Pass. A car passes, so does a quarterback. A pass is used to get in. MauiSkiBus receives passes. Draftees get passed by. Pass the plate. Getting ready to pass, passed on by, then the past. Not here, as this pass can being passive aggressive. MauiSkiBus has ventured to this ski area in the distant past, as in 1982, and then again during the 2012 adventure, and again on a mountain bike trek in 2014. Always, the past was feared on this pass, as in Teton Pass.
Like it or not, many ski resorts have passes that one must pass through to arrive safely. Staying at home, confined to four boring warm walls, is not what skiers desire on powder days. First chair, first lines, epic snow conditions, and traveling over a pass is a given. Teton Pass, Wyoming, is a big backcountry base for Jackson, Wilson, and Driggs, skiers and boarders. To get up this pass, one with 10 % grades, can be on the strong side of dangerous. MauiSkiBus encountered this on a decent, after a great day of skiing at the Grand Targhee, Wyoming, not Idaho, as the drive up will seem to inform.
The ride up and over Teton Pass will bring all into Idaho and another drive up to Grand Targhee, will delight your eyes with astounding views of the western side of the Tetons. Jackson Hole itself may have the vertical, Grand Targhee has the view and catches the first flakes of snow being trapped by the massive Tetons. Cats live here in the form of back country cat skiing and the famous deep powder of Targhee will deliver many face shots. That can not be passed upon, so hit the pass, head up high early, as you may get passed by a yellow bus with Hawaii plates.