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ADVENTURE
Peak Performance
Strong IntermediateSkiing, Snowboarding, or
Telemarking
STEEP&DEEPSKI CAMPS, JACKSONHOLE,WYOMING.
Itsnick-
name is“TheBigOne,”andJacksonHole isagiantamongmountains,
generallyconsidered thecontinent’smostchallengingmajorski resort,
withdouble-black-diamond trailsevenmanyexpertskiersareafraid to
try. Itwasalso thefirst resort tooffer lift-servedaccess to theun-
groomedbackcountry, partneringwithadjacentGrandTetonNational
Park in1999 toopenaccessgates in itsboundary fences.Thismakes it
theperfectsetting forwhat theresortcallsSteep&DeepSkiCamps,
whichareaimedat teachingparticipantsallaspectsofhandling the
steepest terrainanddeepestuntouchedpowder, thekindyousee inski
movies.TheSteep&DeepSkiCampwasJackson’soriginalproduct, and
mostprograms includeasessionof skiingwith theresort’sambassador,
TommyMoe, thefirstAmericanskierever tomedal twice inaWinter
Olympics,winningbothgoldandsilver.The instructorsare thebestof
Jackson’shighlyregardedski school.Noneof thecampsare forbegin-
ners, andmostcateronly toverystrong intermediatesandabove.For
Steep&Deepskiing, level 8 to9expertability isrecommended.Likeall
JacksonHolecamps, it includes four fulldayson theslopes, andsome
participants tackle themost famousblackanddouble-blackdiamonds,
alongwithout-of-boundsskiing through thegates.Thereare twoaprès-
ski events, a farewelldinner, geargiveaways, anda take-homevideo.
“We’renotout tohurtanyone, butwe try to takepeopledownruns that
areat the limitsof theirability,”saysMoe. “We takepeoplewhoare in-
termediatesandexpertsdown theexpertchutehere, and it’susually the
hardest thing theyhaveeverskied.”Thecamp’ssuccessover theyears
hasspawnedmultipleoptions, including twosnowboardingversions: the
Steep&DeepSnowboardingCampandLearn toRidePowderCamp.
Campsarecoed, but for ladieswhopreferanall-womenenvironment,
JacksonHoleoffersWomen’sSkiandWomen’sSnowboardcamps, simi-
larbutcatering toaslightlywiderrangeofabilities, from intermediate to
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JACKSONHOLE
