 2007
Dave Pengelly, a lawyer from Missoula, died while climbing in the North Cascades, and Butte s Dwight Bishop died making the Grand Traverse in the Tetons. More recently, I literally read all the articles written on the recent Mount Hood accident. (Montana Standard, MT)
