WYOMING – The “other” Teton Pass will not be open for skiing this season. It might make for a frightening headline to some who enjoy the free turns on Glory Bowl, but fear not, we are talking about the ski resort in Montana.
According to several news reports Teton Pass Ski Resort Choteau in Montana will not open this year. The ski resort’s website confirms, “Unfortunately Teton Pass will be closed for the 2017/18 Ski Season.”
The resort was dormant for a few years back in 2008-09. In 2010, New Zealand owner Nick Wood purchased the resort and made significant upgrades and investments. He suddenly announced just days ago that the 400-acre resort would not open this year.
In other ski news, Big Sky ski patrollers will now have to wear helmets while on the job. The new policy comes from Boyne Resorts, the company that owns Big Sky along with eight other resorts in the US and Canada. After Boyne was fined by OSHA for the death of a worker in March at Sugarloaf USA in Maine, the company said it was moving to a mandatory helmet rule at all its holdings.
Meanwhile, closer to home, folks at the Ghee are getting stoked on the 2017-18 season by throwing a creepy film fest this Friday. Get ready Teton Valley! Grand Targhee Resort with their partners at Teton Gravity Research and Teton Valley Ski Education Foundation are heading back to the Spud Drive-In Theater on Friday, October 27 for another legendary night with the premiere of Teton Gravity Research’s new film, Rogue Elements. It’s all part of the annual Trunk-or-Treat celebration.
At Snow King, they always target Thanksgiving as a potential opening day and, now with enhanced snowmaking capabilities, that is certainly a strong possibility. At any rate, a guaranteed early-season event at the King will be the Amsoil Championship Snocross races December 8-9. The popular national circuit has never made a stop in Jackson, so this will be a historic first of many (hopefully) annual visits to the Hole.
Winter has already hit at the Mountain. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has seen early snow (39 inches and counting) and, at the top of the lifts, look like they could open tomorrow. Plus, this legendary resort will pay you (for a limited time only) 300 bucks to fly here. Are you kidding?
