Many ski area post warning signs all over their mountain of hazards, exposed rocks, cliffs, avalanche dangers, slow skiing zones, cross under orange barrier ropes and lose tickets, and even experts only slopes. Even on all lift tickets are printed disclaimers, hazards, and warnings. All that ski and snowboard are well aware of the dangers that lurk on ski mountains. At times, just getting to a ski resort, with icy roads, white out driving conditions, and actual drivers that should not be on the road, are dangerous enough. Then those roads signs warning of wild animals, as many animals as a safari expedition in Africa. Want to experience the feel a winter safari expedition? Drive around whole area of Jackson, as the range of the Tetons beckoning you to ski.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is as close to being in a feel of so many wild animals in the USA, as a safari in Africa could share. Signs are posted everywhere, warning of deer and elk crossings, moose in the area, beware of bears, and flashing signs stating slow down at night. Wild, yes, Jackson Hole has that wild feel before even getting to the mountain. Once there, the wild western design in the parking lot, is not just any lot, as the restrooms are a painted mural to delight all that enter. Even the transfer buses will deliver a vision to your eyes, with the towering mountain of Jackson Hole looming behind.
Upon entering the village of J Hole, the tram line will seem to run forever. Wait not you will, as each tram holds one hundred hungry skiers and snowboarders, as hungry as a lion’s belly, far away in Africa. Be ready, as masses squeeze into the tram of Jackson and what seems as a only a few deep breaths, the doors open to a heavenly scene of the Tetons to play in and the Jackson plains where all the wild animals roam. Need more ski space? Got legs and lungs? Step out, past more warning signs, into the wilds where you might be asked to track a wolverine. Least of your worries here, as the snow that many love to live in, may not let you live more. Avalanches are abundant here, didn’t you read the warning sign?
Jackson Hole, Wyoming loved MauiSkiBus2 with three days of skiing invitations. Anna Cole, marketing manager for this ski resort in USA’s Africa is given a big mahalo/thank-you from MauiSkiBus.