THREE PERFECT DAYS
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JACKSONHOLE
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OCTOBER 2013
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HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
“WHY DON’T WYOMING DRIVERS USE
turn signals?” quipped Wyoming Senate
President Jim Anderson a while back.
“Because it’s nobody’s darn business where
they’re going.”
People in Wyoming, the least populous
and 10th largest state in the Union, need
their space. Always have. The independent
streak Anderson referred to is what drove
19th-century trappers, ranch-
ers andhomesteaders through
perilous mountain passes to
se le Jackson Hole—the name given to a
48-mile-long valley that straddles the Snake
River, south of Yellowstone National Park.
That fierce determination to go it alone has
defined the area ever since.
Ironically, it’s the elements that have
kept this place isolated for so long—the
rugged terrain, the remote location—that
have made Jackson Hole such a draw for
outsiders. Thearea is, quite simply, anadven-
ture wonderland waiting to be discovered.
Think dogsled teams padding toward hid-
denhot springs; rivers full of trout wending
past snowdri s; the majestic Teton Range
looming, well, majestically.
But there is an array of less rugged a rac-
tions, too. In the town of Jackson, a slew
of swanky restaurants and retailers have
set up shop in recent years,
while the Teton Village ski
basehas also seenaprolifera-
tion of luxury accommodation, dining and
shopping options, along with a significant
upgrade of nearby skiing facilities.
Tying it all together is an authentic
cowboy aesthetic and head-in-the-clouds
topography—all of which gives visitors the
feeling that they, like the pioneers before
them, havehappenedacross something spe-
cial.Whowouldn’twant it all to themselves?
ROAMWITH
A VIEW
The National
Elk Refuge, with
the Teton Range
in the distance
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