Let me first say that I was mistaken in my expectations of Jackson Hole. I was assuming that since they are a world-class ski and snowboard destination, I expected them also to be a world-class mountain biking destination. Errrrrrr! Wrong!

The Teewinot Quad chairlift is the only uphill lift servicing mountain bikers.

1. The chairlift rises 500 vertical feet.
2. The trails serviced by this lift are either relatively flat out-and-back type or uphill and super-rocky.
3. The cost is $10.

1. This is an uphill ride of 5+ miles that you are not allowed to ride DOWN!?!
2. You must buy the Gondola pass ($19) to come back down.
3. A liftee told me last weekend they had a race up the Road that the winner road in 58 minutes! To get an idea of a similar climb- I climbed Sawtell Peak Road which was 10 miles and it took me 3 hours to get up it. The bonus was I got to ride down the same route! Imagine spending that much time and then having to sit in a gondola on the way down! 

1. This means that any trail that passes under where the Tram lines run is closed. WHICH IS HALF THE AREA THAT HAS TRAILS!
2. You can’t go over to the summit of the Tram even if you were to ride to the top or take the gondola, because it’s under construction.
3. I bet it would be fun – and I don’t know if they allow it – to take the Tram UP and then BIKE down. Check next summer – who knows?

I give this mountain 3 endo’s.

This is a sculpture, its pretty neat!
Click on one of the pictures to see details and purchase from the retailer.

So after all I’ve said, what did I actually do? I got the $19 lift ticket. I rode the Teewinot lift probably a dozen times, and tried every trail, although half were closed because of the Tram construction. I was done in 2 hours. I then went back to the parking lot, had some lunch, and then took the dogs for a long walk. I then went up the gondola with my camera gear.

This is the rose I found:

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Click on Image to see a closer view of the Grand Tetons at 7am.

i really enjoyed my horseback ride today here in colter bay of jackson lake. i hadn’t been horseback riding in a while, so the 2 hour trail ride was the leisurely time I was looking for. I enjoyed the scenery, learned some things about moose, and saw some beaver lodges. cool stuff to just wander around on a horse. Rex (my horse) and I were a good match. he didn’t try and control the ride, but he followed along and let me tell him which way to go sometimes.

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no no, that is cody, my x-girlfriend’s x-roomate’s significant other. that picture was from halloween in 2004.

this is cody, wyoming:

we had a big rain storm come through thursday night in cody. it started to rain while i was at the rodeo, and so i rode my bike home in the rain. the sound of the rain on the roof of the rv put me right to sleep. it reminded me of being at camp in north carolina, where at night it would sometimes rain on the tin roof. ahhh comfort sounds.

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